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This has been a concern for my band too...especially if you are not the only band playing. How do you minimize setup/breakdown time, minimize the inevitable 'something must be plugged in wrong' error when you have to set up fast and have a lot of gear? I do use a Gator case now that has the mixer on top, with all my rack stuff plugged in. I have my pedals zip-tied to pegboard so they are already set up. We try to get on and off stage and try to be good about troubleshooting when something goes wrong. I have played with bands with lots and lots of gear- it is funny. Some bring out tons and tons of stuff- so much so that when they take forever to set up and it eats into their performance time, they don't seem to mind. Hell, I have seen bands that take as long to set up as their performance. Maybe ok if you are the only band, but if people are waiting to go on stage and the crowd starts leaving, then it is no fun. Then there are guys/girls that have huge setups that they have set up in no time at all. I played with this band once, that was a 4 piece- vocals/harp/guitar/bass. They were the 2nd of 3 bands. The bassist played bass pedals & cello also. The harpist played keyboards as well. They played to a DAT tape of drums. They had 40 minutes to play. It took 40 minutes to set up, and the stage was a mess of wires. Well, the DAT tape didn't work, and they fumbled with that for awhile. There was no sound out of the cello. In all, a bit of a nightmare. The club owner cut them off after 20 minutes. They *seemed* to know their gear, but in the real world, the more you have, the more can, and will go wrong. I felt bad for them, because I could see what they were trying to do, but in that situation, the 2nd of 3 bands, and only 40 mins to play, some compromises should have been made. Maybe it just takes experience, and setting up/breaking down your gear many many times. Dave Eichenberger http://www.hazardfactor.com > I'm always torn about the BIG SCHLEP. It's a bit the whole > schlepping > thing, but also a huge part of it for me is the break down of the > studio and the set up brake down set the studio back up again. >