Links

Tools

• Metronome Online
• Drum metronome – gieson.com
• Free online metronome – 8notes.com
• JamPlay metronome – adjustable volume
• Online Bass & Guitar Tuner
• Interval Ear Training (musictheory.net)
• Create Tablature Online Free
• MuseScore – create, play & print sheet music (open source)
• SoundCloud – share/upload recordings (limit on free accounts)
• audiomack – share/upload recordings (free & unlimited)
• Wikiloops – free backing tracks & collaboration community
• JamKazam – backing tracks & collaboration community

Communities

• Talkbass.com – the premiere bass community in the Western world!
• Basschat – the UK bass guitar players’ forum – British bass forum
• BassPlayer.co.nz – Bass Player Guitar Forum – New Zealander bass forum
• LeftyBassist.com – Help! Help! We’re being repressed!

Materials

• BassBooks.com – best website to order bass books (more comprehensive than Amazon)
• Bass Frontiers – online magazine for bass players
• Bass Guitar Magazine – British bass magazine
• Bass Musician – online magazine for bass players
• BassPlayer.com – web home for Bass Player magazine
• For Bass Players Only – Jon Liebman’s fantastic bass-centric website
• no treble – online magazine for bass players

Resources

• Activebass – free online bass lessons and materials (lots of materials)
• Bass Matter – Free Online Bass Lessons – free online bass and theory materials
• Coursera – free online classes from leading schools
• CyberfretBass.com – free online bass and theory lessons
• Dave Conservatoire – free online music school with tons of video lessons
• Dig That Bass – free video bass lessons with a focus on songs
• International Institute of Bassists (IIB) – Cliff Engel’s bass lessons and forum
• Jeffrey Thomas – bass tabs, videos & free Skype lesson (guitar & uke too!)
• Joe Hubbard Bass – includes free PDF lessons and video site
• Studybass.com – free online bass and theory lessons (one of the best on the net)
• Tony Grey’s Bass Academy – free lessons, live webinars and more
• Visual Real Book – jazz standard backing tracks from Cerio of Talkbass

YouTube Bass Channels

• Adam Neely
• Bass Lessons (Music College TV)
• Bass Lessons Online (George Urbaszek)
• Bass Whisperer TV (Ed Friedland)
• BassMatter (Ryan McClelland)
• BassTheWorld
• Cambridge Bass Lessons (Davey Pollitt)
• Contemporary Bass Lessons
• Damian Erskine
• Dana B Goods
• Daric Bennet’s Bass Lessons
• eBassGuitar (James Eager)
• Free Bass Lessons (Dmanlamius76)
• Ivan “Big Ive” Williams (Detroit music scene)
• Janek Gwizdala
• Jeff Berlin Music Group
• Jermaine Morgan – Bass Lessons
• Joe Hubbard Bass
• Jon Liebman
• Josh Fossgreen
• KilianDuarteBass
• Low End University
• Luke from Become a Bassist
• Mannybass (Juan Manuel Vasquez)
• Mark Marxon
• NoBullBassPlayers
• PlayBassNow.com (MarlowDK)
• Players School of Music (Jeff Berlin)
• Play Metal Bass
• rayj1013
• Real Bass Lessons (Jim Stinnett)
• Scott’s Bass Lessons (Scott Devine)
• Scott Whitley
• TalkingBass.net (Mark Smith)
• The African Bass Lesson

YouTube Music/Theory Channels

• Ben Levin
• Cover Solutions
• Dave’s World of Fun Stuff
• Farvann
• FrostByte
• GaragebandandBeyond
• guitarmastery
• Hack Music Theory
• Hoffman Academy
• Homebrewed Music
• Make Weird Music
• Polyphonic
• Quist
• RATIONAL FUNK with Dave King
• Rick Beato
• samuraiguitarist
• Sideways
• Signals Music Studio
• Steve from Boston
• Why These Notes – Adventures in Music Theory

Bassists I Follow on YouTube

• Ana Dujakovic
• Andreas Brink
• Andrew Pincock
• Andy Irvine
• CannibalisticZombie
• Davie504
• Donald Waugh
• Eric Czar
• Jonathan Proud
• Kinga Glyk
• Marcelo Feldman – The Bass Wizard
• Max Proud
• Music on the D Lo
• Nazim Kemal Ure
• Paulo Dantas
• Philip Dollinger
• Roovo77
• SDGLowEnd (Steve DiGiorgio!)
• Steve Lawson
• Zander Zon

Gear

• Bass Strings Online
• JustStrings.com
• Musician’s Friend
• Sweetwater