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About the Bass Tab Archive
The Bass Tab Archive was started in October of 1994. The purpose of the archive was to create a central repository for the large amounts of bass tablature scattered around the internet. The BTA has grown to be the largest collection of bass tab on the internet and was incorporated into the On-Line Guitar Archive in the Spring of 1997. The archive is now found on more than 20 mirror sites throughout the world.

The Bass Tab Archive has been mentioned in the Web Watch column of the January 1996 issue of Bass Player Magazine, as well as in several other bass related publications. The archive was named as one of 10 Cool Web Sites by Bass Player Magazine in their January 1999 10-year anniversary issue! As the archive has faced some legal trouble, there was also an article about the archive in the New York Times on the web.

About the Author
I've been playing bass for about 12 years, or so. I've played in several bands. I was in a ska band called Tom Servo from Greensburg, Pennsylvania (my hometown). There are some sound samples available on the page, if you'd like to check out what once was.

My college band was called Chicken Fried Funk. We played a funk influenced hybrid of rock n' roll that was guaranteed to get your booty movin'. There are still a ton of great complete song mp3's on our home page. Below are some songs I suggest checking out.

There are a bunch of covers on our website (Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Meters, The Commodores) that are also worth a look.

These songs were recorded at Great Tracks Recording in Cleveland for our Demo entitled "Uh?"

The following were recorded at Closer Look Studios in Cleveland, OH:

If you need an mp3 player, here's one for Windows. Search for a Mac equivalent here.

If you like what you hear, contact me about getting your hands on our CDs.

As for my rig, I play a Fender Mexican Jazz Bass (black w/ white pick guard) through a SWR Workingman's Fifteen amplifier. I wouldn't trade it for anything. It gives a punchy fat sound that can't be beat for its price and portability.

Hope you enjoy the archive!

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