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Clothes to the Edge

Clothes to the Edge

Bought over $100,000 worth of items from the Rock Shop

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How to unlock the Clothes to the Edge achievement in Rock Band 2 - Definitive Guide

Edit 11/7/10

So, two years later I FINALLY unlocked this achievement. I really am surprised that so many people gave my previous solution so many positive votes considering I hadn't unlocked the thing yet. My previous solution speculated on how one could unlock the achievement. Now, here are the facts:
-Anything you buy in the Rock Shop counts towards this achievement.
-The total $100,000 can be spent across several characters.
-The game does not keep track of how much you have spent. You won't know how close you are to getting the achievement until you actually get it.

I made a word document that kept track of how much money I spent in the game. Gaining money in the game is a bit harder than gaining fans, but there are some simple ways of gaining more money:
-Make Setlists in every possible venue and pick songs you know you can Gold Star. The more songs in a setlist, the more money earned.
-Feel free to play the longer, 5-9 song setlists as well. If you know you can 5 star the songs, you'll be in good shape.
-Always take the offers that either double, triple, or quadruple your money, or swap out the last song in the setlist to earn more money.
-Use one of your characters in someone else's band either on a local tour or a Live tour.
-Complete the Endless Setlist (will net you anywhere between $50,000 and $80,000).

Something I did was hired the Spirtual Guru character as soon as I could. His character allows you to have more of the offers granted to you "Double or Nothing," "Triple or Nothing," etc.The Marketing Executive doesn't actually earn you that much more money. The Accountant is a poor choice. Gaining double or earning nothing sounds great, but its really the same as earning the regular amount for each song played. Besides, you don't want to risk doing the Endless Setlist only to NOT get any money from it.

Also, the achievement unlocked for me a few thousand dollars early. It may have been because I didn't do some math correctly, but if you just keep on playing the game and earning money, you should have this achievement in no time.
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Thank you for the clarification man, i used my intern till the accountant was available then i used him for the rest of the time
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By CYCO NOMAD on 27 Sep 2008 23:36
I can confirm that you don't don't have to use one character. I've spread it out over 4 and I just got it.
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By Nichabod on 09 Oct 2008 15:36
thats good to know bod....
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By Kramerllama on 18 Apr 2009 21:06
I'm sure I've spent more than 100,000 - but collectively with 4 characters - and don't yet have the achievement. Is there any way of knowing how much you've spent?
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By tpr007 on 05 May 2009 14:34
just so you know, instruments dont count
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By Vivid Voice on 25 Sep 2009 03:01
Anybody know what you get for beating the ES on lower difficulties (say medium)? I plan on doing it on medium to get bladder of steel, but wouldn't mind knowing how much cash this will net me.
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By Pedle Zelnip on 22 Jan 2010 20:23
The guru gives you fans, it's the accountant that wins or loses you a lot of money. Also using the publicist will get you a lot of wagers, like the 4-star every song and get double cash.
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By Hexxas on 27 Feb 2010 21:41
i know ive spent well over 100,000 on clothes with one character, and lots of money with other characters as well, and still no achievement :(
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By xix T HILL xix on 02 Apr 2010 16:24
Instruments definitely count, guys. I actually had this achievement pop directly after buying a $50,000 guitar.
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By ASic777 on 19 May 2010 21:07
I bought the goat guitar and it poped, so instruments count. The accountant hasn't made me lose any money yet (also nearly gold starring every song helps). If you're going for playing at every venue, always do the make a setlist, pick Hello There as the first song (super short and easy to gold star), Charlene (if you have it, free DLC), then any songs you can gold star that are short.
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By Negative ZZ on 21 Apr 2011 14:20
alright, I am so confused on instruments counting or not. I feel like I've spent about 110,000 and still don't have it. Majority on instruments
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By BiG PaPa ChIlL on 09 Aug 2011 19:49
I can confirm instruments count, I just bought a couple of microphones and it popped. Perhaps there's a glitch with the number?
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By Gjot on 02 May 2012 14:07
Also consider what you've won, instrument wise. I won the bomb bass but forgot and kept counting it when i was doing an estimated total. I took it away from my $ total and realized I had a couple thousand left to spend. I spent it and sure enough, it popped.
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By Realdeal411 on 06 Sep 2012 22:30
@LostMantella9 Yeah, I got 30K doing vocals on expert and failing nearly 40 times on Shacklers Revenge. I guess it is random?
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By MFMegazerox on 22 May 2013 22:36
thanks for that comment vivid voice...
ive spent a large sum over 100.000 on instruments.. guess ive wasted a lot :(
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By Uzhgii on 11 Oct 2009 12:16
I can also confirm what Vivid said. I didn't read this first, and just plopped down $70,000 (which should have put me at around $130K spent) on instruments, and didn't get the achievement.
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By DAVOLICIOUS on 15 Jan 2010 21:34
i only got $21,000 for completing the Endless Setlist 2, played on Expert Guitar and didn't fail a single song, as i got the bladder of steel achievement in the same run. wonder why i hardly got any money, i was 5 staring lots of the songs. (I didn't use star power at all during any song, as i was using star power as a safety net incase i almost failed out, so guess this is why) now i have to farm $25,000 which is kinder annoying. oh well
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By LostMantella9 on 06 May 2012 07:43
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The venue in Austin, called Echo Hanger on World Tour has a 'create a setlist' with 3 tracks, If you can 5* them all I belive you get $3-4000. This is a quick way to earn some money.

