If you have 4th Gen Guitar. inquire within if you miss on 1/32 notes.

[KingNuclear]

Well I did not think I'd be unveiling this information, but since it relates to rock band I'll share.

For the past two years, I never use my fingers or thumb to strum with the X-plorer or les paul.

I see many posts about new guitars not registering alternative strumming.

I tested it out for about two hours, and yes the guitar registers 1/16 note's flawlessly , but comes up a little short on 1/32 notes * example near the ending of creep* I can strum regular also.


When I used my method of strumming I use personally, I found that it registers the 1/32 notes perfectly within no problem, this makes me feel much better.
I'll be posting a pic of 100% creep soon.



I place the palm of my hand, over the strum bar.

* Make sure its pressed in tight against your skin, should be able to move it extremely fast while keeping your balance & it feels natural*


I can move my wrist / hand way faster than just up and down with my thumb.


Try it out and tell me what you think.


-Nuke-

[vexvegaz]

I place the palm of my hand, over the strum bar , with my thumb and pointer finger; I leave the strum bar between them.

* Make sure its pressed in tight against your skin, should be able to move it extremely fast while keeping your balance & it feels natural*

make sure u take a pic of that so we have a better understanding of what ur actually saying. thanks :)

[KingNuclear]

make sure u take a pic of that so we have a better understanding of what ur actually saying. thanks :)

Sorry, after I read that I sounded like a total fool what I just posted.



let me grab the camera.

[ThePare]

Waiting for a pic :P

[KingNuclear]

http://a858.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/67/l_3c99636f6f9b185ea91b41223bf65c49.jpg


Just noticed I did not pick up the Strat fender... lol I'm so use to this Xplorer.


if its going to bother someone that much, I'll grab the fender and take another pic.

[tbradshaw]

How do you know that you have 4th gen guitar? Did you open it to check for induction loops?

[DesiredFX]

I can move my wrist / hand way faster than just up and down with my thumb.

No comment.

Heh heh heh heh heh....

[Micker]

I think I can move my wrist much faster then using my hand like that. I play real guitar for about 4 years+, and I am used to regular strumming. Just seems kinda weird, i'll try it out, but I like playing the RB guitar like a real guitar, just feels more realistic and fun.

[The Rooster]

I can't do crap with the Rock Band guitar, so I went back to the GH2 guitar. There was a 100% Creep thread that just got closed that I wanted in on. Dont know why it closed. But anyway, I just turned the game on and did Creep on Expert at 98%. Sure I could do better if I cared to practice but it's too slow and boring to keep on playiing. But with someone offering 5000 Microsoft points to do Creep at 99% + 100% vocals on Expert at the same time, I figured I would try.

Don't see what the issue with 1/32 notes is. You just don't need to panic and get the timing right. Just a hair too fast or too slow and you'll miss a crap load of notes. Creep is kind of slow, you you need to strum kind of slow...you know...slow for a 1/32 anyway.

I play the guitar for real, so it would be completely unnatural to strum with the cup of my hand. Finger and thumb work for me. What's funny is, when I play Bass on Rock Band, I slap it as if I were playing an actual bass. Works.