


It is also a little bit odd having Rocksmith generate an overdrive electric guitar sound from a classical guitar! I have ordered the sound hole magnetic pick-up to see if it fixes the problem.Īn alternative is to plug in a set of headphones so that the guitar’s natural sound is muted and the game’s output is the primary sound source. Using the Adeline AD-20 transducer piezo pick-up through my electric guitar amplifier, the game is prone to feedback (guide to playing Rocksmith through a guitar amp here). Depending on the pick-up fitted to your guitar and the sound system being used, you may need to be careful of feedback through the game.

You really need to crank up the game sound output to hear it over the guitar. The biggest issue with playing Rocksmith on an acoustic or classical guitar is that you hear the natural guitar sound over the output from the Rocksmith game. Surprisingly, my kid’s three-quarter size Jose Ferrer El Primo classical guitar fitted with a $2 clip-on pick-up from eBay also managed to pass the soundcheck. Using my Cort Earth-Mini guitar with a clip-on pick-up fitted to the headstock, I again gave the guitar a good thrash to pass the soundcheck. I then gave the Yamaha F310P a good thrash and passed the soundcheck. The first time I tried to do the soundcheck using my piezo pick-up fitted behind the saddle/bridge of my Yamaha F310P, I did not generate a high enough sound level for Rocksmith to let me pass. If you can not pass the soundcheck, Rocksmith will not let you continue into the game. The game checks the volume of your guitar and adjusts amplification to suit. The first thing you need to do when you start playing Rocksmith is perform a soundcheck.
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My tips on how to pass the Rocksmith soundcheck are here. I also have a sound hole magnetic pick-up on order from an eBay seller for $12. I ordered a couple of clip-on pick-ups off eBay for $2 each, as well as purchasing an Adeline AD-20 transducer piezo pick-up from Music Express for $28 (you can buy similar pick-ups on eBay for around $8, but I did not want to wait). I was purely using the electronic pick-up for Rocksmith, not performing or recording, so I went the cheap route. These can be purchased off eBay for a couple of dollars, but you can also spend several hundred dollars on an electronic pick-up if you want to. Rocksmith guitar game Fitting an electronic pick-upįirstly, while Rocksmith says any real guitar, they do qualify that with the statement, “If your guitar has a standard ¼ inch jack for you to plug in a cable … your guitar will work.” You will need to fit an electronic pick-up with a ¼ inch jack if your guitar does not already have one.