Once you think you have gained enough, (Its easier to buy the essential items and wait, so you know you have enough), Buy all of the expensive Guitars/ Bass Guitars/ Clothes, Easily done.
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24 Aug 2010 16:15

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I never thought of that
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By SoiledDoughnut on 24 Aug 2010 16:43
:)
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By Kahuna28 on 24 Aug 2010 18:31
Just to add onto the previous guides above me, although the achievement says "CLOTHES to the Edge," you can buy ANYTHING and EVERYTHING from the Rock Shop and it will count toward the achievement. Buying instruments will count as well as clothes.

Also keep in mind that you get much, much more money when playing at bigger arenas/stages. Playing gigs at the small places will earn you cash, but a lot less of it. Keep playing and you'll have $100,000 in no time.
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12 Jun 2010 23:41

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i think an update might have fixed this didnt get and i bought over 100,000 worth of stuff some instruments
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By A 0 UB3RLOZ3R on 29 May 2012 02:38
This is actually pretty easy if you just forget about it and just play through the tour. Just check how much money you have now and again, I got it when I was about 2/3 of the way through the tour. Plus I recommend waiting until, you have the full $100,000 just to make it easier as if you spend whilst you progress through the tour you'll never know how much you've earnt...
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28 Apr 2010 09:24

Okay so I just got this one today and this is what I did. I finished all the impossible instrument challenges(which if you five star every song in it you get $1,800) also I used The accountant despite what Hybrid says I never once lost money and here is how. The deal with the accountant is very simple if you 5 star a song you will earn double the cash. Its that easy I know there are a few setlists that can get you $3-4000, all you need to do is go to those and play them with the accountant hired and 5 star all the songs. Forget about playing at a higher difficulty and trying to gold star this works so much better and so much faster.

EDIT: 8/29/11
The Endless Setlist on medium with the accountant got me over $100,000 and I only missed 1 star through the entire setlist.
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27 Aug 2011 22:38

You earn money at the end of every setlist you do and depending on how many stars you earned and what difficulty you were on it will affect the amount of money you earn. Buying instruments DO NOT COUNT I repeat BUYING INSTRUMENTS FROM THE ROCK SHOP DO NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE MONEY TOTAL. Hairstyles and clothes are the only things that count towards the $100,000. When your playing in your career you will be asked randomly but often if you would like to go double or nothing or quadruple or nothing. They will ask you thinks like "get 5 stars on every song in this set and you will be payed double the cash but if you don't you get nothing". You get those a lot and just accept them and you'll get there don't worry. By the time your done some of the other trophies you will EASILY have enough.
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This may take a while. This counts as anything from the rock shop, like instruments, accessories, clothes etc. The best way to get this is to use the same technique to 5 star songs in the "One Million Fans" achievement, because the more stars you get, the more money you get. If you ever get an offer to "Quadruple or Nothing" or "Double or Nothing" for five starring a song, and you know you can five star it, always take it. Even if you can only 5 star one of them, you will get 4 times the cash for that one, but nothing for the other one.

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This trophy may take time to obtain. This amount includes everything you buy at the Rock Shop - tools, accessories, clothes, etc. The easiest way to get money for this trophy is to use the tactics of five-star compositions from the “One Million Fans” trophy because the more stars you get, the more money they give you. Also, if you are offered “Quadruple or Nothing” or “Double or Nothing” for a five-star composition, agree. Because even one five-star song completely compensates for the second one, for which you won’t get paid.
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08 May 2009 10:07

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Be sure to buy all the items with the same character, I had several of them (guitarist, drummer, etc.) after spending more than 100,000 for two, I still didn’t get the trophy...
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By shatarys on 02 Mar 2013 14:12