Wouln't it be cool if you could pretty much roll your entire rig into a venue, plug in and go?

I don't have a truck or SUV, so, the gear goes into a Ford Taurus. Is there a collapsible rock n roller cart thingie that could double as a music stand for fast-in, fast-out gigs?

The thinking being that you could even, more or less, permanently mount a keyboard to a collapsible stand. Roll it up to the open door of your car and slide all of it into the back seat.

Ideally, it would all be self-contained, meaning speakers (except for the heavy sub) part of the package. Ideally. Would be hard to do all of that, I suppose. The ideal being, you roll in and can set up in like five minutes.

EDIT: Like an ambulance gurney. Hey, there's an idea. Those things are probably stout.

I have a need for this, haha, not just dreaming.

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Me Bill
Yamaha PSR2000

[This message has been edited by SemiLiveMusic (edited 06-20-2005).]

If anyone could make one it would be Gary Diamond... Go to it, Gary ...
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Gary, I had a sturdy X stand -- I put large wheels and some hooks to hang things on. The keyboard was covered with a moving blanket while in the car. I uncovered the keyboard, put it on the stand, put my wires on one hook and music on the other and off I went.

After a few trips I felt the idea was great but 2 1/2 inch wheels did not work well, although the rear wheels were secure ion one position and the front wheels moved for turns, it always felt like I was going to lose it. Larger wheel would do the job but they would not look good on the job.
John C.

Last summer I posted a photo of the Rock & Roller cart rigged with the keyboard atop the pair of Barbetta Sona 32-Cs and the laptop off to one side. The entire front was covered with a sign made of velvet with fabric letters so no one could readily see the wheels, cables or speakers. Essentially, you could have left everything in place an rolled it up a ramp and into a full-size van, then lock the wheels in place.

My setup time now takes about 12 minutes with both the Logitech Z-5500 and the Bose PAS, but I hope make the Bose setup go faster when I harness the cables next week.

Gary

Haven't today’s all-in-one keyboards made things easier on our backs? Here is a graphic of my keyboard rig from the late 70's;

[img]http://www.generalmusic.us/WDM%20Data/Dave's%20photos/Dave's%201970's%20set-up.jpg[/img]

It took about an hour and a half to set-up and a Dodge stretch van to haul it around in.

On the other hand, those were the best times I've had playing music. There is nothing like being surrounded by keyboards and actually having to do some real programming just to get the next sound ready.

Dave

[This message has been edited by WDMcM (edited 06-22-2005).]

Good gracious, that's amazing. Maybe you should be an airline pilot.

As for the original post, you know those collapsible stretchers that paramedics use where they roll it up to the ambulance and push it in and the wheels/frame collapses as they slide it in... that's what would be ideal. I'd have to find a used one, those things cost a fortune.