Wow! Thanks for suck a great response! One thing for sure, we are all over the place in terms of techniques and equipment. I have been running a Beta 52 and a bunch of old school 57 for the drums. They seem to work well and I get decent results.
I guess I am getting tired and looking to downsize my gig rig. I use to bring every monitor, light, fog machine, mic......I had in the arsenal. My thinking is to scale back a bit. My band sometimes swells to about 12-14 when the horns show up and then all bets are off! Those shows I play guitar and hire a sound guy so I can relax a bit.