Bass Tab Archive

URL http://www.basstabarchive.com
Description Hosts the Bass OLGA archives, but also features lessons, classifieds, links, and forums.
Posted By ActiveBass
Directory Books/Tab: On-Line
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Overall Rating: 4.4 (of 5)
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On 12/24/2008, Michael Moses (22) posted:
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There are no longer any accessible BassTabs available from what I could see....all pulled for legal reasons!! Too bad....
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 3/6/2007, Ben Yeargin (119) posted:
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This was a great site when it was up, they are no longer giving out tabs apparently some kind of legal mumbo jumbo
On 9/23/2005, Lynn Cee (69) posted:
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Very informative for beginners and advanced players. It teaches the new players the basics and reminds the advanced players that it was the basics that made us advanced players.
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 1/1/2005, Brian Juel (3113) posted:
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I don't like tabs, but whenever i need to learn a new song i go here.

THIS IS THE BEST PLACE FOR TABS ON THE INTERNET
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On 12/31/2004, Kimathy Doodle (54) posted:
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The first tabliture website I ever used and my favorite to this day. Extensive resource - perhaps only three songs lacking in 3 years? But I'll blame my eclectic taste for that. Has done for the process of finding tabliture what google has done for the purpose of finding everything else.
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 3/28/2004, Karlo Brutsch (1489) posted:
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Verry neat stuff i onley wish it could class the tab by styles of music also, And it would be cool to add the score under the tab to also practice your overal reading at the same time.. it s a great tool to learn the tunes but even cooler if it also had the score toutoulou Karlo
Suitable for intermediate bassists
On 2/27/2004, Emre Demirel (90) posted:
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It's realy great site but i can't find some of my favourite metal bands' bass tabs.
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On 7/31/2003, Mark Heath (798) posted:
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Thumbs up
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On 7/24/2003, Primoz Pavlin (9546) posted:
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Best and largest bass tab archive on the net!
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On 4/23/2003, Susannah Ferdinand (31) posted:
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Nice, clear, concise, easy to use. FAST search.
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On 3/23/2003, John Graff (457) posted:
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It has practically every band you could think of! :)
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On 2/14/2003, Fausto Carcione (2146) posted:
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Great site. Good trascripions, it rocks!
Suitable for intermediate bassists
On 12/20/2002, Jim Stone (183) posted:
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Its good to play along to tracks if you can't play with a band-find your favorite album and play along. a good listening exercise. you should find what you're after
Suitable for beginner bassists
On 11/9/2002, Brian Buckham (26315) posted:
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Just love it. Two thumbs up
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On 10/30/2002, Aroon Thakkar (398) posted:
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I like this site alot. Most of the time the tabs are accurate and it has most of the tabs I'm looking for.
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On 10/14/2002, Joe Thomas (183) posted:
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Great bass tab site with tons of variety. almost any song you could want. it is always updated and it is easy to navigate.
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On 10/2/2002, Bryan Nouwens (8) posted:
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This site rocks, I have been using it from when I first started playing.
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On 10/1/2002, DAMIAN AQUILINA (38) posted:
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Good site that has just about everything you are looking for.
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On 8/31/2002, Mark Ives (3066) posted:
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How come they only update this monthly? Otherwise though this is a really good site. Try MxTabs.net though, you'll find t's a lot better.
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 8/10/2002, Tom Swennen (3207) posted:
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If it's tabs you want, you got it! They even have tabs of dutch bands like "de heideroosjes" (i don't think they ever left the Netherlands or Belgium). So if you spend a lot of time searching tabs, you'd better bookmark this one.
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 7/30/2002, Paul Lewis (91) posted:
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This site is awesome. I just wanna say that these ad's that pop up are a waste of aggravation. they are too damn annoying
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On 7/25/2002, Britt Jarvis (771) posted:
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I personally think Bass Tab Archive is one of the best sites for bass tabs I have been to yet. They have a wide genre of artists. It has some tabs that are tottally wrong but any tab site where people submit tabs will. But I'd say besides that its great. Easy to navigate and all that.
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 7/18/2002, Matt Sedqon (1162) posted:
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The Bass Tab Archive is, by far, the best tab resource for bassists that i am aware of. Chances are that if you cant find it tabbed on this site, you wont be able to find it (tabbed correctly) anywhere else.

Certainly, this site is flawed in the same way any other tab site is flawed, in that some of the tabs are posted by MORONS who have no business tabbing in the first place, but this site does better than most, and nearly all the tabs i have accessed here (hundreds) have been correct.

