Excalibur
31-07-2017, 09:29 PM
Won't be possible, or advisable for every gig, but a recent purchase ( The Fusion Max Rollers )and a comment by a client has set me off on a quest for a lighting change.
When I got the rollers, I also got a couple of clamps which allowed me to fasten them straight to a pole, a la " Wizard on a stick ".
Due to gig requirements, on Friday I used the trusty Teutonic Powerbar on its tripod for wash, which meant that with a roller on each pole, I didn't have a use for the overhead. I liked the look.
On Saturday, I used the same rig, rollers on the uprights, Powerbar on tripod behind, and having got used to the Mauis, a pair of huge great Proel V15s on tripods, looking a lot like the Grateful Dead's PA! :eek: What was the first thing the client said on seeing the rig? " What a neat setup ".
Now there may be a little bit more behind this. Lady was the 70 year old birthday girl, and it seems she had been treated recently to a DJ at a golden wedding function who seemed to think he'd been booked for the warm up at Ozzfest, or similar. I'm guessing ( ok, assuming :o:o ) that there was an overhead involved, with multiple units, and perhaps an offence or two against the cable police.
This got me thinking that perhaps I could mount a couple of LED bars on the uprights as well, lose the crossbar and have a smaller, neater rig for smaller gigs. Now, here come the questions. Is anyone else routinely doing this? If so, what bars are you using? My trusty Equinox power battens are no use at all, cos they're a metre long, and won't fit in the space between a DSB and the top of a standard Ultimax pole.
This leads to a search for smaller units, and the two front runners are ADJ VBAR (https://www.thomann.de/gb/adj_vbar_pak.htm), or the fractionally shorter and considerably cheaper 10mm Stairville offering (https://www.thomann.de/gb/stairville_led_bar_120_4_rgb_dmx_30_05m.htm)
Any thoughts and advice would be very welcome, as would be any suggestions as to alternative lights which could be fastened to the uprights. Par cans won't work, but something like this (https://prolight.co.uk/product/rubix-rgb-3d-panel) would be cool. Even these (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Equinox-Onyx-24W-RGBW-LED-DJ-Dual-Sweeper-Arm-Beam-DMX-Effect-Light-Pair-Package-/302344793402?hash=item4665276d3a:g:0xsAAOSwyrFZOoz m) would be a possibility. They have the advantage of being shorter, but might be a little manic for the effect I'm looking for.
Floor's yours folks, away you go.
When I got the rollers, I also got a couple of clamps which allowed me to fasten them straight to a pole, a la " Wizard on a stick ".
Due to gig requirements, on Friday I used the trusty Teutonic Powerbar on its tripod for wash, which meant that with a roller on each pole, I didn't have a use for the overhead. I liked the look.
On Saturday, I used the same rig, rollers on the uprights, Powerbar on tripod behind, and having got used to the Mauis, a pair of huge great Proel V15s on tripods, looking a lot like the Grateful Dead's PA! :eek: What was the first thing the client said on seeing the rig? " What a neat setup ".
Now there may be a little bit more behind this. Lady was the 70 year old birthday girl, and it seems she had been treated recently to a DJ at a golden wedding function who seemed to think he'd been booked for the warm up at Ozzfest, or similar. I'm guessing ( ok, assuming :o:o ) that there was an overhead involved, with multiple units, and perhaps an offence or two against the cable police.
This got me thinking that perhaps I could mount a couple of LED bars on the uprights as well, lose the crossbar and have a smaller, neater rig for smaller gigs. Now, here come the questions. Is anyone else routinely doing this? If so, what bars are you using? My trusty Equinox power battens are no use at all, cos they're a metre long, and won't fit in the space between a DSB and the top of a standard Ultimax pole.
This leads to a search for smaller units, and the two front runners are ADJ VBAR (https://www.thomann.de/gb/adj_vbar_pak.htm), or the fractionally shorter and considerably cheaper 10mm Stairville offering (https://www.thomann.de/gb/stairville_led_bar_120_4_rgb_dmx_30_05m.htm)
Any thoughts and advice would be very welcome, as would be any suggestions as to alternative lights which could be fastened to the uprights. Par cans won't work, but something like this (https://prolight.co.uk/product/rubix-rgb-3d-panel) would be cool. Even these (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Equinox-Onyx-24W-RGBW-LED-DJ-Dual-Sweeper-Arm-Beam-DMX-Effect-Light-Pair-Package-/302344793402?hash=item4665276d3a:g:0xsAAOSwyrFZOoz m) would be a possibility. They have the advantage of being shorter, but might be a little manic for the effect I'm looking for.
Floor's yours folks, away you go.