Anyone got any tips?

First song i learned by ear was Peps persson - Rotrock, if you aint swedish you wont know how he is.
Queen - Another one bites the dust
James Brown - Super bad

Anything with a clear bass in.

smells like teen spirit
smoke on the water

tascam bass cd trainer or find software that will do the same

Everything off of paranoid and everything off of Rage Against the Machines first album is almost all blues/minor scales. I even did all of Tommy Iommis lines to get a little flavor back in the days, and most of the lines are pretty intuitive, which I think is another good skill to use. My opinions, and certainly that may not be your style of music.

Of the body of songs that you like, pick the ones in which the bass can easily be heard (e.g., Gimme Three Steps by Lynard Skynard).

Listen closely to these songs many, many times on various systems (iPod, large stereo) and try to pick out the notes.

I cannot state strongly enough how important it is for musicians to develop their ears in such a way (yes it's work, but it pays off). Imo musicians who can pick out notes by ear are superior to those who cannot.

When used correctly, tabs can actually play an important role in ear development. Tabs, however, should only be studied after a musician has spent quite a bit of time getting as far as he can on his own (up to 10 hrs per song).

.3 by porcupine tree

try anything by the "Cars". easy to pick out the basslines.

A lot of old stuff is great for this...

Temptations, "My Girl"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltRwmgYEUr8

Righteous Brothers, "Unchained Melody"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-idDbIfGvw

Here's a good list:

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs-motown.html

- Dave

Hopefully you want to work on the songs you like. If not, most of your rock/pop tunes over the years are fairly simple, some more harder than others. The main thing is to try to learn songs you love, and that will keep you focus and motivated.

iron maiden-running free,really simple bass line