Author Topic: do any guitarists here play rocksmith?  (Read 4148 times)

been playing it since i got it christmas of last year, and it's been helping my guitar playing immensely. i probably put at least 800 hours into it so far (have both the ps4 and pc version).

does anyone else play this game?


i played the game for like 6 months straight then i stopped because i finally "got good"

i played the game for like 6 months straight then i stopped because i finally "got good"

what does this mean? you can always learn more songs. it's not just about learning technique.

I play it on Xbox 360, it's a great game.


I've always wanted to try it out but the song selections never really interested me. I just stick with tabs of songs I like, or just figure it out myself.

what does this mean? you can always learn more songs. it's not just about learning technique.
i think of rocksmith as a catalyst for guitar learning.

when i firsted started out rocksmith, my experience with the guitar was limited; all i could do was read and play tabs really slowly. rocksmith introduced me to the fundamentals and how to do things "properly". the minigames were excellent in this. i also liked the jam session feature because it taught you scales and it made you sound like a guitar god.

after i played those minigames and learned like a few songs (highest difficulty i learned was prob just the beginning of satch boogie; songs i remember genuinely mastering was "r u mine" and "everlong" and these two oddly niche songs), i kinda felt like i learned "enough" to convince people i can play guitar. i stopped playing because of a petty reason: i had rocksmith on the xbax, so i had to boot up my console, switch inputs, connect the cable to my guitar, wait 9999 hours for the logos to go away, and then i can finally play. often i find myself too damn lazy to launch the game, and i end up just youtubing the song on rocksmith and just playing along with that.

i still didn't know wtf chords were after i stopped playing rocksmith. unless you play the rhythm section in rocksmith which im pretty sure nobody does, all you learn is some solo lead stuff, which isn't bad; but it just sounds weak when you play it by yourself as opposed to with a band backing you. after rocksmith, i just migrated to ultimate-guitar and just read tabs; because really that's what the core of rocksmith is; it's just tabs in a gamified way. most of the CDLC don't even have difficulty options.

I've played it a few times. It's pretty fun although the stock songs don't interest me that much. Does anyone have experience with using an audio interface to play? I'd be a lot more inclined to buy the game if I didn't have to shell out money for their flimsy cable.

I've played it a few times. It's pretty fun although the stock songs don't interest me that much. Does anyone have experience with using an audio interface to play? I'd be a lot more inclined to buy the game if I didn't have to shell out money for their flimsy cable.
there is a no cable patch:
https://www.reddit.com/r/rocksmith/comments/6lh5b6/nocable_patch_v3_guide/
i don't think you'll need an audio interface at all, just the normal cable you'd use to plug your guitar into an audio interface and an adapter.

I've played it a few times. It's pretty fun although the stock songs don't interest me that much. Does anyone have experience with using an audio interface to play? I'd be a lot more inclined to buy the game if I didn't have to shell out money for their flimsy cable.

i've only heard of people using such a thing for recording directly out of rocksmith and recording it via audacity. i've heard of people plugging in their amps through splitters though.



i still didn't know wtf chords were after i stopped playing rocksmith. unless you play the rhythm section in rocksmith which im pretty sure nobody does, all you learn is some solo lead stuff, which isn't bad; but it just sounds weak when you play it by yourself as opposed to with a band backing you. after rocksmith, i just migrated to ultimate-guitar and just read tabs; because really that's what the core of rocksmith is; it's just tabs in a gamified way. most of the CDLC don't even have difficulty options.

when i started playing this game, i had only been playing for about 3 months. i was about to quit since then it took me about 5 seconds just to make a simple chord change, but this game made me feel great. it made me feel like a rockstar and encouraged me to continue to play.

all i do with this game is learn songs. i study everything else (music theory, scales, modes, chord inversions, etc.) online. i believe a strong knowledge of music theory is more important before you get totally invested in guitar playing (if you want just play as a hobby at home, you really don't need to do any of this).

i really don't like the thing in the game where you jam with a virtual band. it just feels so... of. like the band is supposed to follow your tempo, but it just feel really awkward.

I'd be a lot more inclined to buy the game if I didn't have to shell out money for their flimsy cable.
To be honest the cable is really good quality, I've had the game for quite a while and it still works perfectly.

To be honest the cable is really good quality, I've had the game for quite a while and it still works perfectly.

It seems the cables are hit and miss. The first one I used didn't leave me with a good first impression of quality. It lasted about a month of minor use before it begun making an infuriating buzzing sound and completely losing connectivity. The cable is not that expensive but I can't justify spending money on one if I can just use my audio interface.

I have it for my PC and Xbox. Got it first on Xbox but then wanted to play custom songs. I'm still pretty bad a guitar even though I have owned an electric and acoustic for a year and a half now but I can play basic cords and some solos.  Only song I've like mastered is R U Mine cus thats an easy song to play.

I don't have a lot of time but its something fun I like to do when I get an hour or two of free time and I keep telling myself I'll get more serious when I actually have time but for now its just a side hobby but yeah anyways, Rocksmith is fun and was worth buying.

anyone wanna post gear here?

squier affinity strat with duncan ssl-1
boss od-1 pedal
(saving for a big muff pi)