Bass Resources

Jason Heath is an active double bass performer, educator, blogger, and podcaster. His blogging and podcasting has been featured in the New Yorker, International Musician, Double Bassist Magazine, The Engaging Brand, and the Adjunct Advocate. He is on the board of directors for the International Society of Bassists, a member of the blogging network Inside the Arts, and is a staff writer for Bass Musician Magazine.

Funky Slap Bass put together a resource of slap bass gear, riffs, practice and playing tips.

Bass Chat is an UK bass player forum. Features discussions on gear, performance and a market place to buy and sell bass guitar related items.

The International Institute of Bassists (IIB) is an online resource dedicated to the advancement of contemporary bass performance and the study of the bass tradition.

Harmony Central is an online community for musicians that offers the latest bass guitar news and resources.

Bass Player online edition is a resource for bass players featuring the latest news, gear, players and bass notes.

An online resource for Jazz Double Bass players of all ages and standards. Transcriptions, articles, interviews, forums, video lessons, ear training and lots more.

ActiveBass features customizable music playback of all examples on the site to help you learn faster. ActiveBass is also a "Do-It-Yourself" website. You can create a bass line and show in a lesson with tab and music. You can build an on-line jam track and e-mail it to your friends. You can write a review of a CD you've been listening to.

Base Face offers a variety of bass gifts for bass players. Items includes bass t-shirts, hats, bass player stickers, jewelry, keychains, bass guitar miniatures, accessories, watches, stand up bass figurine, and more.

Online bass guitar tuner featuring a variety of tuning presets for bass guitars as well as custom tuning for 4, 5 and 6 string bass guitars.

Bass Guitar Magazine features in-depth interviews, extensive reviews, transcriptions, great competitions and various columns covering everything from tuition to the latest news in the bass world.

TalkBass.com is the internet's largest bass guitar and double bass forum community. Access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload your own photos and access many other special features.

Bass Guitar Blog is a blog covering everything bass related.

A bass guitar resource that provides featured bassist, bass sounds, gallery, guidance and other bass news.

A resource page featuring a list of bass transcriptions.

A resource for bass transcriptions. All transcriptions are in A4-sized PDF format.

Free online bass lessons on how to get started by people who have been playing bass guitar 50 years.