RB> DH> might be well off getting a small Makie, about 100 watts of clean
  > DH> power and some small PA cabs...  The Makie is an incredible value for
  > DH> the $$$
  >Question off topic, any recommendations on the new Mackie 1202 VLZ mixer, 
ak
  >Swiss Army Knife, my old (15 years old) Studiomaster Board sounds good 
(esp.
  >eq) but lacks good ins/outs/inserts etc.
  >The little Mackie 1202 looks like it is well designed to fit into all kind 
o
  >special patches, as long as it sounds O.K.
I am not familiar with that particular model but I just got it's bigger
cousin ( the 24*8 ) and am incredibly happy with it.  I am using it to
replace a largish eight-year-old Tascam which sounded good but this
sounds amazing!  The only downside is that I spent about 40 hours/day
for that following week listening to some old masters and playing with
them...  I know that the 1202 VLZ has essentially the same signal
handling circuitry so you should be more than pleased with it.  I do not
know how durable it is - if you are going to be roading it you would
probably want to protect it with a case...
RB> DH> And expect you to do the loadout at the end of the gig - been there
  > DH> done that!  
RB>Yea! about 17 years ago I played in a rock band with tons of gear and the 
le
  >vocalist's idea of helping load the truck was to put his mike in the mic 
box
  >:)
SO true!  Ya gotta watch these vocalists types - they are almost as bad
as keyboard players...   
TTYL - Dave
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