Davetabs.com gone??

[groogrux27]

Originally Posted by whiskers11

If I was to consolidate the tabs into a folder on Google Drive, is that something that people would be interested in? I don't think it would be that much work or take too much time.

i would 100% use it

[firedancer34]

Originally Posted by whiskers11

If I was to consolidate the tabs into a folder on Google Drive, is that something that people would be interested in? I don't think it would be that much work or take too much time.

definitely. though id say it needs to be a site name like dmbguitartabs.com (just an example), not something like http://google.drive.com/2233_89886. needs to have a clear site name that people can find organically and then just a list of songs that link to tabs.

[groogrux27]

Originally Posted by firedancer34

definitely. though id say it needs to be a site name like dmbguitartabs.com (just an example), not something like http://google.drive.com/2233_89886. needs to have a clear site name that people can find organically and then just a list of songs that link to tabs.

while i agree, i think this is mostly just a link that would get passed around that would contain the files, not an actual website


unless i'm misunderstanding something

[firedancer34]

Originally Posted by groogrux27

while i agree, i think this is mostly just a link that would get passed around that would contain the files, not an actual website


unless i'm misunderstanding something

i get it, that's good for a lot of people, but there would be a lot of people who would never know about it. is it possible to buy a domain name that redirects to the google drive folder? im sure we could fund that pretty quickly without starting a patreon lol.

[whiskers11]

Unfortunately my abilities are definitely limited, but I would be happy to at least compile the tabs if somebody else wants to then put them on a site.

[BTBaboon]

Originally Posted by whiskers11

If I was to consolidate the tabs into a folder on Google Drive, is that something that people would be interested in? I don't think it would be that much work or take too much time.

I would absolutely be interested

Originally Posted by firedancer34

i get it, that's good for a lot of people, but there would be a lot of people who would never know about it. is it possible to buy a domain name that redirects to the google drive folder? im sure we could fund that pretty quickly without starting a patreon lol.

But realistically, most guitarists who aren’t huge DMB fans (so those not on Ants/WH boards) are just going to Ultimate-Guitar anyways.

[ToySoldier#34]

I've learned a grand total of 2 DMB covers in the last several years so maybe I'm not the best person to be making suggestions, I will say however I thought the message board section on dmbtabs.com had value. Did Davetabs.com have something like that?

[Bmwm3oz]

I’ll just use the web archive tool.

This was handled poorly and the whole ‘well, I maintained it since the beginning so I’m trying to retroactively recoup costs’ thing is a turn off. Feels wishy washy.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160303...ong.php?sid=28

[Gaijin86]

Originally Posted by Bmwm3oz

I’ll just use the web archive tool.

This was handled poorly and the whole ‘well, I maintained it since the beginning so I’m trying to retroactively recoup costs’ thing is a turn off. Feels wishy washy.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160303...ong.php?sid=28

Yea, I gotta agree. Most of the core tabs were straight lifted from dmbtabs.com and yet the creator of davetabs seems to take ownership (e.g. his Patreon includes "access" to pdfs of them). Also, gotta agree on the whole recoup costs notion; if he inefficiently hosted the tabs on his own that his prerogative but it is insincere to then implore the community for payback for something you implemented poorly. He seems mostly well-intentioned but the optics are bad.

[jmkratt]

Originally Posted by whiskers11

Unfortunately my abilities are definitely limited, but I would be happy to at least compile the tabs if somebody else wants to then put them on a site.

Yeah I’d be in to assist

[vilmafan51]

Hey everyone- more than happy to address some of the questions and comments about the site that have come up in this thread (it seems there’s been a few)!

As a reminder, the site began about 10 years ago when DMB tabs were becoming increasingly scattered (and inaccurate) online. DMBtabs (the site) had stopped updating about 10 years before that, so as a devoted DMB guitar player a new site was just something I thought I would create for everyone’s use and benefit.

I fully acknowledge, embrace, and am forever appreciative that many of the early tabs were created by DMBtabs (Kanter, Brock and the rest of their crew). I, and all of us, forever thank them for being the first to go out and put those early tabs together as they did, and in no way does DaveTabs stand for anything other than that. Now it’s been almost 20 years since the tabs on DMBtabs were last added and obviously the site no longer has functionality. The goal has always been to fill in this tab gap, updated and accurate into the future for everyone’s use.

