A pretty discovery, via Steve Lawson’s shared feed. Train hits boy (don’t ask me!), aka Wayne, has produced a brilliant coded map of the fretboard, covering standard tuning on a 4 string bass:

Very handy! Print, memorize and then program into your brain and fingers!
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I got gently nudged a while ago to use my bass skills to try out ivideosongs.com. In essence it is an on-line, video-based song-learning site, now with support for us lovely bass players. Getting to grips with the service is very straight forward: head to ivideosongs, then click sign up (top right). Bash in your email address, [...]

A while ago, I did Norm Stockton’s “The Art of Groove” course on musicdojo.com (Norm pictured here, from his 2003 visit to the UK - time you came back to visit Norm ). An email just landed in my inbox, which reminded me about this great way to build your bass skills.
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Some people things that bass solos should be outlawed , but some have a different idea. Bass Soloists, like Steve Lawson and Michael Manring, have championed the cause here in the UK, and in the US. The bass solo as an art in the track, still hasn’t really re-emerged. It can be great when well, [...]

So, someone has to tell me why this guy is eating his bass?!? Maybe it was his on-line bass lessons at www.cyberschoolofbass.com. Who knows! Anyway, cheers for a nice resource for beginners Bunny!

This is a cool site for some very basic beginner bass guitar lessons on-line:

http://www.studybass.com/lessons/basics/
Cool!

Wonder no more, the guide to playing bass in 11 steps!
http://www.wikihow.com/Play-Bass
If you are after slightly more in-depth tuition, drop by the Music DoJo. I’ve been through a few of the courses and have to say that they are great. The on-line courses are lead by the likes of Adam Nitti, Norm Stockton, David Dyson, Cliff [...]