well sports fans, the new rig hit the street today and performed beyond my wildest expectations. Everything worked perfectly, dead time between songs was less than five seconds at most, the quality of the sounds were outstanding and set-up up time was approximately 8 minutes. Tear-down time was about the same. What's really wild is the gig was for a local Korean War Veterans Association, and after I played the hymns for the U.S. Army, Navy, Airforce and Marines, back to back, one of the attendees came up and asked if I had a tape of the Coast Guard Hymn. He was aghast when I told him I didn't know the song, and additionally, it was me playing--not tapes. He came up later and requested "I've Got You Under My Skin." When I finished playing it, he complimented me saying "That's the best rendition of that song since I heard Sinatra do it in Vegas." Damn I love this job.

Cheers,

Gary