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Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

-= Week 660 =-

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Previous' week Winners are:

Lead:
- Beginner: LOST TROPHY
- Intermediate: @jimmy655 (98.30)
- Advanced: @Foo4311 (96.33)
- Masterclass: @shaggy_malagy (99)
- God of Guitar: @TrevyMetal (95)

Rhythm:
- Beginner: @EmbraceTheAbsurd (87)
- Intermediate: @ALSRC (95.69)
- Advanced: @Vodka (95)
- Masterclass: @LuZifeR (98)

Bass:
- Beginner: LOST TROPHY
- Intermediate: @attaboy (97)
- Advanced: @ALSRC (99.23)
- Masterclass: @pedropmf (99.39)

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

This week's songs are:

Lead Path:
Beginner: Eminem - Cleanin' Out My Closet (2.5) (E Standard) selected by @Vodka
Intermediate: Alice Cooper - Hello Hooray (4) (E Standard) selected by @Daz40
Advanced: Danko Jones - I'm I A Band (6) (E Standard) selected by Mikson
Advanced Bonus: Uriah Heep - Free 'n' Easy (6) (E Standard)selected by @Zoutje
Masterclass: Pat Travers Band - Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights) (8.5) (E Standard)selected by @jimmy655

Rhythm Path:
Beginner: Volbeat - Wait A Minute My Girl (2.5) (E Standard) - Lead path!!!! selected by @jimbobmccecil
Beginner Bonus: Eminem - Cleanin' Out My Closet (2) (E Standard) selected by Vodka
Intermediate: Danko Jones - I'm I A Band (4) (E Standard) selected by Mikson
Advanced: Uriah Heep - Free 'n' Easy (6) (E Standard) selected by Zoutje
Masterclass: Pat Travers Band - Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights) (8) (E Standard) selected by jimmy655

Bass Path:
Beginner: Volbeat - Wait A Minute My Girl (2.5) (E Standard) selected by jimbobmccecil
Beginner Bonus: Eminem - Cleanin' Out My Closet (2) (E Standard) selected by Vodka
Intermediate: Alice Cooper - Hello Hooray (4.5) (E Standard) selected by Daz40
Intermediate Bonus: Danko Jones - I'm I A Band (4) (E Standard) selected by Mikson
Advanced: Uriah Heep - Free 'n' Easy (6) (E Standard) selected by Zoutje
Masterclass: Pat Travers Band - Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights) (7.5) (E Standard) selected by jimmy655

(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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ouch, it could, yeah! (8)

On 6/15/2026 at 9:42 PM, Rodman said:

Soo... back from NOVAROCK 26

4 Days of pure joy with about 26 full shows and 2 partly (the textmarked were the ones i was at, the green ones stood out).
So much good music all around....
....insane 2:15h show of Maiden with all you would wish to hear and see incl. Eddie walking around.... cool visuals too (not of any importance for me at IM though).
...Sabaton having a tank flying in the air with the drumkit mounted on top, every song a slingalong for 100000ppl
... master Tom Morello with his 15 y/o son jamming the fxx out of those RATM tunes, man can he play!!!!!!!
... Sepultura making me Circlepit all Roots long
... really unexpected very very cool live performances from PapaRoach, oh yeah - @Vodka - Royal Republic, The Plot In You (who knows those guys!!), Vinegar Hill (austrian metal as i learned there) and the insane guys from Slay Squad.

How can that already be ending after 4 days always, i´d like to go on for 2 weeks .... Fun times!

Go and see some liveperformances of the bands you love and the once you don´t know!

Rod.

What a massive lineup! So many great bands to see in one place. Out of curiosity, I checked where this festival is taking place and it turns out that it's not even that far from me, but I don't know if I could endure such a marathon 😄 Generally, I definitely prefer concerts at night or in arenas to those during the day. But with a lineup like that, I'd sometimes be confused about who to go see, as some concerts overlap.

Scores from testing

Lead

Screenshot from past testing, I'll try to play this again.

This is a cool song that was frequently played on the radio I listened to a few years ago, so I wanted to play it. @cacahuate51 I saw you wrote that it could be improved, but I haven't had much time lately, and I think it's more of a cosmetic improvement, because I didn't notice any bugs when I played it now after a long break.

This is not very difficult but I have a problem with the speed of these riffs. That's why I hesitated to rate diff and I'm not sure about it.

What a nice song and fun chart. I didn't know this before, so @jimmy655 thanks for the suggestion!

Rhythm

Well, this is a classic. Who remembers the movie 8 Mile? I watched it ages ago...

I rated rhythm chart a 4 when I added song suggestion, which was probably over 3 years ago. Now, compared to the current ratings, I think it's more like a 3/3.5.

Rhythm with a solo, it can't be easy 😉

Bass

This can be played more easily by not moving to the yellow (A string) frets 7-8 but staying on the blue 2-3.