MXTabs down for good...

[KeithBMI]

Too bad, it was a fun way to quickly learn songs on a whim.

1999-2006

 

[Alec W. Conway]

Yep, pretty much every big tablature sites are down now.

MXTabs
MySongBook
etc

 

[bassguitarist08]

it pissed me off hardcore....I used that thing for all sorts of songs. Was a great site...really it was.

 

[CrazySean]

*pssst...*


www.ultimate-guitar.com


EDIT: Enjoy it while it lasts.

 

[2 Fingers McGee]

I'm actually kinda thankful for that...now I pretty much have to use my ear to learn songs. But I can certainly understand one's frustration at losing that resource, especially the lessons. Double-edged sword.

 

[Bassist_Ben]

Mxtabs gone..it's a sad sad sad day for guitarists/drummers and bass guitarists. but i gotta admit that since it stopped...i have been making tabs and i hav a beter ear for tuning and writing tabs.

 

[Der Bluten Kat]

 

[txbasschik]

{{{Bows head, lights candle...}}}

Sigh. I loved MxTabs. They always had the best tabs and the best selection.

Cherie

 

[billystagg]

i don't understand why all these tab sites are going down, is there some sort of legal action taking place or are these sites just not raking in enough funds?

 

[johnvice]

i don't understand why all these tab sites are going down, is there some sort of legal action taking place or are these sites just not raking in enough funds?

Yes, music publishers are threatening legal action over copyright infringement.
A century ago, music publishers made the bulk of their income from sheet music sales!
That changed with the emergence of the broadcast and recorded music industries, and the declining demand for sheet music.

The internet really took a bite out of sheet music sales and the publishers want to stop this.

It is unfortunate that musicians are unable to share their own transcription work with others as they are usually more accurate and comprehensive than what music publishers sell.

As publishers have lost the war against recorded music distribution of MP3 on the internet, I question why they would waste their efforts on the same war.

 

[ebladeboi123]

www.bassmasta.net is still around for now as is
www.basstabarchive.com

Sad thing is Mxtabs actually contributed to sheet music sales.

Dan

 

[cmhgreg]

It won't be long before there will be a peer-to-peer tab network. Technology always wins.

 

[nofrets5]

A Shame !

I must admit, a few months ago I was overwhelmed having to learn 48 songs for a cover band in 3 weeks and a couple of days, and tabs really helped get all that info into my head, for the most part. I have good ears, but just couldn't spend 5 hours a day picking out all those parts (must need more Ginko Biloba) and it made it easier to get the RIGHT parts down, as some tabs are occasionally off.

 

[Captain Chaos]

when the site was shut down the first time, it could be accesed this way...or atleast you could..it doesn't work anymore...for example....go to yahoo.com and type mxtabs incubus bass tabs....some link will pop out...then click on cached....after that the page will load...the every song will appear like it used to...then right click and copy the link and go back to yahoo.com....and paste it in the search bar....when the link appears click on cached...and the tab will appear...

 

[W()()D_()nly]

mxtrabs will be back to bite someone in the ass!

the revolution begins.

 

[patrickj]

Hehe, same boat.. I just learned roughly 40 songs in about 8 days (joined a band on a Thursday, the Saturday a week later I was at a 3+ hour gig). Thank jebus I work from home and could practice as much as required :>

I don't use tabs though.. never could understand them. I've been picking parts out by ear for probably 15-20 years so it's not hard, but keeping everything sorted definitely became tough.

A Shame !

I must admit, a few months ago I was overwhelmed having to learn 48 songs for a cover band in 3 weeks and a couple of days, and tabs really helped get all that info into my head, for the most part. I have good ears, but just couldn't spend 5 hours a day picking out all those parts (must need more Ginko Biloba) and it made it easier to get the RIGHT parts down, as some tabs are occasionally off.

 

[leftyforlife]

i mainly use guitar pro to learn the songs i can't quite get by ear.
i often just use ww.911tabs.com or Invalid Link Removed they seem to have most of what i need.

 

[PrimusNut]

the only tab site i ever used was BassMasta. i used to use MxTabs but i found that they didnt have as large of a selection of songs that the other sites i used did. i also used 911Tabs for quite some time.

 

[f'nar f'nar]

two words. Ultimate Guitar.

 

[corrosivemind19]

yo 911tabs.com uses like 3 different ones all at once go there.