Over the years I have seen tape used in just about every conceivable way to prep gear, label road cases, truss and cables. I don't claim that any particular way is best, but I have certainly seen a lot of wasted tape. And any production cost waste peeves me…Often, I find myself loading into a theatre or convention center with poor lighting. I can't read labels on blue/red/purple tape easily in these dark places, and it drives me batty. I instruct my techs to label the ends of the multi-cables with a 1-inch strand of white gaff in the middle with a label on it. Anyone can read black marker on white tape under the most dismal lighting. I will then add a 1-inch colored band of E-tape next to the white gaff so I know which truss the cable is going to.
-Nook Shoenfeld, from "Tape Gaffes," LD-at-Large, PLSN, Oct. 2010
