Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

-= Week 680 =-

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Previous' week Winners are:

Lead:
- Beginner:@ModestMonk (96.02)
- Beginner Bonus:@ModestMonk (97.3)
- Intermediate:@jimmy655 (98)
- Intermediate Bonus:@jimmy655 (96.82)
- Advanced:@CraigDengate (97)
- Advanced Bonus:@cacahuate51 (95.65)
- Masterclass:@shaggy_malagy (94.87)
- Masterclass Bonus:@shaggy_malagy (95.28)
- God of Guitar: Leader after week 2 is @shaggy_malagy(92), 2 weeks left... KEEP ROCKING!!!

Rhythm:
- Beginner: @ModestMonk (98.21)
- Beginner Bonus: @ModestMonk (97.97)
- Intermediate: @ALSRC (98)
- Intermediate Bonus: @ALSRC (95)
- Advanced: @jimmy655 (98.28)
- Advanced Bonus: @jimmy655 (96.35)
- Masterclass: @LuZifeR (98)
- God of Rhythm: Leader after week 2 is @LuZifeR (97), 2 weeks left... KEEP ROCKING!!!

Bass:
- Beginner: @MotivatedCF (100)
- Beginner Bonus: @MotivatedCF (100)
- Intermediate: @EmbraceTheAbsurd (96)
- Intermediate Bonus: @MaltaSoron (97)
- Advanced: @ALSRC (98.44)
- Advanced Bonus: @drand (98.49)
- Masterclass: @JobwanMojo (99.85)
- Masterclass Bonus: @Nomgoose (99.87)
- God of Bass: Leader after week 2 is @Nomgoose (97.2), 2 weeks left... KEEP ROCKING!!!

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

This week's songs are:

Lead Path:
Beginner:Korn - Word Up!(3*)(D Standard)selected byc
Beginner Bonus:Linkin Park - One More Light(2)(E Standard) capo required Alt. Lead path!!!! selected byc
Intermediate:Hot Milk - HORROR SHOW(4)(Eb Drop Db)selected byc
Intermediate Bonus:The Black Keys - Stay In Your Grave(4)(E Standard)selected byc
Advanced:Royal Blood - Dead Company(6)(D Drop C)selected byc
Masterclass:Guns N' Roses - November Rain(7.5)(Eb Standard)selected byALSRC
Masterclass Bonus:Phinehas - Fleshkiller(8.5)(D Drop C)selected bydrand
God of Guitar:Death - The Sound of Perseverance Full Album(10)(D Standard)selected bypoll[Week 3 of 4]

Rhythm Path:
Beginner: Korn - Word Up! (2) (D Standard) selected by c
Beginner Bonus: The Black Keys - Stay In Your Grave (1.5) (E Standard) Alt. Lead path!!!! selected by c
Intermediate: Hot Milk - HORROR SHOW (4) (Eb Drop Db) selected by c
Intermediate Bonus: Linkin Park - One More Light (4) capo required (E Standard) Lead path!!!! selected by c
Advanced: Royal Blood - Dead Company (6) (D Drop C) - Alt. Lead path!!!! selected by c
Advanced Bonus: Guns N' Roses - November Rain (4.5) (Eb Standard) selected by ALSRC
Masterclass: Lita Ford - Close My Eyes Forever 7.5) (E Standard) Lead path!!!! selected by c
God of Rhythm: Death - The Sound of Perseverance Full Album (10) (D Standard) selected by poll [Week 3 of 4]

Bass Path:
Beginner: The Black Keys - Stay In Your Grave (2) (E Standard) selected by c
Beginner Bonus: Hot Milk - HORROR SHOW (4^) (Eb Drop Db) selected by c
Intermediate: Guns N' Roses - November Rain (5*) (Eb Standard) selected by ALSRC

Mikson has made one with different bass levels if anyone prefers it: here
Intermediate Bonus: Korn - Word Up! (4) (D Standard) selected by c
Advanced: Royal Blood - Dead Company (6.5) (D Drop C) selected by c
Advanced Bonus: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Bill's Mandolin (6.5) (E Standard) selected by c
Masterclass: Primus - The Ol' Grizz (9*) (E Standard) selected by c
Masterclass Bonus: Tilly Louise - Join the Club (6.5) (E Standard) selected by c
God of Bass: Death - The Sound of Perseverance Full Album (10) (D Standard) selected by poll [Week 3 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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noticed i missed some screenshots so here there are + some updates.

