-= Building a Guitar from Scratch with Absolutely No Woodworking Experience =-

Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

-= Week 664 =-

=> How and Why join the Championships?
=> Rocksmith 2014 Championships rules

Previous' week Winners are:

Lead:
- Beginner: @EmbraceTheAbsurd (94)
- Intermediate: @jimmy655 (96.83)
- Advanced: @robolechuga (95.57)
- Masterclass: @shaggy_malagy (87)

Rhythm:
- Beginner: LOST TROPHY
- Intermediate: @ALSRC (95.57)
- Advanced: @drand (95)
- Masterclass: @pedropmf (97.09)

Bass:
- Beginner: @figital (100)
- Intermediate: @theMaelstro (99.21)
- Intermediate Bonus: @theMaelstro (99.54)
- Advanced: @Mikson (98.31)
- Masterclass: @Nomgoose (99.43)

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

This week's songs are:

Lead Path:
Beginner: The Warning - Hell You Call A Dream (3*) (D Drop C) selected by jimbobmccecil
Intermediate: Evanescence - Tourniquet (4) (E Standard) selected by drand
Advanced: Killswitch Engage - I Believe (6.5) (E Standard) selected by cacahuate51
Masterclass: Warbringer - The Sword And The Cross (8.5) (D Standard) selected by Vodka
Masterclass Bonus: Deep Purple - Child in Time (8) (E Standard) selected by shotfirer

Rhythm Path:
Beginner: The Warning - Hell You Call A Dream (3.5^) (D Drop C) selected by jimbobmccecil
Intermediate: Evanescence - Tourniquet (4) (E Standard) selected by drand
Advanced: Killswitch Engage - I Believe (6) (E Standard) selected by cacahuate51
Masterclass: Warbringer - The Sword And The Cross (7.5) (D Standard) selected by Vodka

Bass Path:
Beginner: Killswitch Engage - I Believe (3*) (D Standard) selected by cacahuate51
Intermediate: The Warning - Hell You Call A Dream (4.5) (B Standard) selected by jimbobmccecil
Intermediate Bonus: Evanescence - Tourniquet (4) (B Standard) selected by drand
Advanced: Klone - Grim Dance (6) (Drop D) selected by Mikson
Masterclass: Tower of Power - Come On With It (7.5) (E Standard) selected by jimmy655
Masterclass Bonus: Deep Purple - Child in Time (7) (E Standard) selected by shotfirer

(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).

Do you want to host a week? Join the Championship organizing team!!!
The process is smooth and there is a tutorial as well. If you are interested, send a personal message to Rodman.

Added a play by play sheet below if anyone is interested 🆙

i'll be back later for rating adjustments i'm tired 🫠

Edited 11 hours ago11 hr by drand
Adjusted ratings, also fixed an error in the stats sheet below that affected some streaks

On 7/15/2026 at 5:53 PM, drand said:

KSE: Okay okay I'm starting to get this arp pattern but the other part where you fret the B string and play open high E string is still giving me trouble

3 hours ago, Mikson said:

Frustrating chart, I keep getting some weird misses here... The 97% scores here seem like they're from a different class to me 😳

yea good to know that i wasnt the only one getting weird misses

Happy Friday everyone! 😊

Just a reminder for players that played last week, there is only one day left to join this week's Championship! ⏰

@Argh1992

@jimbobmccecil

@LuZifeR

@JobwanMojo

@theMaelstro

@figital

@EmbraceTheAbsurd

2 minutes ago, drand said:

Happy Friday everyone! 😊

Just a reminder for players that played last week, there is only one day left to join this week's Championship! ⏰

@Argh1992

@jimbobmccecil

@LuZifeR

@JobwanMojo

@theMaelstro

@figital

@EmbraceTheAbsurd

2 minutes ago, drand said:

Happy Friday everyone! 😊

Just a reminder for players that played last week, there is only one day left to join this week's Championship! ⏰

@Argh1992

@jimbobmccecil

@LuZifeR

@JobwanMojo

@theMaelstro

@figital

@EmbraceTheAbsurd

Hey, i dont if i can make it on time. Im back home at late saturday evening.

On 7/11/2026 at 10:18 PM, Mikson said:

@drand Thx for the week!

I remember that in the past we even played a song about 13 minutes long for Masterclass, so it's not a problem (although I know @Rodman is unhappy about it, because it should be a maximum of 10 minutes haha 😄)

However, I know this song well and know that the opening and ending parts are just single chords, and only the middle solo is crazy and hard, so adding this as a bonus is a good choice.

Well done @drand !! Naa... @Mikson we can have long songs (esp. for GoG)... the thing is - over 10 minutes is just not good for the competition as you usually just cannot do many tries for time issues. And 10 mins is long long long already. However - bonus is a great compromise, if there IS a song someone desperately wants to bring into the contest that is over 10mins and not GoG - we´ll do it ...PUNK!

Rod.

On 7/13/2026 at 3:54 AM, drand said:

@cacahuate51 I wish! now i am the one with the heart attack after seeing @robolechuga scores 🤣

Added some host stats to google sheet below 😊 Anyone feeling inspired to host?? 😁 only a bit over 2 and a half years of constant hosting and you can dethrone @Rodman 😂

On 7/13/2026 at 4:17 AM, cacahuate51 said:

oof 13 more weeks and i can have 51 :)
edit: oh... and i guess 14 would also mean a year of my weeks was fun... for me atleast xD
I dont think ive seen @Mortalo before? pretty crazzy hes close to rodman, mustve been the ogs. lets see if the elder gets summoned.

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robo making us practice i see :P

Nice work @drand!!!! i feel instantly motivated to host some.... let me do the next 2 weeks!!! ;)

Oh my .... more than @Mortalo ... Our man has been doing that for over a year all by himself week after week back in the days before @Motive aka @Molice and me joined in.

I wish he would drop by for a song or two someday... last time we wrote.... was years ago he told me he only had time for guitar on saturdays cause of his job.

On 7/15/2026 at 1:30 AM, drand said:

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Did you try out the new axe with this one?? 👀

Actually no - it´s only DStd - so no real use for a 7stringer here. For DStd i use my lovely LTD Devil Driver Sig Les Paul...... leemmmeeee search for a pic....

Looool xmas 2014 hahaha - wonderful guitar

Bass

3

4

4/4.5

Ah, this is my suggestion from a few years ago, I think. I had to remind myself because I completely forgot the chart 😄 6 ok.

More like a 7.5, requiring finger strength but a repeatable and not very hard chart.

I really thought this would be something more difficult. Absolutely not 8, max 7.