From gregg@69cents.com Sat Jul 24 10:28:54 2004
Subject:RE: Z stands


I forgot to mention that I have the *older* discontinued version of this z-stand. The newer versions are a bit different, and collapse differently. (more quickly)

-Gregg

At 12:25 PM 7/24/2004, you wrote:

>At 08:57 AM 7/24/2004, you wrote:
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>>I have the wider version of the Z726-L maybe? It's a great stand for HOME
>>only. You could park a truck on it.
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>I have been gigging 4-8x/mo with a Z-726 for the past 7 years. I have added a third-tier option, and the mic boom.
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>While it is not a 30-second setup, I can get it set up in under 5 minutes, without having to tweak/adjust it. The advantages I have found are a rock-solid wobble-free stand, that can be broken down and packed in a truck compactly and flat. (I shop for reliability over ease of setup/teardown.) It also has unfettered room for pedals underneath.
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>After 7 years, it has held up well until the past year, due to being banged up a bit in the truck with all the other gear day after day. In the past year, I have given it an overhaul and re-welded some joints, replaced a couple cracked hand-screws, and most recently, find and weld on new metric-sized bolts for the hand-screws to weld into, as the threads finally became stripped after approx 1000 setups/tear-downs. (=2,000 unscrews/screws) I also replaced a lower cross-bar after losing it at a gig somewhere. The replacement was only $25.
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>Considering the constant use and abuse this stand has taken on the bar/festival circuit, as well as the weight of 3 keyboards +mic boom, it has held up remarkably well for me for 7 years now - well beyond what I expected.
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>http://www.69cents.com/albums/album02/5104Buster69.sized.jpg
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>Showing room for pedals, and full height of 3-tiers. (never mind the blonde ;) )
>http://www.69cents.com/albums/album02/5104Buster4.sized.jpg
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>Gregg
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