The BEST Tips to Maximize Your Rocksmith 2014 Experience 

Great advice for beginners. The biggest rule I learned was keeping your fingers as close to the fretboard as possible. This way your fingers can play faster for later when your a pro. The person who taught me that trick was a classical guitarist and he was right. The biggest advice I give to my friend that I was teaching is to slow down. Beginners always want to play fast but slow is smooth and smooth is fast. I made my buddy play 4 notes per minute until every one of the notes was clear and crisp. This gives you time to look at finger placement, hear the note and fix anything. Also playing with an amplifier is nice but playing with no effects like reverb or no amp modeling does wonders. You can hear the mistakes better. anyone who does that will be a great musician.

Just wanted to say thanks and add what helps me a lot: improvising between the pauses. Whenever there's a long break in the song i just keep reusing the most common notes and play my own lines, or repeat the main riff until the band kicks back in. No need to wait for "them". Had some great results here and there. It's fun

Playing slow is the hardest thing to develop discipline to play slow. Growing up in the 80s, listening to Vai, Greg Howe, Frank Gambale, EVH, of course we all wanted to play fast with lots of effects. My teacher on the other hand made me lose all the effects, and play to a metronome (yes, with a physical arm that swings back and forth), and said, until I could play the full scale, all the way up and down, in every position, say for C, I did not get to go any faster than that BPM.

Thank you sir, bout to pick up the guitar tomorrow

Hey I saw you in the 60 day challenge vid! That was the vid that made me want to get rocksmith!

Thanks for the tips, AKP. Will definitely start turning up the difficulty on riff repeater and working on scales. Great video.

Thanks for the advice man, just started! Good to see someone who obviously has a musical setup and history having some of the same difficulties and some solutions.

been playing Rocksmith for 2 years and you gave me several tips I didn't know thanks man

i got rocksmith because of your video, i was struggling trying to self learn but after a few days i can already see improvement. I think the best thing about rocksmith is it gives me motivation to practise guitar while trying to learn on my own was kinda boring

Great tips. Thanks!

I'm way late to the party lol but good tips. Thanks

thank you for your advice, I've only been playing guitar for 6 months, and am getting Rocksmith. so what you said will help a lot. Rock on! My friend.

Just bought it and this was helpful Thanks dude

Great video on my third day with rock smith and I think it's a great tool I never play guitar in my live and now I can play some reffs 34 years old and my some is also playing it. So is like a competition between the two of us, thanks for the tips

You have a positive vibe and outlook, awesome. I just got rocksmith used and still need the cable. I saw your video on the hdmi sound lag and saw how you just plugged in to an amp and turned down the mix on the game. Gonna have to remember that. I'm looking forward to the mini games....

Great advice sir!! Thanks!!!

I listened to your advice before I started rocksmith and I love it. It works. So much good advice. Thanks.

Best rocksmith video I've seen 👌

Great tips Aaron,thank you.

Great advice

Great tips! Here's some that I'm putting together so far from various people, including AKP. To access Riff Repeater - Use spacebar or escape when playing a song through Learn A Song. Riff Repeater difficulty - Set to 100% difficulty to see all the notes, but play at a slow speed. Learn Scales - Set up a scale in Session Mode and practice. Finger the fret - A good rule to follow is the "one finger per fret" rule. Use the Fret Stickers - There is a 2 sets of stickers for frets 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12 and 15 included. They are practically hidden in the box.

Thanks for the advice. Will definately start turning difficulty up to 100.

Glad to see you've stuck with it Aaron. Nice guitar too.

Thanks for this video and your advice. Been a bass player for almost 30 yrs. but, now I want to begin learning guitar. I got this game/learning aide about a week and a half ago and I'm loving it. Even with such a short time playing, I'm already beginning to memorize scales and modes. For what it is, I think it's a great alternative for those that might not be able afford a teacher/lessons. I use the bass mode for fun (and a bit of learning/polishing up/practice) but, the lead and rhythm guitar modes primarily for learning and enhancing. Any musician worth his salt knows there is always something new to learn or practice. During this time of self-isolation during this pandemic, there is no better time to learn to play an instrument. Music feeds and heals the soul and in this ever darkening world, music is always a bright light that can lead people into a better and cooler place if they just give it a chance. Nod in your direction...

Great tips, thanks

I got an acoustic in July and have been playing a ton since then. I got my first electric guitar a few days ago. It's much easier. I bought Rocksmith last night and I'm going to enjoy this. Thanks

You just nailed exactly how to use rocksmith as a tool to learn how to play guitar!

