tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62666210817413373572024-02-20T08:30:39.819-08:00Guitars & Other ProjectsThis blog is devoted to my DIY projects. They will mainly be centered around guitars & amplifiers, but will also include electronic and other projects that I think might be noteworthy. Enjoy, and feel free to leave comments.Irishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08768671282398757733noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266621081741337357.post-26396359519272729752016-01-22T16:48:00.002-08:002016-01-22T16:48:24.471-08:00<span class="fn"><b>DV82XL</b> over on <a href="http://hackaday.com/">Hackaday.com</a> commented on <a href="http://hackaday.com/2016/01/22/fixing-broken-monitors-by-shining-a-flashlight/#comment-2894463" target="_blank">this</a> post:</span><br />
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<b class="fn">" </b>That is about a hackerly a hack as I have ever seen"<br />
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<b class="fn">krs013</b><span class="fn"> and myself</span> think this should become a common phrase.Irishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08768671282398757733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266621081741337357.post-23100802606874671932015-04-03T07:48:00.003-07:002015-04-03T07:48:44.417-07:00London Underground map turned radio.<a href="http://hackaday.com/2015/04/02/tube-map-radio-and-denki-puzzles/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29&utm_content=Netvibes">This project</a> is so cool! I wish it was my own, but instead I'm reblogging it from <a href="http://hackaday.com/">Hackaday.com</a> because I thought it was just a cool creation. The creator is an artistic genius. Head over to the site to read the full article.<br />
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This is an Alvarez Telecaster style electric guitar. I am going to transform it into a Custom "Fender" Telecaster. It won't be an "real" Telecaster, but I don't think anybody would know the difference unless they looked closely.<br />
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So, let's begin shall we? First off, let's have a good look at this as it is. I've had this guitar for about twelve years now, and have played it quite a bit. I like it well enough, but I've always wanted to do some kind of customization to it.<br />
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Modern style bridge with vintage style bridge saddles & strings through the bridge. I'm going to change that to a string through body design which will give me more sustain and tone, as the strings will impart more vibrations into the wood of the body.<br />
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This would look really good if all I did was to replace the pickguard with a white pearl, or tortise shell:<br />
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Here is the detail of the bridge:<br />
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Control plate & neck pickup:<br />
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Here is the new neck that will be going on the guitar laid over the old one:<br />
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Now for the deconstruction:<br />
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Next up: sanding!!<br />
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First round of sanding done. I'm going to have to do the inner curves around the neck joint by hand, that's going to be a chore! Actually the black on this body is paper thin, HOWEVER, the clear coat is so thick, it almost looks like they dipped the body into the finish. It's REALLY thick!<br />
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Some of the sealer still visible on the edges.<br />
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Second round of sanding is now done. I'm waiting to get a "flapper" wheel to sand out the inside curves on either side of the neck pocket, but otherwise, I have finally gotten all of the clearcoat, paint, and original wax-like sealer off of the wood. I had to go down to a 60 grit sand paper to get all of the sealer off because that stuff was so thick, and hard like a wax that it was almost impossible to get off with a finer grit paper. Except for where I need the flapper, I've also gone over the body with 180 grit. Once I get the flapper wheel, and get the inside curves done, I'm planning on using 220 grit, then 400 grit, and then finish off the sanding with 1000 grit. THEN, it will be ready for the refinishing to begin! :)<br />
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I think now you can see more of the grain in the wood.<br />
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Now it's time to drill the body for the string-through-body change.<br />
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The original design of this guitar, as it came from the factory, was a string-through-bridge design where the strings were fed through the end of the bridge, went over the saddles, and down to the nut and tuners.<br />
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It looks like this:<br />
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I am going to change this to the string-through-body style, where the strings are fed up through the body, go over the saddles, then down to the nut and tuners.<br />
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Looks like this (NOTE: image is courtesy of tdpri.com):<br />
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The ball end of the strings reside in metal ferrules inserted into the back of the guitar so as to keep them from working their way through the wood. Like so:<br />
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The end result of a string-through-body design is that there is more tension and downward pressure of the string on the saddle, which results in more sustain, and more of the tone from the wood going into the pickups because of more of the string's vibrations being transferred into the body.<br />
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First up was to bolt the bridge plate back in place to serve as a drill guide, since I don't have a custom jig, or anything like that:<br />
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Checking the size of the holes in the bridge plate, determined that 1/8th inch drill bit was the perfect size to drill the string holes. <br />
