d7f7f4 No.16819751[Last 50 Posts]
ROCKSMITH THREAD
What does /v/ think? Anyone play?
Piracy fags: you can play without denuvo and without a rocksmith cable. You don't even need to hook up your guitar in 'disconnected mode'.
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e8c088 No.16819755
I tried picking up rocksmith in 2014 because I really wanted to learn how to play guitar, but it has stupid uplay shit, and I havent even checked if I'm able to log back in.
Also I have smooth baby hands like a mong and I'm kind of evasive about getting them calloused. I dont like how callouses feel
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d7f7f4 No.16819757
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>no DLC/CDLC for Fleetwood Mac's Little Lies
I'm fixing up a 90s YN (Taiwanese) Squier Stratocaster I found in a dumpster. Do buyfags care if the nut/washer on the cable connector is not original? I don't really care, but I prefer to keep my controllers in pristine state just in case I might sell or trade up.
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d7f7f4 No.16819767
>>16819755
>stupid uplay shit
I've got a legit copy and I don't need to login with UPlay. The game DOES lock this one song (I think by Mastodon?). As far as I know, pirates can just download a cracked copy and either use a authentic cable or a USB guitar interface via a mod. I might just go with that in the future.
>Also I have smooth baby hands like a mong and I'm kind of evasive about getting them calloused. I dont like how callouses feel
Unless you're playing more than 3 hours a day on the regular, I don't think you should worry. On average, I play for about an hour a day and I don't feel anything different.
I quickly built up my own calluses through some binge playing and my fingers felt a little weird for a while, like I lost sensitivity, but that very quickly went away again. Now, it doesn't feel different at all now. The skin looks a little like plastic, but I don't mind.
Gotta suffer for the art, son.
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d7f7f4 No.16819773
>>16819755
Oh, shit. I think I know what you're talking about.
I have a steam copy which complains about logging into UPlay when you start the game up. You can get past that window by pressing escape and then pressing enter. It asks you for UPlay login details (which you don't need to give), and then it asks you if you're SURE you wanna cancel logging in. That's just what I do. No leaderboards, but I don't give a shit.
Fucking dark patterns.
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d7f7f4 No.16819774
>>16819773
Should've saged, shit…
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02cf85 No.16819795
>a Rocksmith thread
>in CY+5
My nigger
Rocksmith helped me a lot with learning how to play back when it first came out. I owned both the original and the 2014 edition and ported over all the songs to the new edition. I’m shocked this game doesn’t get talked about more often. Are they still putting out new content for it? I know shit like Rock Band would have updates for more than like half a decade
>>16819755
I’ve played guitar so long I don’t even notice my callouses. All it takes is practice anon. Start on Hard Mode with an acoustic guitar since the strings are fatter than a normal electric. It’ll hurt at first, but practice daily and you’ll build up resistance in no time.
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8f427d No.16819806
>>16819757
No one is going to tell if the nut is different, I've had them fall out of several guitars and I eventually just bought a handful of them from a hardware store to keep incase they fall out again or if one of my mates need one. However Squier Strats aren't worth much so trading up isn't really going to happen unless you can trick some dummy into it. But for a free dumpster guitar you cant beat it, I always keep a cheap B C Rich around that I practice on so I don't mess up my good ones.
>>16819795
Yeah they release a new song pack every week still. Also there is CustomForge where people upload songs that aren't officially released, and if you get lucky and download a song that gets released as DLC you wont have to buy it unless the custom track is shit or such.
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d7f7f4 No.16819872
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>>16819795
>My nigger
8ch band practice when?
>Are they still putting out new content for it?
<1500 paid DLCs on Steam
<41000 CDLCs on customsforge.com
Currently there's a -40% sale on Steam on certain DLCs
>>16819806
>Squier Strats aren't worth much
Gearfaggery won't make you a better player anyways.
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4b445e No.16819950
>>16819751
>tfw I sold my guitar because I could never play properly and I needed the money
I'll never be Judas Priest.
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d7f7f4 No.16820014
>>16819950
I just saw a dumb-ass sell a really nice $140 value guitar for about $50 on some online auction site. Might pick it up myself at this point.
If you can't spend $50 on a used guitar and some strings? I wonder what your toaster and life looks like.
I feel you, poor-bro.
>I'll never be Judas Priest.
Don't let your dreams be memes. I picked up Rocksmith and made me a better player than ever. Apparently, there's plenty of salty guitar fags being elitist about "muh music theory", "muh note reading", but you can just learn that shit on your own time.
After about 70 hours of practice and research? I feel like I'm just shy of calling myself 'intermediate'. I had some music lessons ages ago when I was a kid, and that definitely helped me out conceptually. But after 70 hours of practice? I can I can now comfortably play a lot of songs at a level where I'm not embarrassed to play in front of friends including this one favorite I pretty much mastered.
<If you'd like to play songs and think that'd be massively fun? Get RS and try it out on a loaner.
<The secret is to keep the fun in practicing and honing your skills. Rocksmith just makes it infinitely more fun and rewarding to practice songs, especially when starting out.
I'm not even shilling when I say that RS helped me get over that initial bump. Before, I felt like an amateur. But playing a full song? I feel like I know guitar now.
It won't turn you into Glenn Tipton, but that's just a matter of more practice. Besides, 90% of people won't be able to tell you suck if you mess up a little, it's already impressive enough if you know how to play Breaking the Law.
>141 results on CustomsForge for "Judas Priest"
pics related
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f81618 No.16820027
>>16820014
>The secret is to keep the fun in practicing and honing your skills
>not practicing different shapes of scales 8 hours a day to perfect godlike alternate picking
I know I'm autistic but I can't help myself.
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d7f7f4 No.16820037
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>>16819950
You don't even need RS. Just watch youtube videos.
>small amp or low latency PC effects software
>You can now comfortably play this
Look at how easy this shit is.
>2 different riffs
>one is laughably easy
Lear those power chords, get your fingers a little fast, palm mutes.
Should take you about 60 minutes to master.
I'll see if I can record my first attempt at playing Breaking the Law from that youtube vid. Bewarned that I suck, though.
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4b445e No.16820062
>>16820014
What are some good songs to learn chords with? I'm mainly having issue with controlling my pinky
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4b445e No.16820064
>>16820037
Power chords are the only thing I know
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93890d No.16820096
I-is there a similar program or game involving a Piano instead?
