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re: Anyone here play around with Rocksmith?

Posted on 12/22/14 at 6:06 pm to
Posted by hogfly
Fayetteville, AR
Member since May 2014
4646 posts
Posted on 12/22/14 at 6:06 pm to
Thanks for that, seriously. This board is full of bullshite and jamband people arguing ridiculously esoteric crap... but that's meaningful, and I appreciate it. It definitely helps me make my decision.

Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
Member since Jan 2010
66982 posts
Posted on 12/22/14 at 6:18 pm to
My only other main advice is to listen to him about his instructor. Let him change if he doesn't like him or get along with him. I hated my piano teacher but I loved piano when I was under 10 years old. I even competed in a few competitions but my parents wouldn't let me change teachers song just quit all together. I regret it every day. Honestly. I just bought a keyboard to start playing again but I'd be so much better if I had switched teachers and stuck with it.
Posted by Cold Cous Cous
Bucktown, La.
Member since Oct 2003
15046 posts
Posted on 12/23/14 at 3:16 pm to
I got it a few months ago - tons of fun but I don't think it is a good teaching tool as such. It doesn't teach you to play guitar, it teaches you to hit notes along with colored dots on a screen. That translates well to certain songs, especially those with single-note riffs (like the Arctic Monkeys song they have), but not so well to others.

However, this:
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One of my favorite parts is that it changes the tone of your guitar to match the tone of the song.

is worth the price of admission by itself. I'm amazed by how well it handles amp/effects modeling. That actually is what inspired me to start that thread about multi-effects units.
Posted by SouthOfSouth
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2008
43456 posts
Posted on 12/23/14 at 3:34 pm to
For those who were asking about acoustic guitars, I use to play this game with my acoustic. It had a plug in and it worked great.
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
An Incredibly Distant Star
Member since Dec 2013
15180 posts
Posted on 12/24/14 at 8:06 am to
Sweet. I was actually given it for Christmas yesterday, so I'm going to find out soon.
Posted by CocoLoco
Member since Jan 2012
29108 posts
Posted on 12/24/14 at 8:43 am to
When are we jammin?
Posted by TigerRanter
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2005
6704 posts
Posted on 12/24/14 at 9:58 pm to
Got it today. Will check it out soon.
Posted by 417longhorn
Austin, TX
Member since Oct 2009
510 posts
Posted on 12/24/14 at 11:33 pm to
I got it last Christmas for Xbox and I really enjoy it, just paid for the Jimi Hendrix DLC pack that came out recently. That guy's songs can be tough!!

My only complaint would be that I feel like sometimes it rewards you even if you're pretty sloppy in trying to hit all the notes rather than trying to master a song precisely.
Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
20019 posts
Posted on 12/27/14 at 4:17 pm to
Anyone got any post Xmas reviews?
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
An Incredibly Distant Star
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Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:45 am to
quote:

Anyone got any post Xmas reviews?


Haven't really played it enough to give a thorough review, but I'm liking it so far. It's taking some getting used to. I think once I really get used to the whole colored string thing, I'll be okay, but it's hard to follow along at first.
Posted by MountainTiger
The foot of Mt. Belzoni
Member since Dec 2008
14663 posts
Posted on 12/30/14 at 11:03 am to
quote:

I think once I really get used to the whole colored string thing

That's what gave me the most trouble.
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