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Checking to make sure the drill bit was long enough to go all the way through the body.<br />
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Took my time, and made sure I was drilling a vertical hole:<br />
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My drill has a nice bubble level in the end, so you can be sure you are drilling vertically. I checked the table I was using to drill on to make sure that it was level in two directions before I started, So that when I lined up my bubble, I was truly vertical.<br />
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Six holes complete, but it looks like I was off just a bit on one of them. Not enough to make a difference.<br />
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Now it's time to make the larger holes in the back for the ferrules:<br />
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The package that the ferrules came in, had no markings as far as size, so I tested a couple drill bits to get the right size. It's important not to go larger than the shaft of the ferrule or they will fall out whenever you change strings I used a 5/16ths bit as it was the diameter of the ferrule shaft.<br />
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Measuring and marking for depth:<br />
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I went with a depth that was just slightly more than the length of the ferrule shaft (equal to the thickness of the collar at the top of the ferrule), to allow for any manufacturing variations of the ferrules.<br />
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Making sure I'm still drilling vertical again!<br />
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I made starter holes first since I had no guide other than the string-through holes.<br />
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Slow and easy on the drill, I'm only going about 5/8ths of an inch deep.<br />
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First one's done! Now for the rest.<br />
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Checking the fit. Perfect. Fits snug, not too tight, or loose.<br />
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Clean up the edges of the holes a bit with some sandpaper.<br />
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Done! Now my guitar body is a "String-through-body" guitar!<br />
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Now that the string-through holes are done, I decided to fill in the holes for the pickguard and control plate as they were not in the proper positions, and it looks like the pickguard might have been replaced. I could have just filled them with putty, and been done with it, but I decided to put wood back in them. To do this, I chose to glue wood toothpicks in the holes, then sand them flush.<br />
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A look at the pick guard holes:<br />
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The neck side of the control plate was originally drilled really close to the edge of the rout, almost missing the wood entirely:<br />
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A little dab of wood glue, and in they go:<br />
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Give them a little twist while pressing down, and they are set:<br />
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All done, now to clip off the excess after the glue sets:<br />
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I let it sit overnight, then I used my small diagonal cutters to cut them off as close to the body as possible:<br />
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I'm left with some small bumps of glue and toothpick, but I'll get these flush with my sander before I begin final sanding on the body:<br />
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Okay! Next up, sanding the "bumps" flush, and final sanding.<br />
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Used my palm sander and 60grit to get the "bumps" flattened out:<br />
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Then started hand sanding, 150 grit, then 220 grit, then 400 grit, 800 grit, then finished it off with the paper pictured below: :)<br />
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Okay, sanding is finished!!! Looks great, and is as smooth as a baby's bottom!<br />
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Ready for wood finish. I'm using Minwax #209 natural tint stain/sealer because I want to have a natural/blonde finish on this when it's done. <br />
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Once the stain is dried, I'm going to have nitrocellulose lacquer sprayed for that nice vintage finish and deep shine! Stay tuned for more<br />
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Two coats of stain applied! Now to dry thoroughly, then, it's off to be lacquered.<br />
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Now while I'm waiting on necessary things for the body, time to do some more work on the neck. The neck that I am using actually started out it's musical life on a Harmony Strat style guitar something like this one:</div>
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The headstock profile looked like this:</div>
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But since I am building a "Telecaster", I had to change the profile. Luckily, the Harmony headstock was big enough, that I had enough extra wood to allow me to fit a tele profile template on top of the existing profile and cut it out to the shape I wanted. I used a scroll saw to cut out the basic profile and then sanded, and sanded until I got the shape correct. What I ended up with looks like this:</div>
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So, my neck looks like this:</div>
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I've already sanded the clear finish off of it, and smoothed it out. I am planning on reshaping the back of the headstock to match the Tele's angle where the neck meets the head, and I'm going to smooth out the shoulder where it bolts to the body even more than I already have:</div>