To be clear, DaveTabs has never had a “paywall” or any cost associated with it, and will continue to be publicly accessible for free once back up. The DaveTabs Patreon is just a way for those who have particularly enjoyed or benefited from using the site (and who are so willing) to support. The patreon is really not some effort to recoup anything and make up for lost time or anything like that. Once the site is recreated it will be back up publicly with no costs associated with accessing the tabs, as always. And note that the temporary tabs available are simply tabs so people can have access while the site is down. These tabs will no longer be on Patreon once the site is back up (since the song pages will be publicly available as normal on the site then).

At this time, I’m actively working to get the new DaveTabs site up which is taking a great deal of work to complete (as mentioned elsewhere, this recreation was necessary because the main tooling the site was built on was expiring). The new site will have some particularly useful (and working) features to utilize, such as each studio track and the best clear video reference of Dave playing each song on the fretboard on each respective song page. As a player myself I know how helpful it can be to have these references at your fingertips. And worth mentioning that as compared to tabs on something like Ultimate-Guitar, I make a very serious effort to confirm each tab is how Dave actually plays it, is overall comprehensive/accurate, plus add Tim’s parts and variations, etc.

Ultimately as most know, DaveTabs has been a side project that i’ve spent tons of time maintaining and am happy to continue the effort. I will continue to make sure the site stays updated into the future (as this new site will now allow), and hope to have a new album at some point soon to get really busy tabbing!

[rmp207]

Originally Posted by vilmafan51

Hey everyone- more than happy to address some of the questions and comments about the site that have come up in this thread (it seems there’s been a few)!

As a reminder, the site began about 10 years ago when DMB tabs were becoming increasingly scattered (and inaccurate) online. DMBtabs (the site) had stopped updating about 10 years before that, so as a devoted DMB guitar player a new site was just something I thought I would create for everyone’s use and benefit.

I fully acknowledge, embrace, and am forever appreciative that many of the early tabs were created by DMBtabs (Kanter, Brock and the rest of their crew). I, and all of us, forever thank them for being the first to go out and put those early tabs together as they did, and in no way does DaveTabs stand for anything other than that. Now it’s been almost 20 years since the tabs on DMBtabs were last added and obviously the site no longer has functionality. The goal has always been to fill in this tab gap, updated and accurate into the future for everyone’s use.

To be clear, DaveTabs has never had a “paywall” or any cost associated with it, and will continue to be publicly accessible for free once back up. The DaveTabs Patreon is just a way for those who have particularly enjoyed or benefited from using the site (and who are so willing) to support. The patreon is really not some effort to recoup anything and make up for lost time or anything like that. Once the site is recreated it will be back up publicly with no costs associated with accessing the tabs, as always. And note that the temporary tabs available are simply tabs so people can have access while the site is down. These tabs will no longer be on Patreon once the site is back up (since the song pages will be publicly available as normal on the site then).

At this time, I’m actively working to get the new DaveTabs site up which is taking a great deal of work to complete (as mentioned elsewhere, this recreation was necessary because the main tooling the site was built on was expiring). The new site will have some particularly useful (and working) features to utilize, such as each studio track and the best clear video reference of Dave playing each song on the fretboard on each respective song page. As a player myself I know how helpful it can be to have these references at your fingertips. And worth mentioning that as compared to tabs on something like Ultimate-Guitar, I make a very serious effort to confirm each tab is how Dave actually plays it, is overall comprehensive/accurate, plus add Tim’s parts and variations, etc.

Ultimately as most know, DaveTabs has been a side project that i’ve spent tons of time maintaining and am happy to continue the effort. I will continue to make sure the site stays updated into the future (as this new site will now allow), and hope to have a new album at some point soon to get really busy tabbing!

Thank you for the update. The site and tabs have been a great source over the years.


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[MSIMSON]

A while back, I wrote a tool to scrape all of the tabs and export them to PDFs. While we wait for the new davetabs website, here's a download link for the PDFs in case anyone is interested.

(I captured the tabs a couple years ago, so anything added since then will be missing, but it's mostly complete. Also, the layout of the web pages on the old davetabs site wasn't 100% uniform. Some pages were formatted slightly different than others, so it's possible that some of the PDFs will be messed up. If you find any, let me know, and I'll see what I can do to fix it.)

[willndmb]

Originally Posted by MSIMSON

A while back, I wrote a tool to scrape all of the tabs and export them to PDFs. While we wait for the new davetabs website, here's a download link for the PDFs in case anyone is interested.