In addition, this site has a clean and professional look about it, as opposed to, say, tabcrawler (scum of the tab world), and seems to load fairly quickly on even the slowest connections. There are also a variety of lessons on hand, all open to access without any registration.
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 7/16/2002, Kyle Perison (247) posted:
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This site has everything your looking for. Its AWSOME!
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On 6/21/2002, Mark Kramer (34) posted:
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I go here often and they usually have what I'm looking for.
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On 6/4/2002, Steven Pullan (42) posted:
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I like this site a lot i ment the tabs arnt acurate to the note all the time but its an overall good resourse
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On 5/28/2002, Daniel Gilbert (847) posted:
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Not updated every day, though it claims to be...alright though
On 5/25/2002, Ben Cummins (116) posted:
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The best bass tablature resource on the web without a doubt. Tab for all styles and levels of play, with accurate translations and full transcriptions. easy to navigate, well worth a try first
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 5/23/2002, Chuck Patenaude (370) posted:
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Best bass tab site I've found, great selection and easy interface
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On 3/12/2002, Jacob Provencher (10) posted:
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Great selection of songs
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 3/6/2002, Carla Jolley (118) posted:
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BTA isn't all its cracked up to be. Its fine for the majority of popular, mainstream type stuff. However, if you're after anything even remotely off the beaten track don't bother with this one.
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On 2/25/2002, Kyriakos Valsamis (3502) posted:
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It's a good site with bass tabs but i feel is only for begginers to help them use their ear and play some bass lines!I say that cause a lot of tabs i printed from B.T.A. are wrong!So it helps me use my ear better to find the right line!I m rating it with 3 stars cause it must be a bass tabs site not a online school! P.S.But it helped me anyway
Suitable for beginner bassists
On 2/14/2002, Michael Green (49) posted:
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It is great that it has people helping other people out by submitting their tabs. It is also great that it has guitar and bass tabs. I love the extreme amount of artists that are contained on the site.
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 1/3/2002, Andrew Deem (1849) posted:
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Best tab site for bass on the web.
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On 12/25/2001, Glenn Brown (41) posted:
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This is the largest, most vast , most updateded, bass tab list, in my point of view. Everyone should check it out. Once or twice, or more.
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 12/20/2001, Grant Whitney (3530) posted:
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Vast database. However I must say that lately they have a lot of annoying pop-up and pop-under ads. Other than that, it is an excellent site.
Suitable for intermediate bassists
On 12/18/2001, Turner Miles (81) posted:
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It's hard to compete with AB for tab resources, But they do a pretty good job. The ads and pop ups are a little anoying, but they are one of those evils that we must live with.
Suitable for intermediate bassists
On 12/15/2001, Inactive Member posted:
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This is possibly the BEST bass tabbing archive in existance right now.

