Site Manual

Create Your Free Account

Your account is free and comes with your Bass Wars member number. You need one to register for events.

1. On the Home page, tap Create Your Free Account. You can also tap Sign in, then Create an account.
2. Fill in your First name and Last name.
3. Add a Nickname if people know you by one. It shows on Top 10s and judges can search for it.
4. Pick your Country, then enter your Email and a Password of at least 8 characters.
5. Tap Create account.
6. Open the email from Bass Wars and tap the link to confirm your account.

• Competed with Bass Wars before? Don't make a new profile with your scores. Claim your old profile instead, so your scores and member number stay together.
• If it says there's already an account with that email, sign in or use Forgot password.

Claim Your Old Profile

If you competed before this website, your scores are already on a profile under your old member number. Claiming it puts that profile on your login.

1. Find your profile and tap Claim this profile. You can also open it from the Members Only box on your profile.
2. If we have an email for you, the Get a link by email box shows part of it. Tap Send my link.
3. Open the email and tap Set my password. Pick a new password and tap Save password. You're in.
4. Don't have that email anymore? Tap Make an account (or I already have one and sign in), then come back to the same Claim page.
5. Add anything that helps us check, like a phone number, the name you competed under or your judge.
6. Tap Ask for member and your number. An Admin checks it, then moves the profile onto your login.

• At a show? Ask the judge to add your email to your profile, then come back for the email link.
• If the page says the member number is already linked to an account and that's you, sign in or reset your password.

Sign In

1. Tap Sign in at the top of the page. On a phone, tap the Menu tab, then Sign in.
2. Enter your Email and Password.
3. Tap Sign in.

• Never set a password on this site? Most members who came over from the old records haven't. Use Forgot your password? with your email or member number to set one.
• If it asks you to confirm your email first, look for the link we sent when you signed up.

Set or Reset Your Password

This works for a forgotten password, and for members with an old member number who never had a password here.

1. Tap Sign in, then Forgot your password?
2. Enter your email or your member number.
3. Tap Send reset link.
4. Open the email from Bass Wars and tap the link.
5. Type your New password (at least 8 characters) and tap Save password.
6. Tap Go to my account.

• Using your member number sends the link to the email we have on file, and the page shows part of that email so you know where to look.
• If we don't have an email for your number, ask a judge or an Admin to add one in Signup details on your profile, then try again.
• If a link says it has expired or was already used, ask for a new one.

Find Your Way Around the Menu

The menu is split into Compete, Rankings, Event Types and Community.

1. On a computer, hover or tap a group name at the top to open it, then tap a page.
2. On a phone, tap the Menu tab on the right edge of the screen. It stays there wherever you scroll.
3. Tap the page you want. The page you're on is marked.
4. At the bottom of the phone menu, tap Become a Member, Wanna Judge? or My account (Sign in if you're signed out).
5. Tap the X or anywhere outside the menu to close it.

• The top bar tucks away when you scroll down and comes back when you scroll up.

Find Your Class

1. On the Home page, tap What Class Am I In? Or open Calculators from the Compete menu.
2. In Find My Class, pick your Build type.
3. Pick your Sub size, Sub shape and Number of subs.
4. Enter the Max rated W per amp and Number of amps.
5. Read your cone area and the class you'd run in. Tap the class to see its rules.
6. For every class and its rules, open Classes from the Compete menu. For the full rule book, open the Guidebook.

• Build type decides which classes you can enter, then cone area. Port area doesn't count.
• Over a class's power limit, you move up one class. Some amps must be clamped; see Must Clamp Amps.

Plan a Build With the Package Builder

Pick the class you want to run, then add subs and amps. The meters keep you inside the class.

1. Open Package Builder from the Compete menu.
2. Under 1. The Class You're Building For, tap your Build type, then your Class.
3. Under 2. Subwoofers, search Find a sub by brand or model and tap one. Use + and - for how many.
4. Under 3. Amplifiers, search Find an amp by brand or model the same way.
5. Not listed? Tap Not listed? Type it in, fill it in and tap Add sub or Add amp.
6. Watch the Cone area and Rated power meters. If something would push you into another class, tap Leave it out or Build for that class.
7. Read where the build runs, and the classes under You Can Also Enter.
8. Signed in? Under Save to a Vehicle, pick your Vehicle and tap Save package.

• Saving replaces the subs and amps on that vehicle and sets its build type. Batteries and alternators stay.
• Amps marked Must be clamped are clamped at every show.

Find an Event

1. Tap Find an Event on the Home page, or Events in the Compete menu.
2. Search by Event name, Country, State or province, or Month. The list updates as you type.
3. Shows are grouped by month. Look for Registration open on a show that takes online entries.
4. Tap a show to see its location, judges, classes, entry fees and who's registered.
5. Tap See past events for shows that have already run.

• Use the share row on an event to add it to your calendar or send it to a friend.

Enter at the Judge's Tent

Not every show takes online entries, and online registration closes before the show. You can still enter in person.

