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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25 minutes ago, JobwanMojo said:

Just as I expected, whole lots of fun! I will try it again though if Spirit Crusher in this chart gets fixed (kinda sounds like a Children of Bodom track when it's played a string above). I can nail some parts better and play smoother, I absolutely killed Flesh and the Power it Holds which was my main goal as it's my favorite song on the album.

I will play the other songs later in the week.

Pardon my ignorance, but is this actually the full album....50 minutes no breaks......my fingers ache just thinking about it.....anyone even attempting this!

40 minutes ago, ModestMonk said:

Pardon my ignorance, but is this actually the full album....50 minutes no breaks......my fingers ache just thinking about it.....anyone even attempting this!

Took two short breaks that were not my choice but yes 😅

Thankfully there is an instrumental guitar only track in the 2nd half of the album so it's a little more forgiving.

so after failing the final lead section I practiced a bunch in riff repeater, hit my first pinch harmonic that felt awesome and thought awesome back to score attack to see what I can do now....failed half way through the song lol... anyway

Just another small improvement. Gotta say, of the Claypool lines I've picked up, this one is quickly climbing up there as a fave:

What y'all pros think about this video tutorial for The Ol' Grizz? 👍👎
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OrG7rc0PNuQ?feature=share

I'm no pro but that was concise and relatively easy to follow

RIP Chester 🕯️

Unusual technique for me to sightread

What a fun little riff

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarps galore that tone tho

Songs are growing on me....seems to happen to every song I learn

And I got the pitch shifter in Rocksmith Audio Bridge to work. Missed the part in the instructions about , and . to change the tuning.

found this from testing using @Mikson's google drive technique thanks!

also @daijoubu I think it was you said you missed a screenshot last week, now that you have RS-Mods installed you can set it to take screenshots automatically, only way I miss a screenshot now is I forget to wait and skip ahead 😅

1 hour ago, drand said:

What y'all pros think about this video tutorial for The Ol' Grizz? 👍👎
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OrG7rc0PNuQ?feature=share

That is exactly what I started to do to get this down. Great place to start

Thanks @Mikson , it's very satisfying to play with the louder bass

Now if some adjustment could fix my lead playing....

One percent improvement is more than I expected.

I'm going to keep plugging away at this. I think I'd be at 99% or so until the final solo and I lose a heap there. Lots of riff repeating. But I see that as a bonus from doing the challenge. See if we can get it to 98% by the end of the week.

Oh, I think the second C chord right at the start might be wrong. I suspect this is meant to be an F chord instead.

I have a question about the song "Stay In Your Grave" by The Black Keys, specifically the rhythm submission (which is under alternative lead in the game). I see some people have used score attack for their submissions but it's not showing up in my game. I can play lead and alt lead in "learn a song" but I can only play lead in "score attack" mode. How do I play alt lead in "score attack" mode?

21 minutes ago, Andru said:

I have a question about the song "Stay In Your Grave" by The Black Keys, specifically the rhythm submission (which is under alternative lead in the game). I see some people have used score attack for their submissions but it's not showing up in my game. I can play lead and alt lead in "learn a song" but I can only play lead in "score attack" mode. How do I play alt lead in "score attack" mode?

This is what appears for me, when I click score attack it takes me to it and i can choose either of the 3 paths and difficulty.

Maybe they changed it in the learn to play version, is that what you have?

Eitherways I just tend to go main menu -> guitar arcade ->score attack -> search song (this case stay in your grave) But let me know if this doesnt work for you.

7 minutes ago, cacahuate51 said:

Hm looks a bit different to what i have maybe they changed it in the learn to play version, is that what you have?

I just tend to go main menu -> guitar arcade ->score attack -> search song (this case stay in your grave)

Thanks for your reply. I followed your instructions and this is what I'm seeing. No other arrangements available for score attack.

Interesting, I think this is the first time thats happened, ill ask suport to see whats up and will let you know if there's a solution.

Edit: So no solution yet.
But maybe you have the same cdlc multiple times in your folder? usually it appears with a (1) or more if you downloaded it alot. So for example if you downloaded stay in your grave more than once itd appear like this:
Black-Keys_Stay-In-Your-Grave_Sinomod_v1_p (1).psarc
Usually when this happens the game crashes but maybe you got lucky and its just causing your game to bug out?

Or you can try temporarly moving all the cdlc into a folder outside of the game and just leaving the black keys to see if it is just that file.

8 hours ago, drand said:

What y'all pros think about this video tutorial for The Ol' Grizz? 👍👎
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OrG7rc0PNuQ?feature=share

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