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4b445e No.16820104
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de1242 No.16820231
>>16819755
>Also I have smooth baby hands like a mong and I'm kind of evasive about getting them calloused. I dont like how callouses feel
Just get a pick or multiple finger picks. Especially if your guitar has steel strings. You won't get any calluses as long as your fingers do not touch strings too often.
You should be more worried about carpal tunnel or RSI anyway.
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21eeca No.16820267
Might actually check this out for practicing bass. I've been playing guitar for 10 years already it doesn't seem fun to do on here, but bass practice would be good.
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b33ce7 No.16820270
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a6e832 No.16820301
>>16819872
>8ch band practice when?
God, if we could set up a garage band equivalent to /v/ Sings, the autism would hit levels never before seen
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b33ce7 No.16820310
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8ddeae No.16820325
>>16820231
You can't use a guitar pick on the fretboard dumb dumb
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29dd0b No.16820337
>>16820231
The strumming hand isn't the problem, maybe if you play for several hours a day it'll hurt a bit. The calluses appear on the other hand as your fingers have to press down on the metal strings. To make it worse, while you don't know what you're doing you'll press down harder than you actually need to so in the beginning it hurts a bit. It isn't too bad though, with some practice your skin will get hard enough that it won't hurt (if you practice a lot it will though, but unless you're still in school you probably won't practice enough for your fingers to bleed).
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d7f7f4 No.16820343
>>16820062
>>16820063
>>16820064
>good songs to learn chords with
The ones you like listening to. Keeping it fun is the best way to keep practicing. I like a lot of music, so finding something to play isn't a problem for me personally. As for understanding how chords work? You can recognize the chord shapes and reapply it elsewhere on the fretboard. I find this way easier to learn and deal with than rote memorization.
Pic related.
If you wanna rote memorize chords? Try one of those chord minigames. Castle Chordead is fun, but that shit always fails to recognize my chords so I just gave up on that.
For finger/muscle practice, just play what you want. I've had a lot of fun with REM - Losing My Religion. Apparently, some people find that strumming pattern weird so that might help you learn as well. I think the secret to RS is that it gradually teaches you more chords as you learn new songs.
>>16820325
When I got into RS, my fingers hurt so bad I just grabbed some gloves and played with that. While sweaty, I could still feel the strings and play. I quickly got my skin used to the conditions, though. Why don't you go buy some 'finger condoms' to put on your fingers? That's an actual thing they sell, you know...
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e5ea0d No.16820346
>>16820270
Lmao that faggot piano doesn't have 88 keys what a fucking scrub. tfw I bought a piano five fucking years ago and have hardly touched it. I suck.
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d7f7f4 No.16820373
>>16820096
Synthesia, though it's probably not as fun as guitar.
>>16820301
>implying /v/ being autistic has ever lead to bad things
While internet latency is too high for real-time jamming, we can still record something.
Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies
>>16820337
>guy plays his shovel better than any of us have ever played
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b33ce7 No.16820375
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b33ce7 No.16820378
>>16820373
did you forget /v/ sings was a thing?
>wojak
get out
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07471c No.16820496
Uplay is a non starter, Ubisoft the second non starter. Market is ripe for a better company to make a music education game.
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de1242 No.16820505
>>16820325
>>16820337
In that case it's even easier. Just get a glove and the problem is solved.
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21eeca No.16820694
Well it was only a mild pain in the ass to get running, and I wound up Direct Monitoring my guitar because the latency is just kind of shit. It was playable on minimal buffer size but it's still enough to fuck with me.
Played it all evening though, it's a good time. They've actually got some bangin DLC songs too.
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29fcc1 No.16820728
I remember seeing Rocksmith had a minigame to practice chords. Is it any good? Does it have any other good music theory things? Or is it all just glorified guitar hero?
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29fcc1 No.16820734
>>16820301
Cuckchan has something like this. Orchestr/a/. They basically get a bunch of anons together to do covers of anime songs.
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04216f No.16820742
>>16820301
I play guitar, bass, and keys and I know someone IRL who posts here who can play several stringed, wind, and percussion instruments. He refuses to play anything anymore though. But we could make it happen.
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21eeca No.16820743
>>16820728
I haven't tried all of the minigames but they seem to be well-varied for technique practices. What I've been really impressed with is the Session mode, where you can set up to like 4 AI instruments to jam with you in a certain key. It dynamically changes with your activity even. You can set it to shift keys at times and everything. It's super interesting and is a really cool way to learn keys for someone like me who's spurned theory their whole life. It shows the notes for the key on screen and everything.
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d6e45c No.16820813
>>16820346
Just practice at least 20 minutes a day if you can. Hell only doing it a couple of times a week isn't badI bought one and have made good progress in a month, but tied between college and work I have a hard time finding the time to play.
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d6e45c No.16820819
>>16820373
>Nuwojak
Come on now anon, but on a related note
>Synthesia
From my understanding of the program, alot of people use it as a tool to learn certain pieces. From what I was told, it's a terrible way to learn since you ONLY learn to play the Piano visually, instead of teaching you the basics like reading sheet music and music theory in general. Now I don't know if they do, but if they let you have a way to read the sheet notes and also how to read them, then I would say it would be alright.
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6b84c4 No.16821205
>>16820496
uplay is fine, least bullshit store that isn't just some shitty web 2.0 frontend and offers you 20% off for just playing their games
only flaw it requires admin rights.
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6e17c6 No.16821270
>>16819950
You can go pick up an electric guitar for ten bucks from a pawn shop, dipshit. If it's just a means to an end to try out Rocksmith that's what I'd recommend you do.
>>16820014
>RS helped me get over that initial bump
That's exactly what I think too and I loved RS for it. Practicing sucks and we all know it, but RS turns practicing into a game. It's not going to "teach" you too much outside of speed and ease of movement, but frankly I think that's probably the most important part for a beginner: feeling comfortable with a guitar in your hands. It's no substitute for actual learning though, because any jackass can learn to mimic another guitarist by learning their songs. Also worth mentioning that learning to play Painkiller was my personal white whale and RS helped me master it, and I don't know if the pride from that will ever go away
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21eeca No.16821292
>>16821270
> learning to play Painkiller was my personal white whale
Once I get more practiced up on bass I'm going to start on Selkies: The Endless Obsession. That will be my graduation.
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6b84c4 No.16821300
>>16821209
>giving admin rights to any random program
>installing any software at all
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80e23b No.16821433
>>16820743
That's pretty cool. Might check that out once I get better with theory.
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21eeca No.16821539
>>16821433
Yeah once you learn how scales work in general, and what keys are, then its good for learning the specific keys and scales. Probably won't do too much until you know wtf a key even is.