1. Open the event. If online registration is closed or off, the page says so where the Register button would be.
2. Bring your vehicle to the show and go to the judge's tent.
3. Give the judge your name or member number.
4. Pick your classes and pay the judge.

• Make sure your build is up to date on your account before you go, so the judge can check it fast.

Pay a Gate Fee Online

Some shows have a gate fee, separate from class entries. You can pay cash at the gate, or online when the show allows it.

1. Open the event and find the Gate Fees box. Tap Pay gate fee online.
2. Competitors: sign in and tap the Pay button for your gate fee.
3. Spectators, vendors, demo vehicles and employees don't need an account. Pick your Pass.
4. Fill in your Name, Email for the receipt and how many People.
5. Tap Pay and finish the checkout.
6. Show the emailed receipt at the gate.

• Online gate prices include a card fee per person. No refunds.

See and Share Show Results

1. Open the event. Results shows each class with places and scores.
2. While the show is running it says Results So Far. Places and points are final once the judge closes the scores.
3. Tap a name to see that competitor, or a class name to see its Top 10.
4. Under Share a picture of, pick The whole event or one class.
5. Tap Share these results to send it from your phone, or Save to phone to keep it.

See the Top 10 by State

Anyone can see the loudest competitors in each state or province, by build type. Every year counts.

1. Open Top 10 from the Rankings menu.
2. Pick a Country and a state or province.
3. Tap a build type tab to see its Top 10.

• Your state comes from your Signup Details, so keep it right.

See the Top 10 Judges and Teams

1. Open Top 10 Judges from the Rankings menu to see judges ranked by the runs they judge.
2. Tap This season or All time.
3. Open Top 10 Teams to see Points Teams with the most points this season.

• Team points are for paid Points Teams. Once your captain pays the Team Fee, everyone on the team can see them.

Request a Show Near You

1. Tap Request an Event on the Home page.
2. Under Where would you like the show?, type the City and pick the state.
3. Add When, A venue you have in mind and Anything else if you like.
4. Under How we reach you, fill in Your name and Email.
5. Tap Send request. The nearest judge and the Admins get it.

Apply to Become a Judge

1. Tap Wanna Judge? in the menu or on the Home page.
2. Read What Judges Do.
3. Under I'm Interested, fill in Your name, Email, City and state.
4. Tell us about yourself: how long you've been in car audio and where you could judge.
5. Tap Send. Bill reads every one and will get back to you.

• Already a Bass Wars judge? You don't need the form. Set your password with the email you gave Bass Wars, then sign in.

Advertise With Bass Wars

1. Open Advertisers from the Community menu and scroll to Become an Advertiser.
2. Tap See what's open to see Advertising Opportunities.
3. On an opportunity with a price, tap Buy Now, fill in your details and tap Pay.
4. Or tap I'm Interested, fill in your details and tap Send to Bill.
5. For anything else, fill in Tell Us About Your Brand and tap Send.

Advertise on a Class

Your logo goes beside one class on its Top 10 and on every results picture for that class, for a year. One advertiser per class.

1. On Advertisers, tap Pick your classes. Or tap Advertise on this class on the Classes page.
2. Sign in or create a free account to pay.
3. Tick each class you want. Each shows its price.
4. Fill in Company or shop, Website and Email.
5. Tap Upload your logo and pick it. A PNG with a see-through background looks best.
6. Tap Pay and finish the checkout. Your logo goes on as soon as you've paid.

Check If Your Amp Must Be Clamped

Some amps make far more power than their rating. The judge clamps them at the show and your class can be placed on the clamped power.

1. Open Must Clamp Amps from the Compete menu.
2. Look for your amp's brand and model.
3. Also check the rule for amps with two or more 1/0 power inputs.

• You'll see a reminder when you register if your build has one of these amps.

See the Loudest and Watch Live

1. Open Loudest in Bass Wars from the Rankings menu to see the loudest score ever run and The Ten Loudest.
2. Tap Share to share the picture.
3. Open Live from the Community menu. When a show is on air, it plays right there with the live chat.
4. Not live right now? Tap Watch past shows on YouTube.

Find a Team

Every Points Team is listed on the Teams page.

1. Open the Teams page.
2. Type part of a name in the Team name box to narrow the list.
3. Pick Local, National or Global in the Kind box, or leave it on all three.
4. Pick a country in the Country box if you only want teams from one country.
5. Tap a team to open its page and see its members.

Find a Bass Brawl

1. Open the Bass Brawl page.
2. Look under Coming Up. Each one shows the date, team size, team fee and how many teams can enter.
3. Tap one to open its event page.
4. Scroll to the Bass Brawl box for the details and the teams already signed up.

See the Bullseye Target and Bracket

1. Open the event page and scroll to the Bullseye box.
2. The target SPL shows there at 9:00 AM on the day of the show.
3. Tap Bullseye Bracket to see the bracket and who you face.
4. Live matches show in the Bullseye box while they run.