Equipment Upgrades

Now that Kim is finally singing a few backups, and Andy is using an acoustic on a few songs, and Emily wants to start playing guitar on a few songs, we outgrew our little MixWizard 16:2. So John bought us a ZED–428 instead. I thought that looked like the best upgrade path for us, and still leaves us with plenty of extra channels for future–proofing us, or if we do a multi–band show we won't have to redo as many channels between bands. It's one big ass board, but I think it's still smaller overall (maybe wider—yeah, it's three feet wide) than that big fuckin' Peavey we had in The Dial Tones. OK, maybe not smaller, but lighter? 40lbs. And I dunno why, but they didn't put light sockets on the ZEDs. Dumb. John bought a nice little LED gooseneck that velcros onto the back.

He also bought a laser. Yes, a frickin' laser. Sure, it looks cool, but I think it's kind of a waste of money, setup time, and storage space for something that I personally wouldn't use more than maybe twice a set.