Man, I want to slap some more fuckin bass but my fingers are absolutely ragged.
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d7f7f4 No.16821600
>>16821539
There's plenty of stuff you can learn without playing your instrument. Now's a good time for learning music theory.
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29fcc1 No.16821620
>>16821539
I know the keys, the majors, the minors and the scales. I just can't whip them out in the middle of playing.
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d7f7f4 No.16821649
>>16821620
Play scale warrior?
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21eeca No.16821809
>>16821600
NO, FUCK THEORY
I just played some more and broke the blister on my fretting hand and acquired new blisters on my picking fingers.
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90e950 No.16821867
Still play every other day, 90% bass. Mix it up with Comfy and tough (why is weebshit so funky and so difficult).
There is a couple of things to recommend to anons picking it up:
Do the fingerings as indicated. Don't get lazy and end up with a shitty weak pinky.
Score and timing of each note isn't the best. You have to learn to partially ignore the scoring and focus on hitting notes accurately in a good-sounding manner. You can end up as a weak player with excuses like "hey it sounds bad but I got 100% on the notes though!"
Bass extra tip: use both fingers to pick. Don't be a sad anon who learns wrong (saw one on youtube….thumb only, sad…)
>>16820096
>piano
>not learning superior nipponese chromatic keyboard system instead
shamefur
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da63b6 No.16821878
>>16821867
>chromatic
>nippon
That shit has been on Hungarian and German accordions since forever.
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d7f7f4 No.16822957
So I've been playing a lot outside of the game as of late. The progress I've made is absolutely staggering. I highly recommend toying around with software effects and just jamming to some rocksmith videos on youtube. The mixing on Rocksmith kinda sucks at times.
Dunno about you windows fags, but JACKd and rakarrak are a fucking blessing. Guitarix can kinda suck my balls, though.
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279ae3 No.16822970
>>16822957
Regarding mixing, there's no escaping it in Rocksmith. I've gone with Music set as low as 40 and I still can struggle to hear the instrument over the track.
I got a cheapo second hand amp and a cheapo ABY box.
One output to Rocksmith cable, one output to amp. Adjust volume so it's not overpowering and bam, makes it nice.
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b8e707 No.16823015
>be omegapoorfag teen
>gave up guitar because parents wouldn't get me lessons and self teaching just made me frustrated
>mother gave guitar away without me knowing
>10 years later still poorfag
>music taste refined over the years
>been getting a lot into medieval and renaissance music with lute and spanish guitar
>really want to give it a second chance but can't even afford the shittiest second hand guitar
>see this thread
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b8e707 No.16823016
Invidious embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>16821292
also your bass graduation will be song related, anything else is for fags
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bceead No.16823028
Oh shit, rocksmith thread.
Im really enjoying the game since i bought a cheap Bass, but i kinda regret the Bass as sometimes i play it like a normal guitar with some songs. Need to download more custom songs.
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bceead No.16823029
>>16823015
Considered maybe something like Afterpay?
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8f427d No.16823249
>>16823028
Do you get any problems when you try to use your bass in RS? The last time I tried to use mine it picks up super low or not at all. It's weird because it used to work perfect, then I stopped using it for a while and when I booted it up recently it gave me that can't log into uplay shit and now my bass wont work in it.
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cdd8a9 No.16824018
Alright I've been considering picking my guitar back up. Is there any reason I'd need anything more than my guitar, a standard guitar-to-usb cord, and a good magnet link?
Incidentally, anyone know a good torrent?
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d7f7f4 No.16824449
>>16824018
Officially, you "need" a 'rocksmith' cable to get into the game. But you can apply a "NoCable Patch" made by some Russians.
I was too dumb/lazy to look into that for any amount of time so when I found out my pirated copy didn't immediately go into the menu, I just gave up bought the game on steam for 10 bucks, which STILL needed the fucking cable for 30 bucks.
Jesus I'm dumb.
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21eeca No.16824452
>>16824018
You'll just need the NoCablePatch if you're not using their special boy hardware DRM.
>>16823016
Haha fair enough. I do like that song, but I think it might be easier than Selkies tbh.
>>16823249
Have you re-calibrated it?
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d7f7f4 No.16824484
>>16823249
Whenever your recording setup changes because you're using different cables, instruments or grounding, you should take the 15 seconds needed to re-calibrate. I've had awful experiences with Rocksmith simply because my shit wasn't grounded. I could calibrate all day, but an ungrounded setup remains a noisy one.
Your setup is grounded, is it not?
Cheater plugs don't count unless you're the 1 in 100 burgers who knows what's up.
tl;dr: ground & calibrate.
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8e55a7 No.16825049
>>16823015
>can't afford 80 bucks
Damn nibba
>>16823249
I had that on Original Rocksmith. Haven't on 2014 Remastered. Calibrating is correct, make sure you are playing loud when it tells you to (like with a pick and shit)
>>16824018
>>16824449
Rocksmith cable makes it easier, isn't bad. Newer rocksmith does detect a random decent USB mic so no real need for russkiye patch, I think
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229141 No.16825376
Hey lads so I have a focusrite scarlett solo interface and I was wondering if the game would recognize it as an input or if I have to go and buy the "official" dongle shit?
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d7f7f4 No.16825613
>>16825376
Does it show up as an audio device in windows?
Then you can use it in Rocksmith's own "Microphone mode" or in the no cable patch.
I think the no cable patch simulates your audio interface as an official cable.
Since you need the no cable patch anyways because the game doesn't let you in the main menu without it.
Just remember to properly calibrate and you're good to go.
Please note that calibration (and maybe note detection?) is a little different in mic mode vs cable mode. (Acoustics over a mic sound different than electrics over a cable, right?)
Please report back when you get it working.
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e1bc16 No.16825618
>Guitar ruined because of a hole in the shed
>Strings rusted to fuck
At least it sounds neat playing it with a slide, fuckin why are guitars so expensive.
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21eeca No.16825862
>>16825376
>>16825613
Yeah bud I have the 2i2 and it works with the NoCablePatch. Just set it to be your only input, set it to 16-bit 2 Channel 48k, open the NoCablePatch, rev up the game.
You might get some issues with channels, it takes instrument from Channel 1 only. I'm not sure if there's a way to flip channels on a Solo that has Mic in 1.
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d7f7f4 No.16825900
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>16825618
Post pics and recording pls.
>fuckin why are guitars so expensive.
Because collector tards pay for novelty value. That's something I get it, though. People want a nice vintage instrument. I can sort of understand that.
