John McClure
Nashville, TN USA
VLZ
Notice the halo around my Mackie CR1604VLZ Mixer. This is because it is actually an angel, and literally saved my life. Here's what happened. We were loading out after a gig at Wick's Pizza on Bardstown Road in Louisville KY. The road is narrow and the pub is located in the club district, so cars were whizzing by erratically. I had flung open the sliding door on my mini-van on the street side and was throwing a couple of crates of wires into the back seat. As I did, the crates banged into the mixer on the far side of the back seat and it started to fall out the door on the other side of the van. I jumped across the seat trying to catch the mixer as it fell out the door - too late. Suddenly, a car creased the side of the mini-van on the street side where I had been leaning in only 2 seconds earlier. If I had been there, I'd have been killed or lost a leg. That was 10 years ago, and I still use the mixer regularly. I've kept the masking tape from that night on the mixer to remind me that this is no ordinary piece of audio equipment. This is a DIVINE BEING!