If it were shorter i'd go for the 100

kept missing one note but atleast i got it :)

might've overated this one tbh, not that hard probably could do better if i rred it.

A little better, but far from great, kinda lazy to do the tricky parts

Really wish I would have done this on score attack, this was such a strong run!
Here's the Rock Buddy data for y'all as well:


(This also goes to show what a little practice can to.)

un poco mejor, un poco loco

We’re already on page 7 of this topic. In all the time I’ve been participating in the championship, I don’t recall there ever being this many posts, so congrats to everyone!

Thanks @cacahuate51 for the week, and thanks for choosing my CDLC!

Late start, but better later than never 🙂

3/3.5

2

A chart requiring quick jumps across the frets - 4.5.

Fun to play, the final solo sections ramps up the difficulty so 4.5/5.

Good chart, but a bit problematic in terms of recognition - 6.5.

In week 420, which I hosted, we played an old CDLC version of this song that was rated 7.5. The chart was very similar, so I think 8.5 is too high - 8 would be just right.

Thanks for the new week! I'm having a busy week again, so just a quick playthrough:

The slapping isn't too bad for me on this one, those hammer-ons up the neck though are something and a half.

I really appreciate when a band couuuld rhyme "undertow" into a track and choose not to 💀 guess it's not post-hardcore

I can't read this chart ngl

fun to play I never really heard this track much not anymore!

I was asleep in the beginning lol X

glad you made it @Mikson, I have added your ratings to the site
idk if you saw but they were talking about a chord needs to be changed maybe take a look at the november chart when you get the chance

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Great hard work everybody, I think we're gonna see a lot of improvement all around in the coming weeks!!

On 11/2/2026 at 12:40 PM, MotivatedCF said:

Note there's a bass digitech drop pedal (blue vs red), maybe one day, maybe soon depending on black friday sales...

I play on a Mac, so I don't think I can use drop pedal mods for PC - definitely would try those if I played on a PC. I shelled out for the red Digitech drop pedal, works great on bass as well as guitar (I didn't even know there was a blue one.) I play fairly quietly on speakers that sit on my desk, and I can hear the unprocessed guitar in a different tuning. I eventually learned to focus my attention more on the speakers and less on the sounds coming from the direction of the guitar - like an RS mod for my brain, and it's free...

On 11/3/2026 at 4:47 AM, ALSRC said:

Great! I think that these cases are easier to read on TAB (and less intimidating) than Rocksmith (especially slaps and pops)

I'll put in another plug for Tonelib Jam. It can read any RS file (and many others) in musical notation and/or tab, and you can play along at any speed including faster than the original (but you don't get scored for accuracy). It's not free, but there is a free trial. Here it is showing a section of the Primus song:

Although it doesn't do fancy separation of instruments on the audio trackj, it does have an option to play the lead, rhythm, and/or bass chart on a synth so you can in effect isolate any track sonically or mix it in with the audio.

Edited Friday at 11:33 AM3 days by LuZifeR
I improved November Rain result so I replaced that image.

Happy Friday everyone! One day left!

Streaks at stake:

@EmbraceTheAbsurd (43 weeks)

@jimbobmccecil (22 weeks)

@kayteck (3 weeks)

@emu (1 week)

@johnal (1 week)

@jpayne2366 (1 week)

@pedropmf (1 week)

Have a great weekend if we don't see you!