But it seems to me you can get a proper quality instrument for a lot less if you know what to look for and maybe do a little bit of work yourself.
Seems I'm not the only one that thinks this, check either the embed video or this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVmFlzksMCE
videos tl;dr:
>You can make a cheap fender copy sound reasonably good by making sure your setup is done properly (intonation, flat neck, flat frets, pickup polarity)
>Woods that sound better in electric guitars is bullshit marketing and doesn't really matter
>a $7000 les paul is identical to the $300 version but has 'better' parts like pickups
PROTIP: expensive pickups are snake oil.
>>16823015
So yeah, omegapoorfag-san. Here's your calling! Guitar playing isn't as expensive as you think.
>>16825862
I'm not sure if there's a way to flip channels
swap the wires? :^)
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8e55a7 No.16825911
>>16825900
Cheap ones aren't the best but they can be good for a first one.
First hit on craigslit
As long as the neck isn't some mobius strip bullshit level of bent, it should be tune-able.
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21eeca No.16826001
>>16825900
>not sure if there's a way to flip channels
Yeah I really don't know. It might take some fuckery, like trying to make it work single channel or something. Should've sprung for the 2i2!
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ad0267 No.16826007
>>16823015
Just pick up some cheap ass guitar from a pawn shop or something, you can probably get one for like $20.
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dc2734 No.16826489
>>16821649
It'd be so good if their games had an option for sheet music and not their bullshit system they came up with.
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d7f7f4 No.16826608
>>16826489
>bullshit system they came up with
It's just "guitar tabs 2.0".
If they'd introduce sheet music, they'd have to either:
A) introduce it as some "tabs 3.0" notation introduced much later in the game (at which point: why would you learn yet another notation for that?)
B) Introduce it from the get go and have new players be even more confused and intimidated and overwhelmed when they don't hit the right notes. And then they drop the game, refund the thing and give bad reviews.
The power of Rocksmith is that you can pick it up fairly easily. It is intuitive and approachable, even by absolute beginners. It's something everyone understands: finger positions between frets. It's something real/tangible. It is the epitome of "easy to learn, hard to master". Not some abstract ink on a paper that isn't really looked at unless you forgot which note to play.
RS is for getting over that initial bump where practicing isn't really fun and you don't feel comfortable with a guitar in your hand. Also: fun party game if you trust your guests with your guitars.
Unless you read sheet music like you read text, it stays a slow and tedious process, which is something a beginner really does not need. With RS's notation, you get to hold a guitar in your hands and get somewhat competent at just playing, which is exactly what a beginner does need.
This is why I fucking love this game: I used to be sub-par at even playing any instrument at all but now I can play songs instead of somewhat hit the right notes some of the time. Practicing became infinitely more fun and productive. While my sheet reading speed is still awful, I know how 80% of the stuff works because music lessons 20 years ago. But reading sheet music won't make me a better guitarist, practicing will.
But that's not to say a sheet music minigame wouldn't do a lot of good.
tl;dr: Learn sheet music later, when you need it when you've got sheet music for something you wanna play. But if you're not comfortable with just playing your guitar/bass? Get into RS first and learn some songs. I think that's a lot saner way to get started.
Plenty of good musicians don't know how to read sheet music. It'll definitely make you a better player, though.
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6db120 No.16833573
I see poorfags in this thread saying they can't afford a guitar. Do these guys have good computers? Because a computer is a lot more expensive than a guitar that you'd be using just to mess around with a video game.
I ask because I am also a poorfag, and my computer is a toaster laptop that I got as a gift (meaning they didn't know what they were getting and got what they thought looked nice on the outside) in like 2013 or 2014. I think I looked up recommended specs for Rocksmith once and they were surprisingly high for a game I assumed wouldn't be technologically impressive. But then a lot of the time, recommended specs are bullshit.
>tl;dr: can I play this on a toaster? Or should I continue saving up for a good computer before I can actually play this?
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8f427d No.16833656
>>16824484
>>16824452
>>16825049
Found out what it was, the emulated bass setting got turned on somehow.
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e10f1b No.16833662
>>16819751
Been using it for 5 years and have fingertips like hard leather pads as a result. It's been the most consistently used 'game' I have. Despite a left hand injury that makes my little finger nearly non-viable for use in this I can still hit 95%+ on some tunes, my ring finger is starting to look like a cudgel. It's fun to just pick stuff out, the themes to tv shows is fun, King of the Hill one is easy and I've nearly got Quantum Leap down.
>>16820037
Thanks to how simple it is I hit 97.5% on that a few months ago.
>>16820496
The Uplay thing is easily subverted, you don't have to give them anything if you're not paying.
>>16821809
Stop and take a break before you generate blisters, they don't help the process of hardening your skin up.
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e10f1b No.16833716
>>16833573
I have a 750ti and it runs fine it can be laggy/chugging along if you're doing anything intensive in the background though, helps to turn the Venue mode off (not least because it's annoying).
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3cf4b9 No.16834226
>>16819751
I'm interested in trying to learn guitar would something like 1st pic and link related work as a cheap beginner thing it seems to be unbranded? Pic two is a BC Rich Bronze Warlock Electric Guitar thats also 50$ on craigslist.
1st seems like its probably not a great guitar(although it does have great reviews) but decent to learn and comes with some bonus shit. 2 according to my search is fairly more expensive than its being sold for but doesn't come with the bonus stuffs and also isn't new and could have issues. Also doesn't look like it has all the features. Its worth more but and I like the design more but I think pic 1 may be better.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Colorful-Electric-Guitar-Strap-Cord-Gigbag-Beginner-Pack-Accessories/332683411651?hash=item4d757a00c3:m:mY-BllA0_w1l5dXH-wT273w
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e10f1b No.16834313
>>16834226
I have a pic one by Lindo and it's ok, I do most of my practise sitting so that second one looks like it would be an exercise in jabbing yourself in the elbow, chin and leg. It looks sweet and everything but might not be the best thing to learn with.
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3cf4b9 No.16834849
>>16834313
I would be doing all of my practice sitting and I hadn't taken that into account. With that and other issues I think I'll get the first one. I quite like both the blue and the white one. If there was a plain wood grain one that would be swell.
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ef492e No.16836165
What is the best torrent for this game? I've done a search of my own and found some but I'm unsure of which is the best and also there is a lot of confusion on whether the remastered version is cracked. And apparently the original while great was utter dog shit compared to the remaster. I see on crackwatch that it is not cracked but some say it has been cracked. I'm also not sure if the CDLC works for pirates.
