Topic: # of seats in phish's TS?

[Myco]

FOB ... FOB ... FOB

yeah, but you need a "taper ticket" to get gear in the door, no?

You absolutely correct sir. 

[Kyle]

How pissed would it make you if somoeone had tapers tix but no rig? If it was just a regular wook?

used to happen all the time... patchers would do it to either insure getting their deck in or simply to get a patch.  agreed to patch some fella's D8 all summer in '00 as part of a trade for his taper's tickets 

I an into this quite a bit during the summer of 2000 as well. I kept running into people who were not even patchers who had ordered taper tickets - these characters were especially aggravating because they simply did not get it and would 'not' give the tickets up, even when the trade was for better seats than they held.

Meadows Music Theater comes to mind - this dude had a pair of tapers and he was on the fence but I was pretty sure I was going to get them, but his girlfriend quickly put an end to that.

Got my gear in for all that I went to, but that tour was the toughest by far...   

[spankee02]

I missed the pre sale. R taper tix avail thru live nation on regular on sale date, or anywhere else?signed...slacker

[johnw]

Sorry but the only taper tickets available were through Music today. That said, the GA shows (Hampton and Asheville only I think at this point) do not require taper tickets.

IMO ordering taper tickets with the intention of patching or just to better your odds of getting in is pretty weak. If you want to patch, bring a compact flash card and find someone with a Sound Devices recorder. Or there is the old carry in. Even if the event security cared (which I dont think they would) a compact flash card would be cake to bring in.