Chris explains, "The Pool Stage is a treacherous environment for lighting gear. It is an outdoor stage in Las Vegas. The temperature reaches 120 degrees [Fahrenheit - equal to 50 degrees Celsius] in the summer and below freezing in the winter. Las Vegas rarely rains but when it does it comes without notice. There is no time for crew to be dropping lighting fixtures on short notice. We needed 10 spare fixtures to service our 10 previous moving lights and I was looking for a fixture that we could hang all year round.
"I needed a fixture that was bright, versatile, would impress guest LDs and could stand up to the weather. The G-Spots and Q-7s were exactly what I was looking for. On top of that, Rehab, Hard Rock Hotel's weekly pool party is famous for party goers spraying champagne. We have lost a few fixtures in the past to stray corks or being drenched in champagne. I needed a fixture that could handle tourist abuse," he says continuing with a smile "the G-Spot is able to stand all of the abuse that our partygoers can throw at it."
The first time Chris was introduced to the SGM portfolio was through VP of Sales in the US, Randy Wade, who left two X-5 strobes in his rig for comparison with the hotel's conventional strobes. Instantly Chris became impressed by the benefits of the LED engine and the output of the unit, which was as powerful as the conventional but with a fraction of the power consumption. Once he saw the recordings of the G-Spot immersed in a fountain, his mind was made up. "There is no other product on the market that can do what the G-Spot does. It's that simple. Once I discovered the G-Spot, I knew I had to show everyone how powerful it was," declares the designer.
The 10 G-spot fixtures are hung on a 19ft by 30ft 20 inch truss structure around the pool side stage where they provide the multifunctional advantages that they are originally designed to fulfil. "I needed an LED fixture that could replace a fully functional arc source moving spot fixture. I needed colour mixing, zoom, colour correction, plenty of gobos, smooth movement and plenty of horse power. I'm also limited to a 100 amp service out at the pool. The G-Spots met every requirement," Chris comments.
The fixtures are controlled via DMX on a GrandMA1 Light Console, using the G-spots in normal 24 channel mode and the Q-7s in full eight channel mode.
(Jim Evans)