I hadn't put any thought into the pirating of the game before I bought the guitar but now I'm a bit concerned.
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0edf6e No.16837781
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d7f7f4 No.16839388
>>16833573
There is a lot of post-processing shit enabled by default, but you can turn that stuff down. It lagged out my RX Vega 11 iGPU, but having disabled that, it now runs buttery smooth on that thing.
What GPU do you have?
RS isn't CPU heavy at all. If your single thread performance isn't complete garbage, you should be just fine.
>>16834226
Any guitar will do when starting out, really. The only reasons you want other guitars are: tone, build quality or brand name.
Tone depends on a lot of factors (including pickup configuration). So it seems smart to get a guitar with a pickup configuration that suits you. And the tone you want depends on the music you play. What music do you want to play?
<build quality
<Brand name
Apparently, the skill of the luthier is really important to the quality and 'feel' of a guitar. I heard a luthier say that guitars shouldn't cost more than $500. Anything above that is brand name and hocus pocus. And retards continuously fall for hocus pocus. Case in point: modifying perfectly fine guitars with shitty/insane guitar mods that make their guitar play worse. I personally wouldn't buy modded guitars unless: whoever was tinkering knew what they're doing, I can undo the mod and there's a clear and stated reason why they installed it.
Something retards fall for continuously: expensive pickups and expensive capacitors. A $100 pickup is still the same basic electromagnet. The same with capacitors: the expensive 'high quality' caps are just sourced on aliexpress or at least manufactured in the same factory. A ceramic plate capacitor is and always will be a ceramic capacitor.
>would something like 1st pic and link related work as a cheap beginner thing it seems to be unbranded?
YES
tl;dr:
I recommend you buy something that hasn't been tampered with
You'll outgrow any beginner guitar with enough playing and after you've gotten familiar with guitars, you'll know what to buy then.
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d7f7f4 No.16839402
>>16836165
>apparently the original while great was utter dog shit compared to the remaster
I heard the original was bad, but 'utter dog shit'? That's certainly a possibility, yes.
>now I'm a bit concerned
Don't worry, anon-kun. Rocksmith isn't all that expensive on sale ($10?), so whatever happens, you can still shill out $10 and get the official game + the no cable patch. As for the 'uncracked game'? I downloaded a torrent and the game launched fine. I still needed to nocable patch it, though.
Try this one: https://1337x.to/torrent/2593064/Rocksmith-2014-Update-7-Incl-ALL-DLC/
Chances are you'll run into what I did: not being able to get past the 'tuning' thing because it doesn't detect the cable.
So make sure you:
<nocable patch:
https://github.com/Maxx53/NoCableLauncher
<Use ASIO if your audio interface has ASIO drivers and you're not having any luck.
https://github.com/mdias/rs_asio
Please report back.
NOTE: Your PC line-in is not protected against the high voltage swings during strumming. You may blow up your line in by connecting your guitar up to that!
I did that for quite some time by turning the volume knob/pot on my guitar down. While this leads to a lower output voltage, strumming hard may still fuck your shit up. Also, if the volume control sliders in your software do not actually turn down the analog gain to the ADC but merely scale the volume after digitization? The software can falsely lead you to believe you're not hitting the inputs limits of the ADC, so you might still blow your guitar up. I've never seen this myself, though.
Only plug your guitar in on PC audio interfaces you don't mind blowing up. (Or use devices designed for guitar input)
Warnings need not be followed by wheel-privileged wizards.
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e10f1b No.16839637
>>16839402
>Rocksmith-2014-Update-7-Incl-ALL-DLC/
That plus this
m agnet:?xt=urn:btih:240161D217E8F75F0BAAED79DBC26626B1B750F8&dn=%5Bzooqle.com%5D%20rocksmith%202014%20dlc%20%2B%20custom%20%282019-12%29&tr=http://bt2.archive.org:6969/announce&tr=http://open.acgtracker.com:1096/announce&tr=http://bt1.archive.org:6969/announce&tr=http://tracker.etree.org:6969/announce&tr=http://tracker.tntvillage.scambioetico.org:2710/announce&xl=13401717922&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker1.itzmx.com%3A8080%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fbt1.archive.org%3A6969%2Fannounce
for MOAR DLC.
>>16836165
That^ works but the CDLC stuff required a .dll (included) to function however my game doesn't launch if that .dll is in my root folder, take it out and it does run but the CDLC tracks don't launch so you're best off just unticking that in the torrent. Maybe that stuff will work on your set-up I dunno, but there's plenty to work with in the original + the OCCL stuff anyway.
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3cf4b9 No.16841800
>>16839388
Glad to hear it. Thats the guitar i ended up buying.
>>16839402
Thats the one i downloaded a few days ago. I haven't tried it out yet. I bought the actual Rocksmith cable for just 9$ so i don't need to bother with that stuff.
>>16839637
Thats troublesome to hear.
Thanks for all the advice and help.
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e10f1b No.16841999
>>16841800
Good luck have fun, it's interesting try out some shit you'd never usually listen to now and then, Elvis' Suspicious Minds taught me I occasionally misjudge where the D and G strings are and made me focus into not doing that so much. If you find yourself frustrated by how slowly something is picking up how you're doing there's a mode called 'Riff repeater' in the Esc options that can alter what percentage of notes is thrown at you in the track. if you select the whole track, up the difficulty & then go to 'Resume Song' it'll restart at that % difficulty and not submit you to the Riff Repeater loop.
'Master Mode' makes the notes fade then disappear if you manage to hit enough of them in a run, which is cool if you can remember that shit not quite so when you've played 20 tunes and then one you played an age ago pops up and throws an empty section at you which you can't remember, thankfully there is an option to turn it off in Esc too so they all display. Venue mode is just annoying as it has a fake crowd making noise in the background and visually shits up the screen.
Blitzkrieg Bop is the easiest tune to start with, it's great fun once you're past the first couple of weeks of finger grief, also watch out for strain in your right elbow I got a combo of golfers and tennis elbow from practising after doing weightlifting but managed to stretch my forearm into functioning again, once your finger tips feel like your heels you're getting there.
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e10f1b No.16842005
>>16841999
Oh yeah some of the DLC tunes are fucking weirdly draconian about you hitting all of the notes in tard mode before increasing the difficulty I had Linoleum by NOFX stuck on 27% for ages until I manually changed the difficulty on it and now I'm at 89% happens with a few others too.