I agree wholeheartedly with the bit on the riff repeater. Slow it down and play all of it bit. Good video!

Hey akp thanks for the tips. I've been playing guitar for a few years and recently got rocksmith because I've been in a slump lately with my progress so I'm hoping that it will kick me in the ass a little and give me some new techniques to practice with during the winter months. Peace be with you

Thanks allot! You gave me hope!

Really great advice. Keep the videos coming!

I’m here now better than never but literally the first day I bought it played all day will keep you updated as I go on

Thank you so much! I haven't gotten as much out of rocksmith as I could. I've slacked and am ready to get back on my game! Great tips for making the most of this experience! 🖒

This was really helpful. Thanks!

Great info...Thanks!

Excellent advice!

thanks great advice sir.

Thank you for this

Nice. Thank you.

this is pretty much the same advice I give too! good video :D

i love you dad!

Thanks dude 🙌😎

Nice work. Good tips for learning period, I think. I've still gotta get the game and a new guitar.

Good advice, dude! :)

Great tips. I got my guitar and started playing for the first time in my life in october and I bought Rocksmith 2014 at the start of december. Was getting bored pretty fast before i bought Rocksmith, didnt really know what to practice, since there is so much to learn, that i just got a bit overwhelmed. But its really easy to play a lot with Rocksmith, i've played it 223 hours, and the difference from when i started is massive. I also play without rocksmith, just hooked up to my amp. Only thing thats annoying about Rocksmith is the sound settings. I have to change all my sound settings to be able to play with exclusive mode turned off, so i can record my playing. And that fucks up my sound in other programs, so i have to change it, then change it back again so i can listen to my music that is in 24 bit 96khz quality

Thanks for the tips bro!

Hey 😀 I love your videos. Easy to learn from.

I just got rocksmith 2014 5 days ago and I already got 24 hours of play time... the first day I played for 11 hours... I played bass guitar 5 years ago and I'm not really that good but I got used to it and I keep strumming the wrong string when I play the normal 6 string guitars... Oh well... I still have 55 days to get good... :) thanks for the tip man! hope to see more vids soon...

U are awesome man

Thanks Aaron

Wise words from a wise man! Music is universal Rock,HipHop,Classical, Heavy Metal,Funk & Rocksmith 2014 Remastered has sold me! I used to stick my nose up to this Game/Learning Tool. Finally I forked out and bought it. And i was astonished by the content that was contained in Rocksmith from the song selection to the mixer tool's! Simply amazing the only gripe and i have about Rocksmith is the DLC Content library is kind of weak as of 2019. And the fact that there is lag in the connection bewteen the guitar and software. What really gets me is the fact Ubisoft has had plenty of time to patch and fix this and still to this day has confirmed they have no intrest or intent of fixing the lag on thier forums. It's kind of sad when the company expects you to buy converters for audio and other products it's bad marketing and the reason i say this is they till this day will continue to add and update thier song library and sell them, but won't put out a patch that works properly. Otherwise i can't complain much i just wish i had this when i was growing up learning and playing guitar! Great informative video brother keep up the good work!

great tips

In my experience with rock smith so far was to first understand the game. What's all about.I think the key to rock smith is session mode. I used to get confused with the colors and frets when on learning a song mode. Session mode is good to muscle memory the string color, cuz the colors change when you playing on the scales and allows you to easy place your fingers on the right color. I focus more playing the scales by boxes (blues scales are the easiest ones to comprehend, dominate and to really express music phrases) Try that and play them at normal and at an octave higher for more feeling. That's my experience so far and it gets me to play for at least 2-3 hours without feeling obligated to grab my guitar, but on a wanting more every time need. Stick to the missions though.

When I was a teenager even, We didn't have stuff like this.. So the best thing was to hook up with some people that played also !!! I still highly recommend hooking up with other players!!! Because even though this software (Which I own too), Doesn't give the same vibe & feeling as playing with other people but gives the unexperienced guitar player the feeling of playing in Different Grooves & Scales !!! It was pretty sad there for a while till I got Guitar Smith because I had to resort to drum machines & even Keyboard drums !!!lol!!! I have a couple PC programs that do the similar Jam thing like Guitar Smith does, But was very touchy !! For example ... Jamstix was one of them !! You had to really sit down and figure it out before it did what you wanted it to do but is still a really good program!!! Started jamming & playing small shows when I was 10 !!! I am now 37 ... Where have the years went lol !!! Even had to resort to doing sound for other bands, Including an old late 80's band... HELIX !!! But even though (The Original Band), Collapsed because of Drugs then Eventually Death... I kept er alive & will hit that stage, ONCE AGAIN just like one of my songs!! You can youtube different versions over the past with different Musicians !!! ^Thanks For Sharing Your Thoughts & Experience.. Because you will be inspiring many others to Play !!! Thanks !!! DEv

