Up-and-coming popster Andy Grammer hit the road this year on a co-headlined trek with Gavin DeGraw as well as opening up for Train. The modus operandi for each excursion was to travel light, and with that in mind, Grammer and his four-piece band carried a DiGiCo SD10 console for FOH and an SD9 desk for monitorworld, both upgraded with Stealth Core 2 engines.
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"We decided to go the route of installing a brand-new desk, partly because here in New Mexico, maintenance becomes an issue. There are very few people for hundreds of miles around who can fix anything! Unlike cities like New York or Los Angeles, Santa Fe is rather bereft of technical assistance for servicing vintage gear at short notice." —Jono Manson, producer/engineer
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