Book Release: The Bass Guitar Fretboard Building 7 Step Blueprint Is Here

A beginner-friendly system for finally knowing every note on the bass — no tabs, no sheet music required

Melbourne, Australia — After years of teaching bass students and refining what actually works, I’m thrilled to announce that my new book, the Bass Guitar Fretboard Building 7 Step Blueprint: Learn the Bass Fretboard Fast, is now published and available on Books.by.

If you play bass, you already know the feeling. You love the instrument, you can hold down a groove — but the fretboard still looks like a wall of dots with no map. For years I watched students hit the same wall, and I felt it myself when I first started out. Most methods just throw tabs, theory, and sheet music at you and hope something sticks.

So I built something different.

The 7 Step Blueprint is the exact system I’ve developed and tested with real beginners over years of teaching. It takes you from guessing to genuinely knowing your fretboard — step by step, with no tabs and no reading music required. Each step builds on the last, moving from the musical alphabet through sharps and flats, then mapping the fretboard three ways — vertical, horizontal, and diagonal — before tying it all together with the essential shapes: thirds, fifths, and octaves.

What makes it work are two methods I created and use in my own teaching: the Play and Say Technique and Go Slow To Go Fast, paired with memorisation techniques that lock the notes into memory once and for all. The book also includes 14 dedicated study charts to guide your practice at every stage.

I wrote it to be the resource I wish I’d had on day one — clear, practical, and built for real beginners. No jargon. No assumed knowledge. Just a proven path from confused to confident.

I stand behind it completely. Follow the method, and it will work for you.

The Bass Guitar Fretboard Building 7 Step Blueprint is available now on Books.by published under Three Sisters Publishing.

Grab your hard copy, and let’s get you knowing your fretboard.

— Jeremy LaBrooy