Guitar Pro file database download sale ($9 for 52,505 gpx files) - Ends today

[bluzdog]

I downloaded A & B from the free page and the files look to be  exactly the same but it without the folders that start with numbers i.e 311 etc.

[fjz]

1 hour ago, bluzdog said:

I downloaded A & B from the free page and the files look to be  exactly the same but it without the folders that start with numbers i.e 311 etc.

The bands that don't start with letters, like 311, are in the "Others" folder (labelled OTROS tabs.rar).

fj

[Zoukiman]

As a special offer for May, you can get instant download access to the entire tabs database with a 50% discount!

 

Still ON...

 

But still a mystery for me ... Is it worth it? Many different point of view here ...

Edited Monday at 02:33 PM by Zoukiman

[mettelus]

59 minutes ago, Zoukiman said:

But still a mystery for me ... Is it worth it? Many different point of view here ...

Like @bluzdog mentioned above, I also spot checked some files for the two links posted AFTER the OP, and they appear to be duplicates of what is posted in the OP. The advantage to both of those is that you can instantly download all the .gpx files, but by letter. Since they have to be extracted anyway, you can easily "assemble" the entire database on your own from either of those sites as well. Given this, the only "advantage" to the OP (if the other two sites are true duplicates) is that the assembly part is already done for you.

I had half-considered assembling one of those other sites and running a duplicate file finder against it over the weekend; but for $9 it wasn't worth the effort, and I have wasted way more than $9 on things I never use anyway.

[fjz]

I didn't realize the the files from gtptabs.com are (or appear to be) the same as the link I posted. I really like the fact that there are ratings (1 - 5 red picks) beside the files on the gtptabs site. I'll probably use that as a reference to help we ed out the bad from the okay files. 

fj

[TheSteven]

6 hours ago, fjz said:

I really like the fact that there are ratings (1 - 5 red picks) beside the files on the gtptabs site.

Low ratings don't necessarily mean bad, just less popular.
Sometimes they're alternate versions e.g. acoustic (unplugged?) vs electric; or are just 'played' differently.
though sometimes they are just crappier versions.
IMHO the disk space saved doesn't warrant the effort to preclean; I'd rather wait until I check out the song then decide which are worth keeping.

Edited yesterday at 01:29 AM by TheSteven

[TheSteven]

On 5/1/2025 at 9:33 AM, Skijumptoes said:

That is so weird, as I was going through them and looked for Paramore and there was nothing there, can't believe I come on here and read this 30 minutes later!   

But as I got curious, I found this site where you can download all artists in one download:

https://gtptabs.com/tabs/16/paramore.html

The individual files don't have the artist name as part of the file, but luckily MacOS lets you append text to a selection of files so just done that and all good!

In the link above I found songs/artists not in my collection (like the Beatles), I got it a while ago and I'm assuming it's the same collection; maybe they're just organized differently;
on the other hand the ones at the website below match exactly with what I already have in my zipped file.

On 5/4/2025 at 11:24 AM, fjz said:

If you guys are interested in downloading a bunch (and I mean a BUNCH) of free gp files, they are available here. 

Scroll down the page about half way, and you'll find a download link for each letter of the alphabet (either rar or zip), and one folder called "Other" at the end.

Oh, and did I mention free?

fj 

 

[mettelus]

Quick side note with the OP database specifically. The "file creation date" is embedded in the files, and I am assuming they are the server upload dates (since there are numerous ones in massive "slugs"), but cannot verify. While the gp3/4 format was used to keep files backwards compatible (Guitar Pro 3/4), I found this interesting:

• Only 9 files have a creation date after 1/29/2006, and only one after 2006 (11/12/2012).
• 67 files are in gp5 format (Guitar Pro 5, released NOV 2005).
• Only one file is in gpx format (Guitar Pro 6+, GP6 was released in APR 2010). That is "Blackbird - Beatles White Album.gpx" that was uploaded on 11/12/2012.

Bottom line, that database is relatively old but also unmodified. Much like MIDI files from the period, many are "as is" renditions that have carried forward in time.