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[quote name='RhysP' post='528973' date='Jun 30 2009, 06:49 PM']Welcome! Please post some pictures of your Shergold twin necks when you get a chance! [/quote] Why of course...

[quote name='stevefletch59' post='528734' date='Jun 30 2009, 03:43 PM']Hi Tony Welcome to the forum. Looks like you got some interesting gear there mate ! Have fun Steve[/quote] Thanks! It's taken a while but I've come a long way from that £70 P-bass copy!

Morning I'm Tony, live in SW London, been playing bass for 20ish years. Big gig-goer in and around London: recently (in the last month or so) seen, off the top of my head, Springsteen, Dave Matthews Band, Zappa Plays Zappa, Chrome Hoof. My main band at the moment is 60s-influenced all-originals The Invisible Lead Soup. Check us out at [url="http://www.myspace.com/theinvisibleleadsoup"]http://www.myspace.com/theinvisibleleadsoup[/url] and [url="http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=93355858665#/pages/The-Invisible-Lead-Soup/13164197790"]http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=9335...oup/13164197790[/url] - we're gigging at the Buffalo Bar in Islington next week. basses: '75 Rickenbacker Jetglo, Fender Geddy Lee Jazz, Shergold Custom double bass/12-string, Shergold Custom double 4- and 8-string, Stingray fretless, Aria MAB-40 (in purple glitter \m/), Marlin P copy (first bass) amps: Trace Elliot combo, Roland Cube, Roland Jazz chorus effects: Trace Elliot dual compressor (Analogman bi-comp on order), SansAmp BDDI, Dunlop Crybaby wah, Boss Octave, Chorus, Overdrive. And a bad back The "without whom" list: Tony Levin, Jaco, John Entwistle, Geddy Lee, John Paul Jones, Jack Bruce, Stanley Clarke The "currently favourite" list: Mike Gordon, Stefan Lessard, Victor Wooten. Also getting into Umphrey's McGee and Blues Traveler, don't know who their bassists are right now. Hello!

I'm a big fan of Phish and Mike Gordon - I've been following their summer tour jealously from afar. The three warm-up gigs they did in march are brilliant - you can get the recordings from www.livephish.com. I've been a fan since 1996 or so, when Billy Breathes came out and MG was in Bass Player to promote it. I saw them at the Royal Albert Hall the following year and didn't know enough of the music to really appreciate the show - that'd be a different story now. I'm really hoping they dome to Europe now they've reformed - I was going to go to America to see thim this summer but the bannk balance suggested otherwise :(

[quote name='dangerboy' post='523725' date='Jun 25 2009, 03:12 PM']What kind of music do you play? I know a fair few people who are looking for bands at any given moment.[/quote] It's prog/jazz/rock covers - mostly instrumental. I'm looking for a guitarist, a keyboard player and someone to do sax/flute/misc. Mail me at [email protected] if you know anyone or if you want to know more.

Brilliant - thanks all for advice and suggestions. Great idea to have a "looking for non-bassists" section here, word of mouth is a very powerful advertising method.

Hello - long time lurker, first time poster here. I'm about to start putting together a new band, and I'm wondering where's best to advertise. Of course I know where to look for people who need a bass player - I've done that a fair few times. Do you have any recommendations to find other musicians? In particular I'm looking for a guitarist, keyboard player and flute/sax. I've already got musofinder and gumtree on the list - any other suggestions gratefully received. Tony