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0dbdc8 No.16844695
>>16842005
You can manually increase the difficulty through riff repeater. New songs will sometimes start me out at 50% and that's annoying so I crank it up that way.
For others watching remember: don't rely on the games detection and scoring. Make sure you listen to how you are playing without lying to yourself.
Why is weebshit fun but stupid difficult?
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648549 No.16844697
As much as I love games and playing the guitar, I never played Rocksmith.. or Guitar Hero, for that matter. This one always seemed like the cooler idea though, since it taught people to actually play. I can't knock that.
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6e17c6 No.16846262
>>16836165
>the original was utter dogshit compared to the remaster
In some ways yes. The original had a weird bug where if you had USB audio output (headphones for example) it either wouldn't work at all, or would duplicate all audio tracks so you'd hear both the original track and your guitar track echoed through your headphones. I never ran into that problem, but I did run into the issue where it was having a bitch of a time picking up the output from my Telecaster unless I had its volume knobs cranked to 11 and could only play through the lead pickup. I upgraded my guitar awhile later with Hot Rail pickups (highest output pickups you can put on a Tele) and it ironed itself out but it shouldn't have happened in the first place.
The remaster, on a technical level, was more competent, but they redid a lot of the tracks for no good goddamned reason. "Good Enough" by Tom Petty got a bizarre rework as far as the notes go and went from being difficult-but-possible to piss-easy, even on maxed difficulty. "The Thrill Is Gone" got the same treatment and I wonder if it had anything to do with the massive amounts of bent notes both songs had, but curiosity aside they really butchered those two tracks. I'm certain they changed others but those were two of my favorites.
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e10f1b No.16846329
>>16844697
I've played both to death and wish the time I'd spent on GH had been on this instead, though my Through the Fire and Flames score would suffer. Rocksmith is one of those rare gems that's both useful and able to make you laugh with genuine joy when you hit the flow of something that's been evading you. I'm surprised it's not gone multi instrumental.
>>16844695
Some of that jap noise is just ludicrous, it's like they delight in masochism.
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dc2734 No.16846599
>>16834226
The bronze series warlock is a pretty bad guitar, but it's fun which is why I'd honestly go for it. Personally I hate stratocasters. They are the most boring guitar on the face of the earth. The psychological part of the guitar plays a lot bigger role in enjoying music than most musicians want to admit.
>>16834313
>>16834849
You wont get jabbed with a warlock. You see that convex part on the bottom? It's perfect for putting your leg between similar to how this guy is with the flying V. It actually makes it easier to practice. Honestly though, you probably want to practice standing up it'll pay off in the long run.
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6e17c6 No.16846681
>>16834226
Buy the cheapest thing you can. Get something from a pawn shop that looks and feels the way you like. Everyone outgrows their first guitar and as >>16839388 said, by the time you're ready for a better one you'll know what you want. My best advice without pushing my own personal preferences is when you see a guitar that interests you, pick it up, and even if you don't know how to make a single note, put your fingers on the strings and move your fret hand like you're playing all over the frets. Make sure to press the strings down from time to time. If the movement of it feels good, insofar as the neck isn't too big or small for your hands, the strings aren't too far off the board etc, then it's worth considering. I've held $5000 guitars with necks that are so beautifully over-lacquered that they're sticky even when perfectly clean, and I've held $100-when-brand-new guitars without a lick of varnish on them that move smoothly and feel great to play.
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6db120 No.16846695
>>16839388
>What GPU do you have?
AMD Radeon HD 8450G. I saw some sites say that it wouldn't run, or only barely. But I've had other cases where they say games will run and they don't, or they say they won't run but they do. So I trust you anons more.
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880436 No.16846712
>>16825376
>>16825900
>>16826001
In the same boat here with the Scarlett Solo that I got for cheap a couple of years back. Currently debating picking up a 1/4" to XLR male cable and seeing if that allows me to tap into channel 1, but am worried that Focusrite has retarded ASIO drivers that will make the lag very noticeable between input and hearing what you play.
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d7f7f4 No.16846990
>>16846329
Japs practicing guitar religiously isn't "masochism", it's kata.
>>16846599
>The psychological part of the guitar plays a lot bigger role in enjoying music than most musicians want to admit.
Could you care to elaborate a bit on that?
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648549 No.16847002
>>16846599
>Personally I hate stratocasters. They are the most boring guitar on the face of the earth.
They have unique chimey/twangy sound all their own. Doesn't need to be a main, but if you stick around guitars long enough, it's nice to have one around.
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97fb0a No.16847012
>>16846990
he probably means that it's not just about the function but also about the form, much like oper8ors like to do military fashion to look cool and badass. what he means is that if the guitar you get doesn't really appeal you, looks like the guitar of a bum and it makes you feel like a bum in your own eyes, you'll probably be discouraged from playing.
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033890 No.16847018
i remember buying Guitar Hero in 2008 for the 360.. still 22 or 23 at the time… good fucking god
all these new versions of it remind me of how fun that was, how date it is now, how my own youth has fleeted, and how those who still play this seem desperately clinging to their own youth. i know this could be projection but i don't really see zoomers playing these games, i see millennial boomers, and it's sad as hell
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033890 No.16847021
>>16821867
fuck i love how mid-late 90s that design is
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a4b03f No.16847149
>>16846990
If you don't love your instrument, you'll be less inclined to play it.
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dc2734 No.16847272
>>16846990
>Could you care to elaborate a bit on that?
A lot of musicians are very anti-style and uptight faggots. Especially on music forums. B.C. Rich gets a lot of shit, because a lot of their guitars look cool but are shit. They also have guitars that look cool and are amazing but are very expensive. Anyways, I hung around with these types a lot. They honestly killed my interest in music completely. It just wasn't fun.
>>16847002
>They have unique chimey/twangy sound all their own. Doesn't need to be a main, but if you stick around guitars long enough, it's nice to have one around.
You can achieve the same effect with a coil split and a phase switch.
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e10f1b No.16850549
You don't have to 'love' anything you just have to want to autistically improve or have a bit of fun. Just wiped down my fretboard and strings with a damp cloth, so much corona-chan in there it's a wonder my fingers haven't turned green.
>>16847018
Much like anyone who still likes Star Wars, anyone still playing GH is a fucking weird man-child, though it genuinely does teach you strum timing. Nu-versions past World Tour were iffy anyway and it's no wonder kids today aren't playing them as they're 'old' games and the young un's are too retarded to do anything but bash a screen with their thumbs.
Rocksmith isn't GH though, this literally teaches you how to play an instrument it's absolutely worth the time.