Thank you to everyone that has submitted their votes for this week's difficulty ratings so far, votes will be averaged tomorrow once the week ends!

For active players, these trophies are yet to be claimed:

Lead Masterclass Bonus: Phinehas - Fleshkiller · @LuZifeR , @shaggy_malagy , @TrevyMetal

Bass Beginner Bonus: Hot Milk - HORROR SHOW · @daijoubu , @ModestMonk , @MotivatedCF

8 hours ago, jimmy655 said:

I play on a Mac, so I don't think I can use drop pedal mods for PC - definitely would try those if I played on a PC. I shelled out for the red Digitech drop pedal, works great on bass as well as guitar (I didn't even know there was a blue one.) I play fairly quietly on speakers that sit on my desk, and I can hear the unprocessed guitar in a different tuning. I eventually learned to focus my attention more on the speakers and less on the sounds coming from the direction of the guitar - like an RS mod for my brain, and it's free...

Definitely! I would have gotten myself a drop pedal for sure from day 1 if my only other option would be to detune - tune the guitar itself. Or if I would be playing elsewhere than in RS (I sometimes fantasize I could take RS on stage so I don't have to learn charts, but that's a pipe dream and a vivid imagination, especially the stage part 😅).

To be specific, the blue one is a whammy drop pedal, which also exists in red, along with the red non-whammy pedal. Edit: from reviews on Thomann, users posting a 1 and 2 stars only mention bad latency and that it doesn't compare to the red guitar pedal, so that's settled for me.

Interesting about the unprocessed sound you hear! I don't play loud either so I'd be in the same boat as you here.

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Masterclass Bonus: Tilly Louise - Join the Club

I found this surprisingly very difficult! Like I have my mind wired differenty from this bassist! 🤣🤣

If we are playing this as masterclass, I think it should be (7.5)... IMHO, someone achieving 99.5% in this song deserves to advance to masterclass.

Anyway, here it is! I was expecting a lower score after a long RR session, but this went surprisingly well for me.

So close, and yet... But that it's for today, this song broke my wrist (figuratively 😅)

1 hour ago, aNDESmASAMUNE said:

If we are playing this as masterclass, I think it should be (7.5)... IMHO, someone achieving 99.5% in this song deserves to advance to masterclass.

Eyy I like the compliment but also in the words of @Mikson on advancing to masterclass

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Great job @MotivatedCF awesome improvement I think you started the week around 89%!!

32 minutes ago, drand said:

Eyy I like the compliment but also in the words of @Mikson on advancing to masterclass

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Great job @MotivatedCF awesome improvement I think you started the week around 89%!!

I'm trying and trying but my pull-offs are not "off" enough 🥲 but its fun to play it still.

15 hours ago, drand said:

glad you made it @Mikson, I have added your ratings to the site
idk if you saw but they were talking about a chord needs to be changed maybe take a look at the november chart when you get the chance

Yes, I saw @CraigDengate suggestion and checked it out. Indeed, the tabs I’d seen didn’t show any chord at that spot, but I can clearly hear a single chord in the song. So I copied first C chord and it actually didn't sound right. I checked F now, and it sounds correct, so I’ve updated CDLC. Thanks!

1 minute ago, Mikson said:

Yes, I saw @CraigDengate suggestion and checked it out. Indeed, the tabs I’d seen didn’t show any chord at that spot, but I can clearly hear a single chord in the song. So I copied first C chord and it actually didn't sound right. I checked F now, and it sounds correct, so I’ve updated CDLC. Thanks!

Thank you! You do some great tabs btw! :)

Word Up!, round 2.

Though I've rediscovered Gitaroo Man :)

Rhythm

2.5

2.5

4/4.5

Hard to rate, not difficult, but poor recognition - maybe 4/4.5.

These arpeggios are very pleasant to play - 4.5.

6.5

And these arpeggios are significantly more difficult due to the high variability in the strumming pattern. Recognition doesn't seem to be the best, either... 8.