Guitar Pro

I had heard about Guitar Pro a while back, but I thought it was a subscription-based service that I "didn't really need". But I was thinking about it in terms of specific songs that I wanted to learn (read: Pixies). I wasn't thinking of it as...hey I could really expose myself to lots of music (read: bass lines).

But if it is really only $60 I am totally buying that. Of course...that assumes that I have space on my laptop for the software. Ah the perils of quickly obsolete technology.

UPDATE: Ok...I am beginning to see the issue. It isn't clear to me if you get the tabs when you buy Guitar Pro...or if you pay for the tabs separately for an extra fee via MySongBook (for $1-$3 each). That's probably what stopped me cold last time.  Anyway...worth looking into more for sure.

MORE UPDATE: Ah...looks like you can buy pro tab...or use "free" tab created by other users.  Here's the "free" shared file lowdown.

STILL MORE UPDATE: Ok...so that was a full circle clusterfuck. Turns out that the user generated tabs from Guitar Pro are already available online for free...maybe. Case in point here. When you are on the Ultimate Guitar site it lists tabs pulled from the internet and it will say file type. One of those file types is "Guitar Pro Tab" That said...it looks like you only get a partial demo version and have to pay a monthly fee to get the full access. So I'm still confused. I think probably that buying the Guitar Pro software doesn't get you much that you couldn't get in other ways...but it isn't clear yet. Certainly probably worth shopping around for best access and best price.