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09-15-10 | 11:25 AM

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New Zine about pro guitar. Don't know if there's any new info in it as I'm just reading it now.

http://www.rockband.com/zine/rb3-features-pro-guitar

WAY more in-depth than I have seen from any place else. Damn them for not releasing the Squier at Launch. Pro Guitar looks amazing.

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09-15-10 | 11:28 AM

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WAY more in-depth than I have seen from any place else. Damn them for not releasing the Squier at Launch. Pro Guitar looks amazing.

It really does. I'm hoping that keys will keep me occupied until the Squier launches, but I really don't want to wait. And I don't want to buy the Mustang as a $150 stop gap.

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09-15-10 | 11:35 AM

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Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution

Chord Numbering/Tab Mode =

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09-15-10 | 11:55 AM

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Chord Numbering/Tab Mode =

It's great to have there as an option, but I can see all the numbers flying down getting pretty daunting on expert.

Once you've gotten used to the chord notation, I'm sure it won't look/feel as awkward, and will probably be preferable.

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09-15-10 | 01:32 PM

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Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution

I ordered the Mustang with a ton of buttons, but I'm thinking the guitar with strings coming out later will be easier to play pro mode on. I may have to switch when the time comes. Doing slides and chords with 200 buttons sounds really hard and not very user friendly, while sliding down a string is natural.

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09-15-10 | 02:02 PM

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It's only 102 buttons. Stop exaggerating!

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09-15-10 | 02:39 PM

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http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2010/...-to-rock-band/

Confirmation for Marley next week. Pricing says $20, but then says 1080pts (which is $13.50). I'm going to say it's actually 1600pts, because it's 13 songs, but 1080 would be awesome.

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09-15-10 | 02:52 PM

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Sweet. Definitely getting the whole pack, but I'm curious if "No Woman, No Cry" and "Redemption Song" will actually be the versions from Legend or if they'll use the studio/full-band versions.

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09-15-10 | 02:55 PM

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I'm really looking forward to sucking at both pro keyboards and pro guitar.

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09-15-10 | 04:10 PM

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Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution

Still no release date or price on the Squier.

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09-15-10 | 04:12 PM

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Still no release date or price on the Squier.

Power Gig was right!

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09-15-10 | 04:55 PM

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Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution

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To me, the Mustang seems like an undesirable middle ground. It's too elaborate and expensive for a fake guitar, yet not enough like a real guitar. Either you want to play real guitar, or you don't.

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09-15-10 | 04:57 PM

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Power Gig was right!

You're right! It's Power Gig or bust!

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09-15-10 | 05:36 PM

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To me, the Mustang seems like an undesirable middle ground. It's too elaborate and expensive for a fake guitar, yet not enough like a real guitar. Either you want to play real guitar, or you don't.

I'll have my hands full until the Squier comes out anyway, let alone for a price I'm comfortable paying (if ever).

The article has me all kinds of excited to try it and even more so to shove it in my holier-than-thou guitarist friends' faces.

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09-16-10 | 07:53 PM

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The article has me all kinds of excited to try it and even more so to shove it in my holier-than-thou guitarist friends' faces.

I'm hoping to be able to buy the stringed guitar when it comes out too, but the article kind of makes me worry this is going to be too complicated for my slightly arthritic old fingers.

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The number on a chord tells you where to put your index finger. It's always the lowest fretted note. In this case, you should put your index finger on the first fret on the E-string. The shape of the rest of the chord tells you what to do with the rest of your fingers. See how the shape grows in height as it goes to the A-string on the right? This tells you that you must put another finger two frets higher on the third fret.

I hope the tutorials make more sense than this. I'm not even sure what the heck they are actually saying here. "higher fret"? higher than what? I'm not even positive what the heck a fret is.

Still looking forward to it, but lately I've been getting kind of frustrated with some of the expert drum stuff. I guess I just don't have enough time to practice and improve really, but I worry I'll hit a wall with the game and not ever really be able to play this stuff on expert reliably.

I also remember when I didn't think I could play drums on easy, and now I play the easier stuff on expert, so I'm trying to stay positive.

I just wish my daughter didn't develop a phobia about her bedroom door being closed. Can't play drums when she's sleeping anymore. lol At least I won't have that problem with the keyboard and guitar.

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09-16-10 | 08:05 PM

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Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution

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I hope the tutorials make more sense than this. I'm not even sure what the heck they are actually saying here. "higher fret"? higher than what?

"Higher" meaning closer to the strum area. The notes that are played get higher because you're shortening the length of the plucked string.

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I'm not even positive what the heck a fret is.

Oh man.

See how the neck of the guitar has those bars? The area between two bars is a fret. Some frets have a dot in the middle to help you know what fret number you're on.

