St Andrews University Ents Crew

I have been in discussion with bruce for a while now about the possibility of replacing the movers on the centre rig with some more beefy units. With that in mind a number of ?20,000 was brought up as a provisional approximate budget.

This means that we're looking at ~?2,500 per fixture to get 8 high power spots, for example the Clay Paky alpha spot 300

Gearsource link (copy all of this into your browser, don't just click as it wont work)

http://www.gearsource.com/products.cfm/ ... /9569.html

As I said to Spike:

You could get some Mac 2000s from AC lighting ex rental stock:

URL below:

http://www.ac-et.com/lighting/bargains/ ... 1=Lighting

AM not sure we have the power or the loading to support such lights, however I did find THESE Which look very sexy and a distinct possibility. Well under proposed budget as well!

Also avaliable at PSLX HERE

only 4 available though!

fucking epic price mind. Would be like 13K under budget! my hope is that there are 4 pairs and not 4 individual units for sale on the site. Will ask Bruce to call on monday.

Monday may be too late!

PANIC!

Are you alluding to something that us normal plebeians won't be aware of? Some big spend or something?

Nope - just a reminder of how quickly things happen in the events industry......

For 20K i will sell you 8 x AA-maglites with lanyard attachment. turn fans on to wiggle. truss monkey can put in various colours.

I cant see them selling one "unit" for just 2k when that unit consists of 2 mac 500s and a flightcase - unless they are in a very bad state. by that logic 4 units = 4 mac 500s and 2 flightcases

How about the "wiggly PARs" in the cellar? They move...and are bright.

I believe they can be fitted with 575W lamps. Unfortunately, they run on 120V, which is only used by barbarians.

=Serious Section=

Any lights brighter than 250W would be a big improvement. The Alpha 300s look very interesting... supposedly have great optics, but would be expensive to purchase new. MAC 500s are bright, and proven within the industry. However, buying ex-rental/ex-tour gear hasn't worked out so well for us in the past. Our experiences with the Pearl come to mind rather quickly.

What would we do with the surplus inventory after the purchase? We'd have a lot of ProSpots lying around (assuming that they aren't broken/MIA). The Technobeams would also become largely redundant (sell them and buy pixeline to put in the centre of the rig?)

(Also, does this mean that the Union's financial situation has improved dramatically over the past year?)

Is there any news on this topic? Has Bruce managed to score a good deal?

*tumble weed*