bass_ferret Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Anyone see McFly tonight on the dance show. Nice LED job on the bass boys Ray but mysteriously no lights at all on the Ashdown stack behing him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Probably blew up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Tis an Ashdown, probably broken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elom Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 My 7 year old is heavily into McFly at the moment so I am not unfamiliar with their stuff. Am I the only one who thinks that sound more than a little like the Bay City Rollers? (who were popular with 7 year olds 30 years ago) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Ha had LEDs on his bass? What was he playing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 A Stingray, isn't it? Guy Pratt in his book admits to having been their studio bassist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 [quote name='Mickeyboro' post='83830' date='Nov 5 2007, 07:47 AM']A Stingray, isn't it? Guy Pratt in his book admits to having been their studio bassist...[/quote] Nice choice of words... [i]Admits[/i]... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cooke Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 [quote name='Mickeyboro' post='83830' date='Nov 5 2007, 07:47 AM']A Stingray, isn't it? Guy Pratt in his book admits to having been their studio bassist...[/quote] so who plays bass when they're on the road then? is there someone behind the stage playing or is it a tape? Funny how the lights weren't on on the amp... have you noticed how many of these "acts" state on the tickets (and other promotional material for the "shows") "performing their hits" or similar wording... never "playing their hits"... wonder why? I hate miming... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJA Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 I saw on Ashdown's site an endorsee James Bailes credited with bass for Busted. apparently someone also played live behind the stage while Matt Willis mimed badly out front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Yep, my mate's band supported Busted once and saw exactly that happening. As for McFly, I'm embarrassed to admit to auditioning for them. Well, it was an open audition with no band name mentioned so I popped along, thought "ug, pretty boys" and played [i]terribly[/i] for 30 seconds (some people got less than that!). Needless to say 6 months later I spat out my coffee when I saw them on TotP for the first time. Close shave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMART Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 [quote name='bass_ferret' post='83729' date='Nov 4 2007, 10:36 PM']Anyone see McFly tonight on the dance show. Nice LED job on the bass boys Ray but mysteriously no lights at all on the Ashdown stack behing him [/quote] Probably SimS again!! Ciao Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 I would have thought that "Guy Pratt in his book omits to having been their studio bassist..." would have been a better move... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmaniac Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 They played at my Uni, i dont think theyll be coming back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theosd Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 [quote name='metalmaniac' post='90887' date='Nov 19 2007, 03:28 PM']They played at my Uni, i dont think theyll be coming back.[/quote] No, you must mean 'performed' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayfan Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 [quote name='SJA' post='83882' date='Nov 5 2007, 10:51 AM']apparently someone also played live behind the stage while Matt Willis mimed badly out front.[/quote] So is there a whole band playing behind the stage cloth? I'm intrigued now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 What's the point? You think they'd just do a backing track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theosd Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 [quote name='cheddatom' post='90912' date='Nov 19 2007, 04:06 PM']What's the point? You think they'd just do a backing track.[/quote] Well i spose they must wanna make it seem live... but not even having your amp turned on is a wee bit of a giveaway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 [quote name='stingrayfan' post='90900' date='Nov 19 2007, 03:54 PM']So is there a whole band playing behind the stage cloth? I'm intrigued now.[/quote] MB1. The Band behind the stage cloth are all over 22 years of age, and are visually unpleasant on the eye ,and somewhat frightening to prepubescent young ladies!...............a bit like Mick Hucknall I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 [quote name='bass_ferret' date='Nov 4 2007, 10:36 PM' post='83729'] Anyone see McFly tonight on the dance show. Nice LED job on the bass boys Ray but mysteriously no lights at all on the Ashdown stack behing him MB1. Youre not supposed to notice this! Your supposed to be so visually blown away by the pretty lights on the stingray that you dont notice the bassist isnt actually plugged in or indeed playing anything on it!.This however does not work with musicians,bassists or anyone over the age of sixteen!. MARTIN SIM....Go and stand in the corner,facing the wall, and no dinner for you laddie!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobius Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 To be fair, it could be that the stage amp was for show and the real amp was behind the curtains so the tech could adjust it. Not that I like McFly anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJW Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Im sorry to spoil the fun... I worked on crew for a McFly concert and there were no additional musicians... and they were quite good! They had a lot of dummy amps though, but they do play live (perhaps not on telly though!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 [quote name='BeLow' post='91996' date='Nov 21 2007, 09:14 AM']Was just thinking they could have it all coming back through the monitors, then sticking amps on stage so it didn't look like they were miming. Perhaps they ought to power up the amps next time though![/quote] Or at least load up a few washing machines... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJA Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 [quote name='NJW' post='91956' date='Nov 21 2007, 04:22 AM']Im sorry to spoil the fun... I worked on crew for a McFly concert and there were no additional musicians... and they were quite good! They had a lot of dummy amps though, but they do play live (perhaps not on telly though!).[/quote] it did surprise me to hear suggestions that McFly might be miming, as the bassist looks like he's playing the right notes- however, the guy in Busted made it look like he had some very strange tuning on his bass.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayfan Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 [quote name='NJW' post='91956' date='Nov 21 2007, 04:22 AM']Im sorry to spoil the fun... I worked on crew for a McFly concert and there were no additional musicians... and they were quite good! They had a lot of dummy amps though, but they do play live (perhaps not on telly though!).[/quote] Spoilsport! I had visions of some old duffers knocking out the tunes from a pit under the stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul, the Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I blame capitalism as ever. They do it because that's what makes money. It makes money because that's what the audience want to see (believe). Who controls what we want want to see/believe...? Communism. It's the only way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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