Rocksmith discussion thread - New real guitar game.

[SeattleSauve]

I actually did notice that but it must have slipped my mind when I was thinking about "fixing" things.

Totally understandable, usually posts don't need that much fixing

500: I feel rising stardom approaching!

[Doc_SoCal]

Picked up a copy for 360 today.

The gamestop dude said 79.99... I said, umm... No.

49.99 is a great deal for this game with the cable.

I asked my local BB to match the price but they said no due to the BB version being exclusive to BB.

[jeccaneko]

When you get RS, but sure to try the "Dawn of the Chordead" game--it's hilarious . You'll need to play the chord challenge to unlock it (it doesn't matter how well you do).

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to those mini games. The RB3 trainers don't help me much for what I'm trying to learn.

You mean the strings on the RB3 Squier? There's a high probability of those being somewhat corroded out of the box. (When you decide to restring it, buy one of these. It's basically a crank handle for rapidly turning the tuning knobs to loosen or tighten strings with a string cutter built in. You can see it in use in this clip).

Yeah, I've got one of those. My strings aren't corroded, but I want to replace them anyway. Just gotta figure out which strings I want to put on it. I don't have as much familiarity with electric guitar strings. My other guitar is an acoustic and I've found strings I like for that.

[Doom878]

The thing with Dawn of the Chordead is that they'll throw chords that aren't as popular as the more popular A, Am, C, D, E, Em, F, G. At first yes but then they start throwing in 7's and barre. Maybe it's the level and speed that you play them at so I could be wrong.

Honestly I felt playing House of the Rising Sun chord version was a much better chord practice. You should also practice the chords in the freestyle mode so you can hear them being played cleanly. First learn to play them cleanly then worry about chord changes to play cleanly. And yes that includes F which is a barre chord.

I also like to look up tabs of my favorite songs I enjoy and play the chord version. You'll play those more since you like the song so much. Might not work good with metal but playing Karma Police helps me with tabs.

[jeccaneko]

^ I think being able to hear stuff played cleanly is another thing I really want from Rocksmith. Playing the Squier with the mute on all the time for RB3 is making me a really sloppy player. I can hear it every time I play outside the game how even the chords I do know how to play don't sound very good. (And yes, this is with the guitar properly tuned. I just mean I get buzz and such.)

Actually, I don't even know how to properly palm mute at all yet either. I didn't really understand the explanation that RB3's trainers gave and RB3 doesn't properly enforce it. Maybe I need to look on YouTube for a video.

[Funk-n-stein]

Actually, I don't even know how to properly palm mute at all yet either. I didn't really understand the explanation that RB3's trainers gave and RB3 doesn't properly enforce it. Maybe I need to look on YouTube for a video.

The muted (blue bar) notes in RB aren't palm mutes, they are rhythmic mutes that are best done with your fretting hand and aren't associated with certain notes. Palm mutes are played while playing a note, but the note doesn't ring out. It's impossible for RB3 to handle palm mutes because they would probably make it so the string pluck wouldn't register as the vibration is stopped close to the bridge.

[raynebc]

The Mustang originally was going to have a palm mute sensor (it was listed in the original feature set), but MadCatz removed it before the product was released. It's too bad, that would have been pretty nice to have. Thinking about it now, maybe they had to remove it because as you said, there was no good way to get it to work on the Squier.

[jeccaneko]

The muted (blue bar) notes in RB aren't palm mutes, they are rhythmic mutes that are best done with your fretting hand and aren't associated with certain notes. Palm mutes are played while playing a note, but the note doesn't ring out. It's impossible for RB3 to handle palm mutes because they would probably make it so the string pluck wouldn't register as the vibration is stopped close to the bridge.

Thanks for the explanation. See, that's how little I know about muting with a guitar. I didn't even know there were different kinds! Is muting a slightly more advanced technique? I took guitar lessons with a teacher for 2 months (actually 2 different ones because I didn't like the first) and I never learned muting.

I have a question about Rocksmith too. I heard the tuner in game sucks. Is that true? I have an electronic tuner and know how to tune guitars, so maybe I should just make sure to tune it before I turn on the game each time.

[HeavyMetalKing]

Thanks for the explanation. See, that's how little I know about muting with a guitar. I didn't even know there were different kinds! Is muting a slightly more advanced technique? I took guitar lessons with a teacher for 2 months (actually 2 different ones because I didn't like the first) and I never learned muting.

I have a question about Rocksmith too. I heard the tuner in game sucks. Is that true? I have an electronic tuner and know how to tune guitars, so maybe I should just make sure to tune it before I turn on the game each time.

I wouldn't really say it's more of an "advanced" technique. That type of muting simply involves you lightly placing your finger on the string your playing, so that it deadens the sound. With palm muting your using you're using the side of your picking hand to stifle the sound of what you're playing, but you're not completely deadening it. With palm muting you're still playing a specific power chord/chord/note/etc. but just not letting it ring out. With the other type of muting you're deadening the string as a whole, and as far as I know it doesn't matter where you are on the string. That's the best way I can explain it. I know it kind of sucks.

I wouldn't say the in game tuner sucks, but it's certainly not the greatest. If you have your own tuner, I would definitely recommend using that before you start playing.

[raynebc]

If you have one of those tuners that clips onto your guitar's head stock, you can even just leave it attached during gameplay if you want, then it will be easy as pie to double check Rocksmith's tuner's accuracy.