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One-Box Column PA or a DIY Speaker Stack: What a Solo Gig Actually Needs

One-Box Column PA or a DIY Speaker Stack: What a Solo Gig Actually Needs

I’ve hauled a lot of gear into a lot of bars, and for years my rig for solo shows was the same as my band rig, just fewer inputs: two powered speakers on tripod stands, a small mixer, cables everywhere, and a monitor wedge if the stage had room for one. It worked. It also took twenty-five minutes to set up and another twenty to tear down, and half the time I was fighting with a speaker angle that either blasted the front row or … Read the article