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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Milner" data-source="post: 76896" data-attributes="member: 9">Re: Too Old?&nbsp;&nbsp;+1 More then a handful of times, I have found my self in the system tech spot for visiting BE&#039;s with similar attitudes. The provider goes out of his way to meet the rider that has some new, hip, must-have, whiz-bang piece of kit on it… and when the BE shows up, he&#039;s clueless as to how to operate it. The real fun guys are the ones who point blank turn down the A&amp;H ML4000, because they absolutely have to have a digital desk… we hire in the desk on their rider, and soundcheck turns into a non-stop Q&amp;A / masterclass session, teaching them how to operate some of the most basic functions. We&#039;ve had the same crap with guys and analog outboard gear…. must have a pair of tube comps, then they don&#039;t know how to get signal through them. Gotta have that special Lexicon unit, then don&#039;t have a clue how to do anything with it. The list goes on and on. The best ever was when we hired in an entire keyboard rig, only to find out when the band arrived that the keyboard player had passed away two years prior! That was a management gaff though, and the band was pretty surprised to see how old the rider being sent out to us was… they apologized for the trouble, and we all had a bit of a laugh while packing up the keyboards. *I personally dig the UPA stuff, and would be happy to see it on any job (provided that it covers the room etc.) I certainly wouldn&#039;t run out and re-mortgage the house to buy into a d&amp;b system, just to meet the fantasies of some dope carrying an SL24 for FOH… and I would have no problem telling him that I don&#039;t give a damn who his daddy is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steve Milner, post: 76896, member: 9"] Re: Too Old? +1 More then a handful of times, I have found my self in the system tech spot for visiting BE's with similar attitudes. The provider goes out of his way to meet the rider that has some new, hip, must-have, whiz-bang piece of kit on it… and when the BE shows up, he's clueless as to how to operate it. The real fun guys are the ones who point blank turn down the A&H ML4000, because they absolutely have to have a digital desk… we hire in the desk on their rider, and soundcheck turns into a non-stop Q&A / masterclass session, teaching them how to operate some of the most basic functions. We've had the same crap with guys and analog outboard gear…. must have a pair of tube comps, then they don't know how to get signal through them. Gotta have that special Lexicon unit, then don't have a clue how to do anything with it. The list goes on and on. The best ever was when we hired in an entire keyboard rig, only to find out when the band arrived that the keyboard player had passed away two years prior! That was a management gaff though, and the band was pretty surprised to see how old the rider being sent out to us was… they apologized for the trouble, and we all had a bit of a laugh while packing up the keyboards. *I personally dig the UPA stuff, and would be happy to see it on any job (provided that it covers the room etc.) I certainly wouldn't run out and re-mortgage the house to buy into a d&b system, just to meet the fantasies of some dope carrying an SL24 for FOH… and I would have no problem telling him that I don't give a damn who his daddy is. [/QUOTE]

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