Product Description:
Rocksmith Guitar and Bass is the first and only game that you can plug into any real guitar or bass. Featuring gameplay that automatically adjusts to your personal ability, Rocksmith engages experienced musicians as well as those who have never picked up a guitar in their life. Every copy of Rocksmith includes a revolutionary 1/4 inch to USB cable, allowing your guitar or bass to be played through your video game console or PC. You'll develop real skills and real styles while playing absolutely real music. Nothing compares to playing a real guitar instrument. Except playing Rocksmith.
Product Details:
- When we say "any" guitar we mean any guitar - Rocksmith lets you plug any guitar or bass with a 1/4" output jack into your device.
- Comprehensive bass support - Bass arrangements have been added to all of Rocksmith's tracks.
- Difficulty settings adapt to your ability - With dozens of difficulty levels, you'll automatically progress from single notes to complex chords and techniques without ever getting in over your head.
- Lots of music, Lots of styles - Rocksmith has amassed an amazing library of songs from different music genres.
- Get plugged in - Rocksmith includes a unique 1/4-inch-to-USB cable -the first of its kind - and allows users to plug any real guitar or bass with a 1/4-inch output jack directly into their Xbox 360, PS3 or PC.
Customer Reviews:
I almost gave up bass until this came along By S A Whaley
I have been messing around trying to teach myself bass for a few years now.
My problem is that I love the instrument but playing it along to youtube or a cd gets boring after awhile. Of course I would love to join a band but as a work in a job which means I travel a lot I could never commit.
I was thinking about selling my bass and try acoustic guitar. Then a friend of mine told me about Rocksmith and the new Bass version that was coming out.
To be honest I was apprehensive, I mean plugging my bass into the Xbox? Also I wondered if it was a gimmick and it would not improve my playing at all. Lets be honest - at least on Rock Band/GH the drums resemble an actual drumset - the guitars do not so that wont teach you. (Not that is it meant to)
I read about lag issues and being a non techie had expected issues but no it was pretty much plug and play. I do not have a complicated set up.
I have only played it a few hours and like the events, the set lists, the downloadable content and the technique exercises.
Will it help me to play Bass? Yes for sure, it won't teach me too much theory but it will help with fingering, shifting and plucking for sure. It will also give me a lot more confidence in my playing.
I will update this review the more I play it. I wanted to give this game 5 star for any budding bassists out there who are also thinking of giving this up. Try Rocksmith first!It is awesome! By Lars E. Caspersen
I originally started playing guitar when I was 12. I became fairly good at it by the time I hung it up at 17. Now, 22 years later, I purchased Rocksmith to help me pretty much start all over again.
After spending hours playing it, I can tell you, I LOVE it! The way it teaches you is awesome. Between the games and tutorials, it really helps you learn and hone your skills.
It also teaches you songs. The game gives you a few notes to begin with. It then slowly adds more as you progress, by seeing how many you can hit in a row. Before you know it, you are playing the entire song. And don't worry if you don't play for a little. It will tell you are struggling and give you less notes until you get back to where you were.
I really wish this was available when I originally started playing. It is a fantastic way to learn , or even re-learn!14 of 18 Awesome By allstar900
So happy about this "game".
I wanted to share my experience with lag.
In the beginning, it's pretty bad if you are using HDMI. The good news is it's fixable by grabbing one of those Xbox AV splitter dongles.
I originally ran HDMI from my Xbox to my receiver then the receiver passed the HDMI video to the TV. That caused lots of audio lag with this game so I changed my set up to this. Xbox HDMI straight to TV for video. For this game I ran RCA cables from the dongle to the CD input of my receiver. Audio lag was gone after that. Now running my receiver in this mode cuts out my subwoofer. I wondered how to bring the bass back and I ended up using an ART CoolSWITCH ABY Pedal to route sound to the Xbox and my bass amp from my bass guitar simultaneously. It worked perfect with no added lag. I also use quality Spectraflex cables.
Here's the tidbit that I would add. I was worried about losing my surround set up for other games but the cool thing is that the dongle passes S/PDIF and RCA audio signals simultaneously so I just attached that to a different input of my receiver for games like BF3. Now I have the best of both worlds.
This worked great but was really made possible by the fact that I have a beast Pioneer Elite receiver with tons of connection options. Also, all cables are available really cheap on Amazon so don't stress. I also use a low-tier Harmony remote to keep track of the different settings. Finally, as I now run HDMI video straight from the Xbox to the TV, I found that the game's video lag setting is too high. I simply backed it down from 50 (MS?) to 0 and the video lag went away and I was all good.
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