led lit faceplate...

[Bob Simpson]

IIRC, I saw an amp head here with a plexiglas front, lit by blue leds on the sides...

Does anyone remember seeing this?
I've tried the search already, and can't find it.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Bob Simpson

[John_P_WI]

Wasn't it a guy from Europe in the TW section IIRC?

[Gibsonman63]

There is guy on the music-electronics forum who edge lights the panels on his builds.

[John_P_WI]

Here ya go....

http://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... ht=hammond

best I could do...

John

[vibratoking]

I think to get the most out of LED illumination, you'll need to find some light pipes to spread it out across the whole panel. You might be able to scavenge some out of some old PCs. Seems like I have seen some decent ones in the past, but don't remember where at the moment.

Edit - just remembered that I have seen some wide ones inside of the external USB hard drive cases. There must be a boneyard of them somewhere.

[ansil]

have you tried using smd leds the way you back light a cellphone. its quite easy. and doing a plate like the one in the link you would get a slight overall effect but where it was engraved or opaqued would show up better.

[Bob Simpson]

Thanks, all...

I still can't find the picture I was thinking of.

It was darker, a head on a 4X12, I think.
And the name on the front panel started with an
"X" or perhaps a "V"...

I'll live if I can't find it, but it looked very cool, indeed.
Something I'd like to try...

Bob

[drz400]

Thanks, all...

I still can't find the picture I was thinking of.

It was darker, a head on a 4X12, I think.
And the name on the front panel started with an
"X" or perhaps a "V"...

I'll live if I can't find it, but it looked very cool, indeed.
Something I'd like to try...

Bob

[img:450:209]http://www.hughes-and-kettner.com/image ... _450px.png[/img]

[drz400]

[greenbottle]

Try the SLO Clone forum www.yesterdaysrevolt.com/sloclone
look under XLO-100 hand wired point to point build pictures
respondentr's handle XENRELIC

alan

[C Moore]

There is a glass worker that did an incredibly beautiful job with a Ceriatone "plexi".....

http://ceriatoneforum.com/index.php?topic=1869.0

[Bob Simpson]

Try the SLO Clone forum www.yesterdaysrevolt.com
look under XLO-100 hand wired point to point build pictures
respondentr's handle XENRELIC

alan

That's the one I was thinking of.

Thanks, Alan.

Bob Simpson

[Structo]

A few years back it was popular to install cold cathode light tubes into computers.
You have a window on the side of the PC then the blue tube below in the bottom corner of the cab, it lights up everything inside with a blue light.
I have one like this and it works great.

I wonder if that is how H&K is lighting their pexiglas panel?

Have the edge of the plexiglas sit on the light tube and it will light the interior of the plexiglas and make the parts that are etched stand out.

With LED's the light is not diffused and is rather beamy.

Unless you have a row of them like in a light rope, but not sure how that would work.

[Structo]

Try the SLO Clone forum www.yesterdaysrevolt.com
look under XLO-100 hand wired point to point build pictures
respondentr's handle XENRELIC

alan

I'm getting some weird error when I tried that link.
You probably have to be logged on to view it.

[greenbottle]

Your right Tom
When I enter, its coming up www.yesterdaysrevolt.com/sloclone.
You have to be a member there to get anywhere but it cost nothing to join. I think you have to give them an email address and they get back to you.
If you can't find it look in google. Thats how I found it.

Alan