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09-16-10 | 10:17 PM

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"Higher" meaning closer to the strum area. The notes that are played get higher because you're shortening the length of the plucked string.

See, I would have thought by "higher" they meant physically higher up in the air. The shorter string thing makes sense.

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Oh man.

See how the neck of the guitar has those bars? The area between two bars is a fret. Some frets have a dot in the middle to help you know what fret number you're on.

Thanks, I've mostly played air guitar up until now lol. I'll probably be incredibly bad at it. On the plus side, my brother in law can actually play some guitar, so at least he'll be able to enjoy it when he's over.

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09-17-10 | 08:58 AM

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Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution

The Bob Marley album is confirmed at $20. I'll probably grab a couple tracks, no where close enough to 10 to justify the full purchase.

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09-17-10 | 10:41 AM

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Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution

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I'm hoping to be able to buy the stringed guitar when it comes out too, but the article kind of makes me worry this is going to be too complicated for my slightly arthritic old fingers.

I hope the tutorials make more sense than this. I'm not even sure what the heck they are actually saying here. "higher fret"? higher than what? I'm not even positive what the heck a fret is.

Still looking forward to it, but lately I've been getting kind of frustrated with some of the expert drum stuff. I guess I just don't have enough time to practice and improve really, but I worry I'll hit a wall with the game and not ever really be able to play this stuff on expert reliably.

I also remember when I didn't think I could play drums on easy, and now I play the easier stuff on expert, so I'm trying to stay positive.

I just wish my daughter didn't develop a phobia about her bedroom door being closed. Can't play drums when she's sleeping anymore. lol At least I won't have that problem with the keyboard and guitar.

I would think the tutorials will have a basic "Here's Your Guitar" section describing the parts of a guitar and how to hold and play single notes. They almost have to start with the very basics to cover people like you with no history of guitar playing.

Really looking forward to this as I already have 2 acoustics, a mandolin and a bass guitar. Never got around to buying an inexpensive electric (as I mostly play bass anymore anyway). So the usability of the game instrument will help to justify the expense.

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09-17-10 | 12:30 PM

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Re: The Official Rock Band Thread of Music Game Evolution

PS3ers are having an exclusive Rock Band sale now through Oct 4th. Some REALLY good prices:

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R.E.M – Losing My Religion (now $0.99, original price $1.99)

Flyleaf – Again (now $0.99, original price $1.99)

Avenged Sevenfold – Bat Country (now $0.99, original price $1.99)

The Runaways – Cherry Bomb (now $0.99, original price $1.99)

Anberlin – Feel Good Drag (now $0.99, original price $1.99)

Stone Temple Pilots – Interstate Love Song (now $0.99, original price $1.99)

Jane’s Addiction Nothing’s Shocking Album (now $7.99, original price $15.99)

Megadeth Rust in Peace (now $7.49, original price $14.99)

Pantera The Great Southern Trendkill Album (now $7.99, original price $15.99)

Rush Moving Pictures Album (now $5.49, original price $10.99)

Slipknot 01 Track Pack (now $2.99, original price $5.49)

Night Ranger 01 Track Pack (now $2.99, original price $5.49)

Foreigner 01 Track Pack (now $2.99, original price $5.49)

Rise Against 01 Track Pack (now $2.99, original price $5.49)

The Offspring 01 Track Pack (now $2.99, original price $5.49)

The White Stripes 02 Track Pack (now $2.99, original price $5.49)

Nine Inch Nails 01 Track Pack (now $2.99, original price $5.49)

Foo Fighters 03 Track Pack (now $3.49, original price $6.99)

REO Speedwagon/Styx Tour ’09 Track Pack (now $5.49, original price $10.99)

Creedence Clearwater Revival 01 Track Pack (now $9.99, original price $19.99)

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/...ale-next-week/

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09-17-10 | 12:50 PM

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PS3ers are having an exclusive Rock Band sale now through Oct 4th. Some REALLY good prices:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/...ale-next-week/

I was going "CRAP CRAP CRAP" thru this entire list because I already own most of the stuff I'd be interested in, then I got to the end. I haven't picked up the CCR pack yet. SWEET! Glad I waited.

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09-17-10 | 12:51 PM

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I wish the CCR pack went on sale on the 360 too

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09-17-10 | 01:04 PM

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I wish the CCR pack went on sale on the 360 too

+1

Outside of Silverchair this week and Rodrigo y Gabriela (RBN) a few weeks ago, I think CCR is the only artist I've been interested in since June.

*edit - checking MyRockBandSongs, looks like outside of some RBN stuff, the last actual HMX DLC I bought was Tom Petty back in May.

Good for the wallet, bad for keeping RockBand in the play rotation.