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Twice.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm glad I've given them up for compact columns tbh, the combination of safety, placement and feedback of conventional cabs on poles is a massive pain in the arse in a small room.
The ones I use are about twice that size - just cheap Stagg ones, but they do the job and they’re nowhere near that easy to push over. If you set them up with one leg pointing back into the corner the other two don’t actually stick out that far.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm not a fan of tripods, to get them stable you need a huge amount of floor space, bass bins and poles takes up less room on the floor but more room in the cans \ van so I guess you can't win
The gentleman concerned was known to the pub and the band but seemed unwilling (at first) to recompense the band for the destroyed speaker. He was persuaded to assist in the purchase of a new one after some 'discussion' once he'd sobered up.
As for insurance - yes it covers you if the twat gets boffed on the head by it. But no insurance pays out for drunks falling through your gear - apparently we didn't take enough measures to prevent this happening in our case, when we tried to claim (before 'discussions' with the drunk). The insurance company (I forget the name, but they used to advertise in the music press) weren't very forthcoming about how we could have prevented it, though...
I also used to play with a bass player who would routinely get too drunk during the night, to the point of falling over, trampling over other people's gear and generally being a twat of the lowest order. I started gigging a *very* solid Partcaster Tele around this time, and there used to be a rather amusing video on Youtube of me smacking the prat around the back of the head with it after he stamped on the back of my M13 breaking the plugs off. A good Tele is a superb Defensive Weapon... :-)
We have had someone knock over a PA speaker which was caught on the way down by another punter. We knew it was a dodgy position as well but couldn't work out anywhere else to put it. It's a pub that has two bands per week plus a DJ most nights so you'd think they might invest in a fixed PA system. But apparently not.
We've waded in fists flying as a band three times this year when 'security' were too scared to. She handles it pretty well and we're an easy going lot generally - but I can't wait until it happens on one of the rare gigs her boyfriend comes to, he's an absolute psycho.
I've also had one of teeth broken in have when one guy backed into my mic stand and a 58 hit me in the teeth
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