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I'm curious if there's anyone out there in the fireworks world that loans out or rents out equipment. I would like to "level up" our show by adding more single shots, slices, etc. but for that you...

I'm in about the same situation as you, Greenville - One shoot a year with 10 modules. Ours is all consumer though.

I built my own command-center-type setup. I just ordered a much cheaper...

To me a worse problem they have is out-of-date Youtube videos about how the system works, how to sync modules, etc. There's a lot of misinformation out there due to updates and changes in the...

Our show (with the Cobra) started in 2015. We went every year with no rain.

In 2019 rain was predicted in the morning, so we waited till afternoon to set up. No rain fell.

We got all the way...

This story is from the Powell Wyoming Tribune. While it's an extremely sad story, there are sure a lot of unanswered questions in my mind. Why were they driving with fireworks inside a car? What...

We decided a few years ago to always have our show on the "Saturday closest to the 4th," so this year we were scheduled for the 6th. The 4th here was cold, windy and rainy so we looked like geniuses...

Just bumping this back up to the top again in case anyone would like to use it. It really is worth the effort to open your show with it.

I guess there's no rule saying the songs must be edited, but I get a kick out of editing them and beatmatching one song to the next sometimes. My goal is to make it sound like there's one killer...

I always edit down the songs for our show and make a continuous mix -- each song is around a minute to 1:30 long, at most. I make it as seamless as possible from one song to the next. To be totally...

Hmm, well I can't presume to speak for Cobra, but I've been in business myself for 40+ years and to accuse a company of "false advertising" is a pretty serious charge.

First of all, Cobra is not a...

There are still videos on their website that say quickplugs are no extra charge. Is this a “lie?” I would call it more of an oversight. When things change within a company, it’s virtually impossible...

I also did my order in January. I order for 2 other guys besides our show, and it's currently sitting at the freight depot 100 miles from here waiting for a driver to bring it to our location (I...

Well it turned out to be a non-starter. The person who asked me about the gender-reveal show had seen a tik-tok video featuring a reveal that had the mom and dad pushing a "plunger" like a cartoon...

How does one put together a gender reveal show? How long do they tend to be? Do you put the reveal at the very end, the beginning or the middle? (I have a lady asking about one for her daughter...

Here's a list of things we've done since 2014 to improve our show. Up until then we were handlighting in the back yard and our wives hated it, but put up with it because they knew we loved doing it....

The part with the train had stupid sound EFX though. You're hearing a steam train but it's a diesel engine, natch. Entertaining though, it takes Dave Letterman's idea of dropping stuff and running...

It looks like those visco shroud initiators should work the same as a standard red shroud in a poked-cake situation. Is this true, or is a guy better off going with standard-shroud initiators for...

Time for a little "Dave's Magic Tape" branding!

I have all my finale mortar racks loaded and fused, cakes all poked but not matched yet, soundtrack done last week, and script done as of last night. All that's left is to haul it to the field and...

I would just say:
You can mix talons and initiators so long as you make sure you don't space your cues too close together. Keep cues on the same module at least two seconds apart, set modules to...

Seems like every year things are a bit different.

I've noticed on several cakes I've pre-poked (so far) that I don't seem to feel the lift charge if I poke right above or next to the fuse. Should...

I actually don't mind it this way -- I'll just put the single one in the middle.

I got these this year, in March. Thanks for the pics, I had pulled out the whole plug.

I don't know if this makes any difference to you, but this is the same box I mentioned in another thread...

I was pre-poking some cakes last night and on these, there is not a red ematch port as shown in the pictures -- there is a hole in the first tube that has a plug in it. I assumed you just pull that...

We managed to score one of those assortments this year. They look great!