No kidden about the equipment. One time at an outdoor gig, the P.A. system wouldnt pick up my fender twin because i guess it was to loud or somethin. But, you ahve to turn the thing up otherwise you dont get any good tone. I know one time i put my amp in a closet, turned the thing up to 10, put the microphone outside the door, and it was still almost too loud! it was cool though. I personally dont have any problem playing anywhere, its the other members. I think if you total all the years theyve been playin, it wouldnt add up to mine. They get so discouraged over everything and i dont know how to pick them up other than just sayin it sounds good. I just dont want them gettin discouraged because some @$$ wipe kid starts booin(which will be dealt with shortly after,[>:]) I think ive got them convinced in going though. Thanks for the input guys.