Re: Rent the backline / buy the backline ?
There isn't a truely dedicated backline company around here (which is ridiculous, Ottawa is the captial of Canada for christ sake). There are a few "straggler" type guys, that have a bit of this and a bit of that, but nobody strictly into backline.
The problem with the riders I'm getting is they do often have boutique type items (hammond organs with leslie ) etc... which I will never have and are hard to source locally.... but as for straight ahead guitar amps and stuff, I agree, I'm going to take the #1 choice on the rider and probably buy that...
Vox / fender, 2x12 amps - ampeg 8x10 w head, and my kit for this year....
next year proabbly a high end yamaha recording, or pearl masters kit... something like that...
Thanks