Online Courses
Learn Bass at Your Own Pace
Tony Gardiner’s online bass guitar courses bring his structured, step-by-step teaching straight to your own home. In fact, it’s the same method he uses face-to-face with private students. Whether you’re picking up a bass for the first time or exploring fretless playing, each course has you covered. You’ll get clear video lessons, practical exercises, and downloadable resources you can revisit anytime.
Why choose tony's online bass guitar courses
Tony has spent years teaching bass guitar, ukulele, and guitar face-to-face. As a result, that real classroom experience shapes every online course he releases. Rather than generic tutorials, these are structured programmes. Tony designs each one the way he’d run a private lesson, building one skill on top of the last. As the author of Beginning Fretless Bass, Tony specialises in a corner of the instrument most tutors avoid. He helps players find pitch and tone without frets to guide them.
Featured Course – Beginning Fretless Bass
Tony’s flagship course is Beginning Fretless Bass: Play in Tune and Stay in Tune. It’s a 1 hour 35 minute beginner programme that costs £59.99. It tackles the single biggest challenge fretless players face — playing accurately without frets — through focused ear-training and technique drills. It’s a natural next step for guitarists or fretted bass players curious about fretless tone. In short, it’s one of the most practical online bass guitar courses for anyone starting out on a fretless instrument.
Coming Soon – Fretless Bass Level 2: Make Your Bass Sing
Level 2 builds on the fundamentals. It moves from playing in tune toward expressive phrasing, vibrato, and tone. These are the techniques that make a fretless bass genuinely sing. Join the waitlist, and we’ll notify you the moment it’s released.
Who These Courses Suit
These courses suit complete beginners and guitarists wanting to branch out. They’re also a great fit for fretted bass players moving to fretless for the first time. If you’re new to the instrument, Wikipedia’s overview of the fretless bass is worth a read. It’s a useful primer on its history, and on why so many players find it hard to master.
Prefer 1-to-1 Lessons?
Some players learn faster with personalised feedback. If you’d rather work directly with Tony, his private lessons cover bass guitar, ukulele, and guitar for all levels, in person in County Durham or online worldwide.