Members Detonator Posted July 21, 2010 Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 Seriously, every time I look up a tab, I find something that looks like it was penned by someone who's tone def. Was looking for a tab for Buckethead's "Sled Ride" last night, and ran into this problem. Out of frustration, I decided to make my own. Really wasn't that hard, and I defy someone to find a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted July 21, 2010 Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 Most of the ones I find that are done in the correct tuning to the record are usually pretty workable. It's the ones that try to transcribe crap to std E or something that {censored} it all up when the song was recorded in Bb. Where are you lookin'? :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NinjaRaf Posted July 21, 2010 Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 Check out tabit.net...they have a rating system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Detonator Posted July 21, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 Check out tabit.net...they have a rating system.I'll check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members =JL= Posted July 21, 2010 Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 I haven't even looked at any for about eight years, is it still just as bad? It always seemed to me they were uploaded by bored 14 year olds who can barely play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ovid9 Posted July 21, 2010 Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 I suck at guitar. I couldn't tab crap yet, and honestly probably won't ever be great at it. But, when I am hacking my way through a tab and it sounds NOTHING like the song I start to wonder if sometimes tabs aren't really a joke. And I mean there's sometimes I play it doesn't sound like the song and its me. Other times, its the tab.I once figured out the guy had the tab right....but labeled the strings backwards. After reversing the string order, it sounded fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted July 21, 2010 Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 I usually just do a Google search I'll check it out. www.911tabs.comKinda like a compilation site, and has ratings as well. Anything under 4.0 don't bother with. It's usually pretty close and all the 5.0 ones I've used have been accurate.I'm not a huge tabs guy, but in a pinch they're useful for learning 10 songs in an afternoon for a gig that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Detonator Posted July 21, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 www.911tabs.comKinda like a compilation site, and has ratings as well. Anything under 4.0 don't bother with. It's usually pretty close and all the 5.0 ones I've used have been accurate. I'm not a huge tabs guy, but in a pinch they're useful for learning 10 songs in an afternoon for a gig that night. Thanks. Yeah, I usually don't use tabs either, but certain songs like the one I posted can be somewhat time consuming to learn by ear. Sometimes you just want to slam it down and start playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted July 21, 2010 Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 Yeah, for a Buckethead tune, I'll let it slide, but just this once! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zozobra Posted July 21, 2010 Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 powertab/guitar pro. play it back and check it doesnt sound like dildos before having a crack. also some people have wacky ideas of what is the best or most efficient way to play some things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Detonator Posted July 21, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 also some people have wacky ideas of what is the best or most efficient way to play some things I know exactly what you're talking about. Lead lines that would fit into a neat little run, but for some reason get transposed up or down a few frets and morphed into an impossible to play shape. That {censored} drives me nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BerkleeBill Posted July 21, 2010 Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 I hate TABs for this reason. 98% of them all SUCK ... and I mean, like...REALLY bad!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JacieFB Posted July 21, 2010 Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 I've even found several mistakes in a few tab books that I've purchased in the past couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted July 21, 2010 Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 I actually most always go to YT and check for live vids first before hitting up any tab sites, just to see if I can pick up the hard/difficult/tricky parts from there and I can usually get the rest on my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ovid9 Posted July 21, 2010 Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 I know exactly what you're talking about. Lead lines that would fit into a neat little run, but for some reason get transposed up or down a few frets and morphed into an impossible to play shape. That {censored} drives me nuts. Oh man I hear ya. As I learn the fretboard better I see tabs and think "but its so much easier to play that down here....where the chords are already being played...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Detonator Posted July 21, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 I've even found several mistakes in a few tab books that I've purchased in the past couple of years. I seem to remember the old Metallica books from the 90's having a lot of issues. They were also pretty expensive as I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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