How did you discover gametabs?

Vic9mm

The Fingerstyle Mechanic

Location: Dallas Texas

Joined: Aug 27 2008

was looking for game music on youtube someone had a link to gametabs on the more info link.

zelda master

Joined: Feb 08 2009

I was watching people play zelda on guitar on YouTube, and it had the link to gametabs!

auriplane

Joined: Sep 06 2008

I started transcribing songs for fun as part of my daily practice, and I was posting them to my Livejournal. But, er, very few people who read my LJ care about such things, so I felt a little silly! So I searched on Google and I found this place, and submitted my tabs, and I've been very happy since then ^-^

I like the thought that other people get some use out of the tabs I make as part of my daily practice. My tabs aren't terribly popular (maybe because they're mostly for bass?) but even so, it's a good feeling ^-^

archard

Joined: Jan 11 2007

I'm quite curious about how you all came here as well. Please do tell.

ronito

Decisive Battler

Location: Northern Cali, USA

Joined: May 21 2007

I don't remember exactly. I remember stumbling on it. And either Kabuki told me about it, or I told Kabuki. Back at that time Kabuki and I had played with the idea of starting a site putting all of our stuff together. But neither of us had the time or the resources. Thankfully for me Archard came into the view and filled in what we couldn't do.

LoZ_ROXORS

Joined: Oct 03 2008

lookin for guerudo valley tabs it was sweet i had been looking for video game tabs and i hit a goldmine

i think u owe a lot of member to mario and zelda

silverrida

I love this site

Joined: Sep 20 2008

I got here by typing in specific songs in google. I actually got here looking for Gerudo Valley tabs. I started playing guitar more for video game songs than "real" songs so I signed up right away as soon as I found this site. It's an amazing site and I come, albeit don't post, often.

yoshistrings

ヨッシー

Location: trapped in an egg

Joined: Oct 29 2007

heh, looks like this site owes a lot to google.

TKStriker

Aspiring Gametarist

Location: Where I'm needed most

Joined: Feb 01 2008

I was searching for a song that I always loved from Breath of Fire 3, and my google search lead to about 3 different sites. This one was the cleaned, most well organized and most tab abundant site of the bunch. I didn't find the tab I was looking for, but I found loads of other great tabs. I've since tabbed that song myself and discovered that tabbing songs is great for developing ones ear for music. I've started about 30 tabs which I hope to be posting with accompanying videos in the next month or two (once I get a new camera). I have to say that this site has been the single biggest contributor to my development as a guitarist. Thanks Archard.

BluePhoenix

give me a dollar

Location: Earth, Universe A

Joined: Jan 21 2008

Gerudo Valley as well.

Stamen47

no0bzOrG

Joined: Jun 16 2007

I had made some video game tabs about three years ago and was thinking of starting my own website. I decided to look around the web to see if there were any websites like the one I was going to make, and naturally I came across gametabs. I had thought so much about my website and was so bent on making it, it didn't even occur to me to just have Archard put my tabs on his site. It occurred to me that I could do that soon after I made my website, but I had already made it and it didn't feel right to just trash it, I wanted to see what I could do with it. After about a year, I wanted a change and asked Archard if he would put my tabs on his site, and that's when I joined.

auriplane

Joined: Sep 06 2008

Are you asking someone in particular?

I think a lot of people use a program called Guitar Pro. Other people like me use a text editor. Just make sure if you do it in Word that you use a fixed-width font like Courier, and that you don't make it too wide (I do 80 columns, I hope that's considered normal).

yamsa

Grand King of the Moon

Location: Norway

Joined: Jan 16 2009

with you I meant anyone who feel like answering.

just wanted to ask, 'cause i had to upload the tab several times before it looked perfect. The uploaded sample looked different from how i typed it.

edit:

ah, alright. I used Word because that's the program I usually use when writing. would a simpler text program be better?

Yamato

Mechatronic Engineering student...and not yet graduated...oh hell...

Location: São Paulo, Brazil

Joined: Oct 03 2007

I discovered gametabs watching CalebElijah videos on Youtube and I said to myself that I should start to submit tabs like him.

Sorry about the bad English.

yamsa

Grand King of the Moon

Location: Norway

Joined: Jan 16 2009

I'm using Mac.
yeah, there was some minor line issues.
but i managed, just took a little longer than I thought it would.

Joined: Dec 31 1969

You type it up on "Word" or "notepad", and then upload that to the site. There are instructions on this site.

Vic9mm

The Fingerstyle Mechanic

Location: Dallas Texas

Joined: Aug 27 2008

I hate using notepad when I want to print. Sometimes tabs will get cut off this is where Word comes in. I paste the tabs and select all change the font to
"Lucida Console" the notpad font btw) and now you can space it out so nothing will get cut off, as far as printing is concerned anyway.

smiley

shadock number zo zo bu zo meu ga

Location: Laputa

Joined: Jul 04 2008

I googled game tabs, and voila, my life was complete!

plainlazy

Delightfully British Scalie

Location: Brookhaven Hospital

Joined: Dec 17 2008

I looked for some tabs online - pretty much just asked Google for some 'video game tabs' and after not liking a few sites, I came onto this one and loved it.

I've been using it for quite some time now, but only just decided to create an account and irritate you all with me being here, fnarr ~

darkarmy123

Tehchomps

Joined: Jul 29 2008

I googled some Zelda tabs and found lots of Oot tabs =p

surreal

Eric: tank,godlike

Location: Arizona

Joined: Jan 04 2009

Stamen47's freeweb site directed me toward you guys after I discovered some of his god tier arrangements.

Word.

Mareo147

Mareo147

Joined: Dec 25 2007

Well when I was a freshman a few year s ago I took a guitar class and so. my friend and and I were playing Legend of zelda Majoras Mask on the only working n64 i've seen in years. And we Were like" hey I wonder If people make tabs of video games" first we found VGmusic. And welistened to midi files from our favorite games etc. Anway, to the point I found Out of curiosity to se if people actually make game tabs.

Joined: Dec 31 1969

I found this when I was looking for SSBB Hyrule Temple theme. :D

jit

Joined: Mar 04 2009

Am I the only person that figured, "Hey, I wonder where I can get some game tabs?" And then typed gametabs.net and voila. I honestly rarely use the tabs but I love watching the recordings of other people. Trying to get better myself if I decide to put more recordings up.

kimpile

Joined: Jun 06 2009

I was just looking around for some video games OST and find Gamestab by chance :)