Glad to see you're still at it. I've forwarded your 60 day challenge video to quite of few friends to sell them on Rocksmith. I grew up in Detroit but live in Cali now. I gave my niece and nephew in Ferndale a Rocksmith game a guitar and a bass. I hope they're still at it. I posted a firm on the ubisoft forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/828484-What-would-you-say-to-yourself-60-days-AGO-Forums

I just bought rocksmith on ps4.. Here starts my 60 days 🤘

Just picking up Rocksmith this week for someone with zero guitar experience. It's gonna be quite a ride :)

Cool

2021, still useful

I always make sure to take a break in the song like keep playing with it and then take a break and then come back to the song later that's what I'm doing right now with Fleetwood Mac on going your own way I'm getting close to it I know it

I broke my beginner plateaus the second practice became fun. The habbits I developed are ones you describe and I am overjoyed! And kinda mind blown about thinking maybe I am able to play along side others.. I just found my long lost cord :) hoping the tv lag isn’t too bad XD

all notes in slo mo, thnx fam!!

Thanks

TY sir 🫡

thks 4 the advive man!

Good vid man

I went and changed the automatic difficulty increase to slower so I could get used to the song a bit more before the hard stuff

Hey idk if you check comments anymore but thanks for the video man

Yep thx bro nice idea

Aaron (or anyone reading this that knows) HOW do I view all the songs? My version comes with the 6 bonus songs, HOW can I get to SETTINGS and browse (sort of get a feel of the ) game. I have the PC version. To be honest I think that they had problems with the PC version because they no longer offer the PC version - only xbox and playstation. Is there someplace where they have a LEGEND of how the keys on the computer can make the game do different things - like END session, or VOLUME, or get into SESSION, and other parts of the game. I also remember seeing a choice of screen resolution but can't find that anymore. IF anyone can help THANKS. As you can tell I just bought and installed it. Just now learning... LASTLY, if anyone had trouble installing the PC version with STEAM - Let me know. I figured what the problem is and happy to help you.

Thanks for the video. I'm going to watch your 60 day challenge vid, since I'm a brand-newbie like you were when you started. I'm currently on Day 3 and I already see improvement- but this was to be expected, right? I'm curious how much improvement there is at 40, 50, and 60 days, really. Thanks!

You forgot to mention taking phenibut before playing a set, to activate ultimate rock nirvana

How’s your latency? I have a slight delay. Also, had a problem with Rocksmith recognizing my audio interface for output. Do you output through your interface to the studio monitors

Okay man that helped

what are some songs you would recommend for people who are easily discouraged?

is there a way you can tune your guitar for it to sound like the song your playing or do the game do that for you

hey Aaron good vid man. good advice. I'm new to the rocksmith software but have been playing guitar for a while. any tips on playing the bends correctly? the game is very finicky about bending the notes and i'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

This game is really hard for me because i'm use to seeing fretboard and I play bass so I have to move long distance sometimes.

So you think 100% difficulty at slower speed is better than lower difficulty at close to full speed? Working on Knocking on Heaven's Door and have it at 57% diff at 92 speed. Wasting my time? Thanks!!

I find that there's always a plectrum in sight when I don't need one, they are literally everywhere I look.... but when I need one, can I find one!?? Hell no!! I'm crawling on the floor, looking under the sofa and they've disappeared!! lol

If I may ask, what kind of chair is this?

Should I stay on one song until I learn it?

I never learned how to read TAB. LOL.

can you tell me exactly how to get a clean fender tone? I just started but can't find that option.

I do not understand the graphics. It just doesn’t make any sense! No instructions. A bunch lines and color’s coming at me fast. Just doesn’t register at all. What am I missing?

would it helpful to complete the whole lessons?

Still playing?

How do you like the remastered version?

Aaron hit my on FB ingot some news for you!

bella cazzata.

Five, ten minutes? That's not enough. I've been playing for fifteen, close to twenty years and I think I play more than I'm awake.

Best tip to use rocksmith: don't use rocksmith.

yea it doesn't work

Im even more late to the party than everyone 💀😭🤌🏼 I appreciate the video thanks 🫶🏼🔥🔥

really good tips!! thank you bro