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Coolest and Smartest Merch Display!

One day at the Ohio State Fair last week I performed with a bluegrass group and their fiddle player had the best merch display! When closed it’s like a small ATA case, then it quickly and easily pops open and it ready go to.

Here it is open:

The record slides into the case and that flips down and locks in at the merch in the lid. Everything in the base lays flat and he’s set up and packed up in about 90 seconds and it looks great!

Here’s some other views of it:

Did you notice the two arms on the back that slide out to the sides to display more stuff if needed?

It’s a really cool set up!

-Louie

Efficiently Loading In and Out

One huge thing with this school assembly tour is efficiency. Honestly, I’m not getting paid a ton, so wasting time loading in and out isn’t a good use of my time. The show loads in and out in one trip.

My road case has wheels on the bottom of it and I have handle that attaches to the front of it that I use to pull it.

One trip without a dolly or hand truck makes this a quick load in and out.

-Louie

Hiding a Case…

When I perform, I work out of a case that sits on the floor. One of my agents said he doesn’t like the way a road case looks on stage. When it comes down to efficiency, it’s hard to beat a road case on the floor. I can look down and see everything. My solution … Continue reading “Hiding a Case…”

When I perform, I work out of a case that sits on the floor. One of my agents said he doesn’t like the way a road case looks on stage. When it comes down to efficiency, it’s hard to beat a road case on the floor. I can look down and see everything.

My solution to not having a road case, but having a road case was to make a drape for the front of the case. You can see it in picture below:

Recently I recorded a few bits for a TV show and when I told them I work out of a case of the floor, they told me that’s not allowed. From a visual standpoint they don’t like that look. I showed them my draped case and it was immediately approved.

Thinking outside the box just a little to work around the problem really helped me out. The cloth takes up a virtually no space or weight for travelling, so it was a great solution!