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<blockquote data-quote="Chris DeVoe" data-source="post: 106404" data-attributes="member: 4647">Re: multi pin connectorsBack in the 80s, I had to build a multi-pin snake for a job where the snake had to be plugged in very quickly. It was for country acts performing in the middle of an horse arena. The stage was a flat-bed trailer with fold-down front and rear sections. The monitor rig was on the main part of the flat-bed, the drums were on a rolling riser, as were the guitar and bass amps. All the other mic stands and the monitors were crammed onto the main stage as well. This whole mess was dragged out into the middle of the arena with a tractor, bouncing over the wood chips and horse and cow crap. Everyone on the crew was riding with it, holding onto the cymbals and the mic stands, trying to keep everything from toppling over. Once we hit the center of the arena, the sides would drop down, we&#039;d push the drum and amp risers back and secure them, carry the monitors and vocal mics stands forward and plug in the power and snake.The contract specified that this all had to happen within ten minutes of the front and rear sections hitting the ground, while the headliner came out to the stage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chris DeVoe, post: 106404, member: 4647"] Re: multi pin connectors Back in the 80s, I had to build a multi-pin snake for a job where the snake had to be plugged in very quickly. It was for country acts performing in the middle of an horse arena. The stage was a flat-bed trailer with fold-down front and rear sections. The monitor rig was on the main part of the flat-bed, the drums were on a rolling riser, as were the guitar and bass amps. All the other mic stands and the monitors were crammed onto the main stage as well. This whole mess was dragged out into the middle of the arena with a tractor, bouncing over the wood chips and horse and cow crap. Everyone on the crew was riding with it, holding onto the cymbals and the mic stands, trying to keep everything from toppling over. Once we hit the center of the arena, the sides would drop down, we'd push the drum and amp risers back and secure them, carry the monitors and vocal mics stands forward and plug in the power and snake. The contract specified that this all had to happen within ten minutes of the front and rear sections hitting the ground, while the headliner came out to the stage. [/QUOTE]

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