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Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

-= Week 651 =-

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Previous’ week Winners are:

Lead:
- Beginner: @EmbraceTheAbsurd (93)
- Intermediate: @Vodka (97)
- Advanced: @cacahuate51 (91)
- Masterclass: @shaggy_malagy (91)
- God of Guitar: @veggs95 (96.69)

Rhythm:
- Beginner: @EmbraceTheAbsurd (100)
- Intermediate: @ALSRC (98)
- Advanced: @jusdebaobab (99.42)
- Masterclass: @cacahuate51 (98)

Bass:
- Beginner: LOST TROPHY
- Intermediate: @Vodka (99)
- Advanced: @Mikson (99.1)
- Masterclass: @pedropmf (99.77)

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

This week’s songs are:

Lead Path:
Beginner: Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days (2.5) (E Standard) selected by @EmbraceTheAbsurd
Intermediate: Kings Of Leon - Sex on Fire (4) (E Standard) selected by @cacahuate51
Advanced: Riverside - Saturate Me (6.5) (E Standard) selected by Mikson
Masterclass: Arch Enemy - To The Last Breath (8.5) (C Standard) selected by @Emmy-Dell
God of Guitar: Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen Full Album (10) (Drop D) selected by Mikson [Week 1 of 4]

Rhythm Path:
Beginner: Kings Of Leon - Sex on Fire (3*) (E Standard) selected by cacahuate51
Intermediate: Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days (4.5) (E Standard) selected by EmbraceTheAbsurd
Advanced: Riverside - Saturate Me (6.5) (E Standard) selected by Mikson
Masterclass: Arch Enemy - To The Last Breath (7.5) (C Standard) selected by Emmy-Dell
God of Rhythm: Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen Full Album (9) (Drop D) selected by Mikson [Week 1 of 4]

Bass Path:
Beginner: Kings Of Leon - Sex on Fire (4^) (E Standard) selected by cacahuate51
Intermediate: Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days (4.5) (E Standard) selected by EmbraceTheAbsurd
Advanced: Camel - Down On The Farm (6.5) (E Standard) selected by Mikson
Advanced Bonus: Arch Enemy - To The Last Breath (6) (C Standard) selected by Emmy-Dell
Masterclass: Riverside - Saturate Me (7.5) (E Standard) selected by Mikson
God of Bass: Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen Full Album (8) (Drop D) selected by Mikson [Week 1 of 4]

(N) - difficulty rating
(N*) - highest difficulty rating for the class (promotion to higher class possible)
(N^) - difficulty rating higher than the highest for the class (promotion possible)

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Share with us your opinion on this weeks songs difficulty scores (1-10).

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odd i thought i posted.
thnks 4 the week Mikson :)

@drand where you at, miss your attitude and competition.

Been missing since everyone got all sideways on the NB. Everyone knows after a couple of tequila shots, we are all singin' along at the bar.

On 4/11/2026 at 8:26 PM, rosefog said:

hellooooo been away for a while but im in a band now yay

Good to have you back kicking butts and getting to put that skill to use with the band! If you ever make songs or play live I'd love to hear/watch and im sure others here would want to aswell!

It’s getting better little by little. My two main difficulties are the arpeggios at the end of Saturate Me, which are almost impossible for me at 100% speed since I hardly ever play arpeggios. Luckily for me, I got my best score on the Lead part, even though it’s basically the same chart.

And for Arch Enemy, it’s the speed and the cleanliness too, even if the cleanliness doesn’t really show in the score. I can feel that I’m not up to par. I’m not even trying to go any further on lead, though it’s completely beyond my level.

LEAD :

RHYTHM :

Pogress

Just fun

Hi

I did practice that last arpeggiated section quite a bit but wasn't close to nailing it, felt ok before that part. Pleasantly surprised by this score. I really like Riverside - good songs with guitar parts that are challenging for me but don't totally wipe me out (did anyone say Buckethead?)

22 hours ago, cacahuate51 said:

Good to have you back kicking butts and getting to put that skill to use with the band! If you ever make songs or play live I'd love to hear/watch and im sure others here would want to aswell!

yeahhh we had our first show on the 12th, it was my first time playing with a band and ive had 5 rehearsals total with them

there were 7 songs ill send 2, this first one we only rehearsed twice and didn't plan to play it yet lmao dfjhkdfyhk
so at the start, it was kinda loose, and i especially was quite lost, since i was so new to the band, but from the midway point to the ending it sounded sooo cool and it was really improvisation at that point and it was fucking amazing lmao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D02jspxGdWQ

second one is the one with the band introductions and i think it sounded quite cool too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29jkOozuehc

On 4/14/2026 at 10:32 PM, robolechuga said:

@drand where you at

What's up y'all! 😎I never had a backyard before so since spring started gardening and been throwing the ball around with my dogs as much as I can out there. I've lived in cities all my life so this is just amazing 10/10. 🥹

Planting a few fruit trees and shrubs before it gets too late in the season, YES I'm humming Nickelback while digging around 🤣

Glad to be back just in time to play some A7X for sure 🤟 I have a couple of these riffs memorized now, love this album!!
Great to see new players join 😄 and thanks for the week @Mikson!!

On 4/13/2026 at 11:37 PM, Mikson said:

Rhythm

I was a bit amused that @Rodman who is a masterclass player in Rhythm, wrote this is 3, and yet he had to struggle to achieve 90% 😉 I rated this 4.5, ok I can lower to 4, but despite easy chords, chart is very tiring due to the frequent, quick chord changes. My hand started to hurt...

It´s a recognition issue also (i won´t say i didnt´play tight enough though). That open chord runs tend to produse random misses a lot for me .... still i love to play those - great campfire practice. 4 is also ok - you can argue it´s (afair) same 4 chords in the key of amin (Cmaj) you should be able to master at your progress to an int player (3)... on the other hand it´s not slow and not too short - so (4)ish. For players that start guitar with shredding and barre chords and ignore open chords maybe even (5.5)

54 minutes ago, drand said:

What's up y'all! 😎I never had a backyard before so since spring started gardening and been throwing the ball around with my dogs as much as I can out there. I've lived in cities all my life so this is just amazing 10/10. 🥹

Planting a few fruit trees and shrubs before it gets too late in the season, YES I'm humming Nickelback while digging around 🤣

Glad to be back just in time to play some A7X for sure 🤟 I have a couple of these riffs memorized now, love this album!!
Great to see new players join 😄 and thanks for the week @Mikson!!

Gardens = heaven/hell in one place ..... this year so far it´s a 10 for me also... lets keep watching

On 4/12/2026 at 1:37 PM, theMaelstro said:

Hello,
First time I take part in the event. Really like Leon song so I tried the bass part in beginner category.

Took me about 3 hours of practice but I did it. A bit hard with a pick and there is one part (maybe more than one) where you gotta do quick 7 on blue string after 2,3,4 on red and I almost always lost streak there.
Nice song, I never heard it before.

8 minutes ago, theMaelstro said:

Took me about 3 hours of practice but I did it. A bit hard with a pick and there is one part (maybe more than one) where you gotta do quick 7 on blue string after 2,3,4 on red and I almost always lost streak there.
Nice song, I never heard it before.

And the third one, I think its overall easier than the Bruce Springsteen except the highest bars there. It gets a little bit too fast for me.

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