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648549 No.16850552
>>16847272
>You can achieve the same effect with a coil split and a phase switch.
It's what I do (or rather, I have parallel wiring), but I still wouldn't say it's the same and already miss not having one around again.
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dc2734 No.16852159
>>16850552
If it's your thing it's your thing. Not saying they're bad guitars either. I still can hear a mind blowing song on them from time to time to. I have just seen them so much I started getting a bad taste in my mouth.
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d7f7f4 No.16852184
>>16847018
>all these new versions of it
>i remember buying Guitar Hero in 2008 for the 360.. still 22 or 23 at the time… good fucking god
Check yourself before you wreck yourself. Don't you just fucking hate it how much time you wasted on that little plastic controller? We're actually learning to play guitar here.
I have no idea how you can somehow think playing an instrument is "clinging to youth" or "sad" or whatever. This shit is fun, difficult and 100% a pussy magnet. And you fuckin' know it.
git gud, faggot
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c75ad8 No.16852209
Not to add to all the beginner request spam, but I'm left-handed and been looking to get into playing an instrument and I already picked-up a super cheap copy of Rocksmith during a Steam sale. But finding a suitable guitar has been a pain. I have enough money that I can afford a cheap one easily.
Main problem is I asked my musicfag friends about what to do and gave them multiple options. I asked about just learning right-handed (I use a mouse with my right-hand and played instruments when I was younger right-handed, so I am adaptable) and was basically told I'd just hit a wall eventually and that it wouldn't be intuitive. I asked about just re-stringing a righty guitar or playing it flipped like Hendrix and they said don't do that. I asked about buying left-handed guitars and was told that's a bad idea.
Can anyone here give a straight recommendation about what works best? Are any of you guys left-handed? What was your experience like learning to play?
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6e17c6 No.16852212
>>16852209
You have three options, and no matter which you can play lefty.
1: Learn to play cottonpicking style, which is to say play a right-handed guitar, strung for a righty, left-handed. Probably wouldn't be great for Rocksmith but plenty of professional musicians have done it.
2: Buy a righty guitar, restring it for lefty. I don't give a shit what your friends say, there's nothing wrong with doing that. Hendrix did just fine. If you do this permanently you will need to either flip the nut (the little part that holds the strings to the head of the guitar) or buy a lefty nut. For the purposes we're talking about here - some cheap-ass pawn shop guitar you're just going to bang on while playing Rocksmith - just restringing it will be fine, but if you made a career out of playing music with a guitar like this you'd want the nut changed.
3: Buy a lefty guitar, but they're generally quite a bit more expensive.
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c75ad8 No.16852249
>>16852212
Thanks for the swift response.
I think the main concern with "cottonpicking" is simply the lack of resources; it's an additional barrier to learning when all the guides are inverted. I don't suppose there's any chance Rocksmith has a mode that directly supports it? Your answer implied it doesn't. If I have to translate books I can live with that but it would be nice if Rocksmith could just do that for me.
Managed to do some research and find some sites that are geared towards left-handed musicians. I'm looking at their recommendations now. Seems like prices have gone up, though, since there's nothing under $200.
I might swing by the local used bookstore and check out their instrument section. If I can get something for $50 and just restring it and flip the "nut" then that's a lot more reasonable to me than the $250 or so I'd be looking at.
Although in a few months it might be a non-issue.
Either way, thanks for the advice. Hopefully I'll be joining you guys soon.
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648549 No.16852255
>>16852249
Don't buy a $50 guitar, whatever you do. Unless you really don't care to play afterwards. The lowest you should go is a used Squier or something (you can get some under $200).
Lefty here myself, but funnily, I was naive when I was young, and just played what someone gave me.. Basically forced myself to play Righty until it was too late to relearn the right way. In a funny way though, this has it's own advantages (faster fretting hand).
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c75ad8 No.16852271
>>16852255
I would be really interested in hearing your opinion on playing right-handed. I've generally done certain tasks right-handed, including the last time I tried learning an instrument, and between that and learning to do Guitar Hero right-handed it doesn't feel wrong to hold a guitar or other instruments as a righty. But I've been told that it's less intuitive, harder to improvise, and you hit a skill wall trying when strumming.
I never really understood why the complex motions are on the non-dominant hand; seems like you'd want it the other way around.
Do you feel you've run into any problems keeping up with other musicians playing right-handed? If you could go back again, what way would you choose?
I'm poking around for old Squiers right now but pickings are slim on eBay. Will probably just bite the bullet on a $250 one on Amazon. Would rather spend the extra ~$75 to know it's clean and hasn't been fooled around with. Or I'll wait and see if prices drop on Amazon.
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648549 No.16852274
>>16852271
>Do you feel you've run into any problems keeping up with other musicians playing right-handed? If you could go back again, what way would you choose?
I can't put a number on it, but I probably struggled for at least a year. But I've been playing for 20+ years now, and it's not a problem. I still kind of suck at detailed fingerstyles and strumming techniques that good acoustic players are known for, but then, so do a lot of people, no matter their dominant hand.
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c75ad8 No.16852282
>>16852274
And if you were starting today, what would your preference be? Left? Right? Flipped-right?
Thanks for the feedback and advice. Both of you. I'm going to weigh my options carefully. Will update in this thread or the next one when I bite the bullet and get started.
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6e17c6 No.16852284
>>16852249
I haven't loaded up Rocksmith in ages but I would hazard a guess that it doesn't support cottonpicking, but then again, something tells me that it was an option in the menu. Don't quote me on that and I might (probably) be wrong, but if you already own it, load it up and check. Frankly I would steer you away from doing that, but it was just a recommendation if you're dead-set on not restringing a righty. If it was me I'd simply get a cheap guitar and restring it to be right for you and damn the consequences - as long as your low E is on top, chords will be read the same way, which means that you will learn to play the exact same way I did, just with your other hand. And that's huge, because if/when you're swapping weird blues chords with some old guy at a guitar shop or whatever, having to think upside-down will be just another obstacle in a road that is genuinely hard, at least to begin with.
>>16852255
I really recommend that new guitarists start on something cheap. If $200 or so is within your "cheap" range then absolutely get a Squier (I'm a Telecaster man) or something similar, but I liked starting at the bottom - some weird, nameless Mexican thing with a Floyd rose which fucking sucked fucking mega ass - and figuring out what I wanted from a guitar.