(I captured the tabs a couple years ago, so anything added since then will be missing, but it's mostly complete. Also, the layout of the web pages on the old davetabs site wasn't 100% uniform. Some pages were formatted slightly different than others, so it's possible that some of the PDFs will be messed up. If you find any, let me know, and I'll see what I can do to fix it.)

I was going to say, shouldn't be too hard to rip them off the old site and just keep them somewhere or even host them stating they are taken from old sites.
Thanks though, grabbed them

[Dougie Jones]

Thanks for putting these PDFs together. If you're ever stuck, Carson Mac has incredible lessons on YouTube that got me over the hump with some of the trickier songs.

[HonestDenver1]

does anyone know if a boydtabs.com exists?

[maythekarma1]

Originally Posted by HonestDenver1

does anyone know if a boydtabs.com exists?

Hahaha. This gave me a good chuckle. If it's a joke or genuine, this still cracks me up.

[groogrux27]

if this doesn't belong here, i'll go over to nDMBc, but if there are any dispatch fans that have anything saved from tabsinonefellswoop.com

i would love you forever

[HonestDenver1]

Originally Posted by maythekarma1

Hahaha. This gave me a good chuckle. If it's a joke or genuine, this still cracks me up.

Maybe I'll start it. Translating fiddle parts to guitar tabs... Tim Reynolds has been doing it a couple years now.

[HonestDenver1]

Originally Posted by groogrux27

if this doesn't belong here, i'll go over to nDMBc, but if there are any dispatch fans that have anything saved from tabsinonefellswoop.com

i would love you forever

One fell swoop. I don't think you know what it means.

[SPAC_Boy]

Originally Posted by HonestDenver1

does anyone know if a boydtabs.com exists?

[ForkInFork]

Originally Posted by MSIMSON

A while back, I wrote a tool to scrape all of the tabs and export them to PDFs. While we wait for the new davetabs website, here's a download link for the PDFs in case anyone is interested.

(I captured the tabs a couple years ago, so anything added since then will be missing, but it's mostly complete. Also, the layout of the web pages on the old davetabs site wasn't 100% uniform. Some pages were formatted slightly different than others, so it's possible that some of the PDFs will be messed up. If you find any, let me know, and I'll see what I can do to fix it.)

cheers, thanks for that. Anything missing I'll try and grab from waybackmachine

[ForkInFork]

Since late March when the site was due up early April, crickets on this. I guess its a permanent paywall site now?

[mdel21]

Originally Posted by maythekarma1

Especially given most were ripped off from Dmbtabs as well. Some even have the same notes and instructions.

Yes

Originally Posted by Gaijin86

Yea, I gotta agree. Most of the core tabs were straight lifted from dmbtabs.com and yet the creator of davetabs seems to take ownership (e.g. his Patreon includes "access" to pdfs of them). Also, gotta agree on the whole recoup costs notion; if he inefficiently hosted the tabs on his own that his prerogative but it is insincere to then implore the community for payback for something you implemented poorly. He seems mostly well-intentioned but the optics are bad.

Yes

Originally Posted by HonestDenver1

does anyone know if a boydtabs.com exists?

You have to donate a pair of used socks for VIP access.

[Scizzi]

I'm working on something fun! Hopefully it'll be considered the "new" Dave Tabs... And guess what? I'm not charging anyone!

[camptravisr]

Originally Posted by Scizzi

I'm working on something fun! Hopefully it'll be considered the "new" Dave Tabs... And guess what? I'm not charging anyone!

Awesome Looking forward to it and appreciate your efforts

[Dodo36]

I get the charging conceptually. To make a site that is interactive to any degree that people will use it anymore costs money that few people have (especially after buying their concert tickets these days), but there's a limit to what's acceptable. Even if it is the coolest redesign ever, you've lost a good chunk of those that would visit it just because of how all this transpired. Good luck, you'll need it.

[jmkratt]

Originally Posted by Scizzi

I'm working on something fun! Hopefully it'll be considered the "new" Dave Tabs... And guess what? I'm not charging anyone!

[ForkInFork]

Originally Posted by Scizzi

I'm working on something fun! Hopefully it'll be considered the "new" Dave Tabs... And guess what? I'm not charging anyone!

Cheers, bud!

[sean52692]

Originally Posted by Scizzi

I'm working on something fun! Hopefully it'll be considered the "new" Dave Tabs... And guess what? I'm not charging anyone!

Looks great, can't wait.