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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Arnott" data-source="post: 49060" data-attributes="member: 304"><p>Re: pricing for a rig rental</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To my way of mathing, you are doubling up. You either have to pay for a piece, or replace it. You do not do both or you are paying for your gear twice. </p><p></p><p>At 2% a piece of gear is paid off in 50 uses. (If you are paying interest on a loan, this complicates things.)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I distinguish between bottom feeding and ankle biting. Bottom feeding is doing the smaller gigs the big boys are too big for. Ankle biting is doing any job, no matter how big of small, at less than the next person, just to get the gig. </p><p></p><p>I struggle to pay off my larger systems. But my smaller stuff pays for itself multiple times. </p><p></p><p>And since I charge the same rate for my labor, no matter which size show, I like doing the smaller size gigs with less gear humping, and more getting bands on stage and playing. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>On the old LAB Chip Self wrote a great article on how large format sound boards and feeder cable will never pay for themselves. </p><p>I have looked at my largest sound boards as advertising, and I make much more ROI on my smaller boards. (ROI is not the only economic consideration for everything.) </p><p></p><p>I guess it depends on your situation. I have long taken into account a t-shirt I saw in 1993. "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer." As such, its a good time to be a bottom feeder. A lot of shows where the competition has had 48 ch boards, and huge stacks of speakers for community events are now quite content with my 16ch board, and realistic sized speaker systems. It only pays me to have customers who appreciate my service. I have heard some people bemoaning the fact that their customers don't like the look of the digital FOH. My customers like the austerity, more seats, time saving. Different strokes. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't have large digital boards, but I do find the convenience of the digital snake, and no outboard/drive a big enough difference that I will bring them to gigs that might not warrant the price. </p><p></p><p>Regards, Jack</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jack Arnott, post: 49060, member: 304"] Re: pricing for a rig rental To my way of mathing, you are doubling up. You either have to pay for a piece, or replace it. You do not do both or you are paying for your gear twice. At 2% a piece of gear is paid off in 50 uses. (If you are paying interest on a loan, this complicates things.) I distinguish between bottom feeding and ankle biting. Bottom feeding is doing the smaller gigs the big boys are too big for. Ankle biting is doing any job, no matter how big of small, at less than the next person, just to get the gig. I struggle to pay off my larger systems. But my smaller stuff pays for itself multiple times. And since I charge the same rate for my labor, no matter which size show, I like doing the smaller size gigs with less gear humping, and more getting bands on stage and playing. On the old LAB Chip Self wrote a great article on how large format sound boards and feeder cable will never pay for themselves. I have looked at my largest sound boards as advertising, and I make much more ROI on my smaller boards. (ROI is not the only economic consideration for everything.) I guess it depends on your situation. I have long taken into account a t-shirt I saw in 1993. "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer." As such, its a good time to be a bottom feeder. A lot of shows where the competition has had 48 ch boards, and huge stacks of speakers for community events are now quite content with my 16ch board, and realistic sized speaker systems. It only pays me to have customers who appreciate my service. I have heard some people bemoaning the fact that their customers don't like the look of the digital FOH. My customers like the austerity, more seats, time saving. Different strokes. I don't have large digital boards, but I do find the convenience of the digital snake, and no outboard/drive a big enough difference that I will bring them to gigs that might not warrant the price. Regards, Jack [/QUOTE]
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