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648549 No.16852287
>>16852282
Yeah, sorry, forgot to answer that. I'd rather go back and learn Lefty. It's comfortable now and it does have some fretting benefits (at the expense of strumming detail, like I said) but there are times when I want to relearn things. I'm a Lefty with everything else..and it's kind of unique looking, I guess. Plus, less people touch your guitar.
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c75ad8 No.16852294
>>16852284
I was down to get the cheapest Squier I could find but it looks like the ones on Amazon and eBay are both $230-ish on the lower. Found multiple sites recommending them as "under $200", but the ones the next tier up are $250. $20 difference new and, in the best case, less than $100 used? If I'm not going for a bottom-of-the-barrel sub-$100 pawn shop guitar then I'd rather go for something that I can use up through mid-level play (assuming I get that far).
Can't see myself spending over $300 under any circumstances. $150 would be the sweet spot but it seems like my only options in that range are right-handers.
There's a $230 Telecaster I was looking at, or a $250 Stratocaster. Both Squiers and both recommended (albeit in different price tiers). Not really sure what the difference is; presumably something subtle.
>>16852287
I think that's the last thing I needed to hear to definitely look at a lefty guitar, even if it costs more.
Thanks again to both of you. Have been very helpful.
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648549 No.16852299
>>16852294
Try Reverb.com . There's a few Squiers and Ibanez in the $179 range (don't get the "Mikro
" Ibanez range though.. they're small bodied and meant for kids).
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648549 No.16852302
There's also even cheaper brands there, which could work out. But often, those really cheapos have very little QC. Very hit and miss and could just frustrate you with a warp in the wood that makes things impossible to intonate. You never know.
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d7f7f4 No.16852378
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>>16852209
>beginner request spam
More beginners = more posters in the long run.
>Can anyone here give a straight recommendation?
Depends on whether you're lefty/righty. You can buy either a lefty or a righty (or both). I'm sure there are some ambidextrous guitars but those probably comes at a premium.
I still don't know whether you're lefty or righty. Sounds to me like you're ambidextrous. Keep in mind: when you lefty restring a righty? You HAVE to replace the nut and re do the intonation. This isn't exactly beginner work…
>>16852284,16852209
>I haven't loaded up Rocksmith in ages but I would hazard a guess that it doesn't support cottonpicking
Does Rocksmith supports 'cottonpicking'?
YES.
You can flip the strings AND mirror the video independently! (but for some reason that shit didn't work on my end, maybe you have to restart the game or something?) See vid related for flipped+mirrored mode.
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d7f7f4 No.16852380
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>>16852378
Also: see this video for flipped string + righty mode.
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d7f7f4 No.16852416
>>16852294
>bottom-of-the-barrel sub-$100 pawn shop guitar
I'll have you know my old man bought me an early 80s Spanish built classical guitar from a thrift store for next to nothing. Came in the bag so it probably wasn't touched. Only work it needs is to replace the tuning mechanism and replace the strings. Otherwise, it's a mighty fine guitar. Think it even has a bone nut and pegs.
What I'm saying is: don't knock buying thrift store guitars until you see a mint 30 year old guitar going for $20 or something.
>>16852209
>Main problem is I asked my musicfag friends
I think both Hendrix and Dick Dale started out by just flipping over a righty.
If there's anything you should take away from this thread? It's that you shouldn't let people tell you what you "can't" or "shouldn't" do. 9 out of 10 times they'll turn you into a unsure nervous wreck because opinions.
Spoiler: You're applying bone-enforced sausages to metal strings on some wood. There is no 'right way' to play a guitar. There are only 'traditional' ways which may or may not be what you should do.
A lot of time traditional methods are better than the rest, though. For instance: I prefer to play with the body of the guitar between my legs rather than over my right leg.
What I'm saying is: don't let tradition prevent you from doing what feels right for you. Just don't get RSI or hurt yourself.
Go buy a righty and play it both ways. If money isn't an issue? Why not buy a cheap lefty too? Or just go to a guitar shop and ask to play on identical lefty/righty guitars and explain the situation.
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3fec31 No.16852476
If you have a SamAsh store near to you, they have many price ranges and they tend to keep their guitars in proper tune and set-up, as opposed to brand-new ones or pawn shop ones.
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1bf311 No.16852491
Random people will come up to me tell me that I should learn to play guitar because I look like a mix between Frank Zappa and Weird Al , however, I have tremors in my hands.
Should I even bother trying?
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3fec31 No.16852494
>>16852491
1 shot of tequila before practice and you're set anon.
Or go see a proper neurologist if it affects your life beyond wanting to play guitar
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6e17c6 No.16852545
>>16852294
Epiphone is Gibson's cheaper brand, so if you're into the larger, more full-bodied guitars you can find one of them for cheap as well. I'm not a Gibson/Epiphone man but you might be. Check Craigslist or even browse your local pawn shop or thrift store, sometimes you'll get lucky.
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e10f1b No.16853491
>>16852491
Dunno about tremors but I nearly cut off my little finger on my left hand 20 years ago, went though nerve and tendon thankfully the bone stopped the knife heh. GH and RS have been like extended therapy for it, It has a lot more movement and toughness than it would have otherwise.
Maybe borrow an acoustic first see how it is, put some feelers out, there's always someone who gave up with one in an attic or basement you can skank if if doesn't work out then at least you didn't waste any cash.
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d7f7f4 No.16868426
>>16853491
How do you manage to almost cut your finger off with a knife? What are you? A butcher?
Regarding the thread, are those battery operated mini amps worth it? I don't have any amp at the moment and I'm looking for something portable.
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592961 No.16880966
unironically a great game, I still love it
pinkerton or blue album?
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0fd3d1 No.16881010
>>16880966
songs from the black hole
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6e17c6 No.16881053
>>16868426
>are those battery operated mini amps worth it
I have no idea what they cost but I mean, as long as you're not expecting it to sound like a Marshall stack I imagine it'd be fine. Most portable amps I've used have sounded pretty bad, but that's compared to my lovingly restored Mustang tube amp.
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cc6ea3 No.16881089
This is vidya related and tangentially related to this thread. Since apparently there are quite a few amateur guitarists on /v/ (myself included) I think some of you might appreciate this website: https://www.gametabs.net/
It's got a bunch of guitar tablature from various vidya, and it covers a wide range of skill levels. Chances are you can find something to sharpen your skills on or tabs for your favorite game.
Also, I'll drop a couple of my favorites, one of which is mandatory for any self-respecting /v/ guitarist
https://www.gametabs.net/stalker/campfire-songs-medley
https://www.gametabs.net/pokemon-gold-silver/goldenrod-city
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