Definately go there if you're having trouble finding some tabs.
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 12/2/2001, Adam LePosa (187) posted:
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Great tab site! Has every tab you could ever ask for and more
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 11/23/2001, Travis Sims (35) posted:
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The only thing I would have liked to have seen was a printer friendly option.Overall,it's very well constructed
Suitable for intermediate bassists
On 11/11/2001, Richard Sargent (2488) posted:
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Lots of info.
On 8/28/2001, Jacob Nelson (173) posted:
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This site was alright. It had tons of tabs, just not the ones that I wanted. It is suitable for all levels though, I found some difficult tabs and some real easy ones. ummm...it could be up dated more.
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On 8/21/2001, Stu Duncan (5) posted:
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Great, keep it up!!!, but it could do with a few more kiwi bands, like, Fur patrol, Weta, Head like a hole, havent u dudes heard of these bands?????? They ROCK!!!!
Suitable for beginner bassists
On 8/17/2001, Kris Bramlett posted:
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This is a great site. i loved it.it had smooth criminal from alien ant farm. i have searched everywhere for it and now i have. thnx guys
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 8/15/2001, Scrozzy posted:
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I love this site. Always my first port of call for bass tabs. Sometimes it doesn't get updated as often as it should, but other than it's a fine resource. It's prolly worth mentioning that their forums suck. They lack moderation and are full of plonkers.
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 8/15/2001, Jon posted:
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ITs a good place to look, they almost always have what i need, but some times they have terrible tabs, but all places have that. But this is the best place i can find
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On 8/15/2001, Mona posted:
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This site is awesome. It had a band that I couldn't find anywhere else. And the tabs were correct. I use this site all the time to look for tabs. This is some good Sh*t
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On 8/15/2001, Dillon Huffman posted:
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The best tab site i've seen! Very helpful for beginners to experts.
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On 8/1/2001, Matthew Kirby (410) posted:
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Great the widest range of bass tabs ive seen + the links are good as well
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On 7/21/2001, Evan Donovan (1339) posted:
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It's got a huge selection of basstabs, much bigger than OLGA. I guess if I was an advanced player there wouldn't be much on there to challenge me and anyway I'd probably be able to figure out the songs myself. But anyway, for beginning and intermediate bassists it's great.
Suitable for intermediate bassists
On 7/18/2001, Courtney Covington (4945) posted:
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Good tunes that are pretty accurate. not enough in the funk area but you'll be able to get your hands an all the current pop tunes.-
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On 5/31/2001, Eric posted:
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This is really good, but I usually use tabcrawler. However I can sometimes find stuff on the Archive that I can't on TabCrawler. They complement eachother real well.
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On 5/8/2001, Kristina posted:
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I loved it.... it had every band and every song I asked for....by far...the BEST!
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On 5/2/2001, Michael Dobbins posted:
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Very good source. well organized and lots of tabs. 2 thumbs up!
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On 4/19/2001, Cian O'Donnell (4) posted:
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Excellent, coverage good, usually accurate
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On 4/5/2001, Ryan Brummet (285) posted:
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I think it rools
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On 3/31/2001, Roderick Pinkney (2861) posted:
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I like it so much I have a link to it on the top of my browser!
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On 3/31/2001, Brother Collins posted:
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I think this is the best bass tab site I've seen, and I've looked everywhere. Although it seems most of the bass tab sites have the same tabs, tabbed by the same people, so if you find a tab that is not correct, or just doesn't work right, all of the sites have the same tab, so you can't do anything about it.
Suitable for beginner bassists
On 3/23/2001, Mariano Alfonsi (1424) posted:
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Very nice and complete. But i couldnt find Infectious Grooves Therapy.
On 3/21/2001, Becky Sims (5) posted:
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=)
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On 3/20/2001, Dave Papke (9805) posted:
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Got to admitt this was one of the best just for basses. -go look
On 1/28/2001, Aaron Harmonson (5) posted:
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It is the best tablature site out there on the web. I love that it is only for bass so there isn't any pesky guitar tabs when i'm looking for bass tabs. There is a wide selection for many styles of music (from Abba to Zappa).
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 1/24/2001, Andy Schacht (55) posted:
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One of the best bass tab sites around. They mostly have mainstream bands but have a few select songs of not-so-mainstream bands. If you have a slow connection you can have some problems though. Overall, a great place to get your beloved tabs.
Suitable for intermediate bassists
On 1/23/2001, tom symonds posted:
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This is a great site, load's and load's of usefull easy to read tab, a well set out site with lot's of other features like second hand sales.
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 1/16/2001, PoopyPoo posted:
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Well, at first i really liked the site. But then a few days ago i could no longer access it. It say, "Forbidden," in big letters. So, now since i can't even access it. I think it sucks big fat ones. PoopyPoo(basstabarchive.com is stinky like the Poop that comes out of your butt).
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On 1/15/2001, John Thompson (700) posted:
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Um it dont work so therefore its no good
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On 1/9/2001, David Hoyle (892) posted:
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Superb Range of Music
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On 12/16/2000, Colin Spann (79) posted:
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I may be just an intermediate player, but I have always used the Bass Tab Archive. Has great lessons, and easy to understand tabs. The real good thing about it's tabs though, is how many of them there are. You can find almost any tab on there. A great site for all users, and I highly recommend it.
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On 12/4/2000, Lukass posted:
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Its just sweet, but it should have recomendations of tabs because some people get bored with boring music and need to learn new challenging songs
On 11/30/2000, Josh Wells (64) posted:
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Great Site, has EVERYTHING
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On 10/26/2000, Jordan Day (2501) posted:
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If it's for bass, if it's in tab, and if it even exists, it's here. You can probably think of ten songs off the top of your head that have tabs here. Sadly, they never seem to have THAT ONE SONG I just HAVE to play, but considering how huge their collection already is, and that they already have enough to keep any music fan entertained for a good long while, I ain't complainin'!
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 10/17/2000, Laura Abraham (679) posted:
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Varied, with loads of good tabs. The site's easy to use for those of us who are totally computer illiterate, and if they don't have the tab you want, you can always request it.
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 9/19/2000, Gary Chidester (131) posted:
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This is a great site that helps you cut to the chase and look for strictly bass tab instead of rooting through OGLA's list (Which is still sometimes necessary) It's definately the first site I go to when I need some help learning a song.
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 9/19/2000, Mike Kolehmaihnen (153) posted:
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A very large collection of bass tabs. Biggest one I've seen so far. The only part I didn't like of it was the search as it didn't pick up stuff sometimes.
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On 9/11/2000, Dave Kurtiak (55) posted:
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Fine for the beginner - not fine if you are experienced and looking for quick tabs for more complex or non-pop / rock music.
Suitable for beginner bassists
On 9/11/2000, John Doe (11) posted:
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Good site with a wide variety of titles, bands, and songs
Suitable for all skill levels of bassists
On 8/17/2000, Paul Comrie-Thomson posted:
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Seriously. This is the best most extensive archive of bass tabs. It eats talkbass.com. Check out my tabs there of Sommerset and No Use For a Name.
Suitable for intermediate bassists
On 6/23/2000, April Stevenson (14009) posted:
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The only problem i have with this site is the java script dumping.. you get about 30 seconds to look at the tab and grab it before a script puts you on a another page
Suitable for beginner bassists
On 6/23/2000, Paul posted:
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Good, but not a lot of the known or hugely popular bands.
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On 6/15/2000, Denz Jones (75) posted:
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The Bass Tab Archives. This web page in my mind is one of the best you can get to begin your bass playing. All of the biggest bands around give you their tablatures. If you are a beginner just like me log on. Before long you will be a good bass player. So if you are into Blur or Stereophonics or even Sepultura, this is the site you want to go to.
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On 6/8/2000, Tim Johnson posted:
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Largest collection of bass tab I've seen! Well organized, and updated daily!
Suitable for beginner bassists