Rocksmith discussion thread - New real guitar game.

[mikeyts]

I'm pretty sure that someone here somewhere in this thread said that they actually prefer RB3's presentation.

What I've pointed out is that RB3's presentation is very close to tablature--it's sort of tab rotated 90 degrees clockwise. I have a friend who's played for 20 years who didn't care for either game but who could instantly read RB3's notation. On other hand he couldn't understand RS' notation (though he didn't give it a real chance --it's not that hard if you take a minute to think about it).

Though lots of folks in these forums have expressed a dislike of it, I like RB3's position wave notation. You get to recognize the hand positions represented by various shapes and movable chords look exactly the same except for their root number.

In any case it's not that hard to learn to use both.

I'd discourage any attempt to use an acoustic/electric to play the game, which I've attempted. The game amplifies what you're playing, changing it to sound like the guitar used in the song. If you're playing an acoustic you'll drown that out--you're better off using your Squier; there are a number of people who participate in this thread who do. I personally bought an in inexpensive Epiphone LP Special II, which I can recommend except that at 10 lbs it feels like a boulder hung around your neck. (My Squier weights around 7 lbs).

[daxx1970]

Thanks for the added advice. We have an old electric guitar I bought almost 20 years ago so it sounds like that would work better if we don't just use the Squier. It is a heavy beast though.

[lvmathemagician]

Of course, I'm usually on here at work where YouTube ist verboten!

You need a better job.

[lvmathemagician]

Though lots of folks in these forums have expressed a dislike of it, I like RB3's position wave notation. You get to recognize the hand positions represented by various shapes and movable chords look exactly the same except for their root number.

In any case it's not that hard to learn to use both.

I'm a fan of RB3's notation. I just can't stand the mute bar.

[NOT_Travis]

You need a better job.

You couldn't describe a better one for me. I have my dream job: professional computer geek. It's...the nature of my employer (legit, of course). Let's just leave it at that.

[www1221]

"Play a song with emulated bass using a guitar"
WHAAAAA!!! This is news to me (I'm sure it's been posted two posts above this one )

That you can play bass on a guitar? Yeah that was confirmed right along with the announcemnt of the bass upgrade

[osteofight]

http://www.trueachievements.com/dlc.aspx?dlcid=4337

Bass Achievements revealed

"Play a song with emulated bass using a guitar"
WHAAAAA!!! This is news to me (I'm sure it's been posted two posts above this one )

[www1221]

"Play a song with emulated bass using a guitar"
WHAAAAA!!! This is news to me (I'm sure it's been posted two posts above this one )

That you can play bass on a guitar? Yeah that was confirmed right along with the announcemnt of the bass upgrade

[NOT_Travis]

That you can play bass on a guitar? Yeah that was confirmed right along with the announcemnt of the bass upgrade

Did they mention re-tuning or anything? Or is it just going to sound like a guitar playing the notes on the bass?

[raynebc]

I have to imagine that the game will lower the pitch of the player's guitar, because it just wouldn't sound right playing octaves higher than the bass part in the song.