quality of tab archive?

[Matthias]

Well...
I recently had to work out some songs note by note and just for curiosity I compared my results (wich are correct, I'm absolutely shure) with the archived tabs.
I did this with 3 songs and I'm stunned:
This tab archive is worth NOTHING in 2 of 3 cases.
1 song is simply completely wrong (I would really like to hear that )
with 1 song the most complicated part (interlude) isn't there at all (quote: "there's something I couldn't get") and there are faults too
only 1 song is o.k., there are only 2 unimportant faults

I admit that this is a very small sample, not suitable to judge the whole archive, so I'm asking:

Is the quality of the tab archive really that bad?
What's your experience? Do you actually use the archive?

Matthias

BTW I don't want to offend anyone submitting tabs to this archive, but I'm afraid there are people who are not too sure about what they are doing. One should be aware of that.

 

[Cornbread]

Originally posted by Matthias

Is the quality of the tab archive really that bad?
What's your experience? Do you actually use the archive?

Matthias

BTW I don't want to offend anyone submitting tabs to this archive, but I'm afraid there are people who are not too sure about what they are doing. One should be aware of that.

I used to look up tabs when I first got my bass, but I quickly discovered the same problems. It seems like some people who submit tabs are tone deaf. But, I have to give credit to some people who take the time and are spot on in their transcriptions. I'm always surprised when I see really intricate songs transcribed in a tab. It seems unnatural to me to follow such a huge tab. I think the best way to learn a song is by ear rather than trusting someone else's interpretation of the song.
Another reason why I stopped searching for tabs is that the tabs didn't exist for the songs I like.

I do think tabs are good for someone who's JUST starting out and wants to learn songs quickly. YMMV

Dave