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Once this is all done, then I'll do some final sanding on it to get it as smooth as I did the body, then apply the same clear stain/sealer that I used on the body to at least the headstock (don't know if I want to put it on the rest of the neck yet), then I'll get it lacquered when I get the body done.</div>
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My plan however, is to leave the back of the neck unfinished entirely, and apply Tung oil to it when everything else is done.</div>
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Completed final sanding of the neck and applied the stain. The natural stain I am using gave the neck a real nice "yellowed" look. It didn't darken as much as the body did which is what I <i>didn't</i> want anyway. It came out really well. All that is left to do with this is give the stain a couple of days to cure, then just give it a little smoothing with 1200grit, then it's ready for lacquer:</div>
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I smoothed the heel and back of the headstock to give a smoother transition from the back of the neck in these ares which will enhance the playability of this neck:</div>
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Here's a couple of mock-up pictures so we can see how far we've come with this project:<br />
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Okay, it's been about three and a half months, but my job has kept me from working on this. I picked up the body a few days ago and was looking it over and noticed some glaring scratches in the finish, nicks in the wood, and some of the original sealer residue that I had missed earlier. Had to take it back to sanding to get it all out, but it's done:</div>
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Now, have to reapply some clear stain, and finish-sand once again. Soon, I hope to be able to get this thing lacquered!</div>
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Okay, all the prep work is finally finished! (Yea!!!) Re-stained clear satin, and finish sanded, and finish sanded again! But it looks great!</div>
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The lacquer has been applied!!!!</div>
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This is the end result of between 20 - 30 coats of clear gloss acrylic lacquer (automotive lacquer). I am currently letting it "cure" for a while to get it good and hard. Although with lacquer, it is generally cured after 4 - 8 hours and you can begin sanding, I'm not going to rush this. I'm going to be fine sanding to see where I'm at with this and see if I need more lacquer on it anywhere. For those of you who have never sprayed lacquer, it is quite a bit different than enamel in the way it builds up on the surface. Lacquer builds up evenly across the entire surface, so that your lows and highs are translated directly to the top. This means that if you are spraying on wood, and you have a crack in the surface, the depression of that crack will be noticeable along the plane of the finished surface. This requires more coats of lacquer to be applied so as to negate the effect on the final sanded surface. If you are applying a decal (such as a headstock decal) to the bare wood, you need to build up enough lacquer to the surface so that when you begin fine sanding, you don't sand away all of the lacquer on top of the decal. Here is an illustrated image of this:</div>
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So next up is fine sanding and polishing! Stay tuned for more.</div>
Irishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08768671282398757733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266621081741337357.post-89882875221089746982013-05-27T16:17:00.000-07:002013-12-15T13:49:34.812-08:00Fender HOT Guitar Amplifier<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><br></h3>
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Here's a little project <strike>I've been</strike> I was working on. It's the restoration/customization of a 1990 Fender HOT guitar amplifier.<br>
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The Fender HOT series of amps were made in the early '90s as an entry
level practice amp. They were single transistor solid state amps rated
at 25 watts output power through an 8 inch speaker. They feature four
front panel switchable "voicings", two on the clean channel and two on
the drive channel. As far as controls other than the voicing switches,
there are three knobs: "Contour", "Volume", and "Reverb". The contour
knob adjusts the relative bass-treble, and the reverb knob adjusts the
amount of reverb that is mixed in from the three spring Accutronics
reverb tank mounted on the base of the cabinet.<br>
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Here's a picture of mine as it looked when I got it:<br>
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This is what it looks like now:<br>
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These amps overall are fairly derided by the guitar player community as
not being flexible with their sound and/or just sounding like crap all
together. I played through this little baby a bit before I started
working on it, and for what I need, it sounds fine. It'll never sound
like a '65 Twin Reverb, but then, it's NOT a '65 Twin Reverb. "It is,
what it is."<br>
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But anyway, enough about that, let's get on with it...<br>
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When I received this amp, it had most definitely seen better days.
Covered in the original black cloth, the previous owner had also had a
golden retriever, so the thing was literally covered in dog hair. I
spend about three hours with masking tape, and a stiff scrub brush, and
still never got all the hair off of it. That, coupled with the fact that
it had been sitting on a carpeted floor and the aforementioned dog (I
believe) though it was a fire hydrant, let me to the decision to strip
it down and recover it.<br>
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This is how it looked when I first put it on my work bench:<br>
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Ahh yes, genuine made in the USA electronics:<br>
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First order of business: Strip all of that cloth off of there! Since
this was my first attempt at doing this, I asked advice from my family
seamstress (thanks Mom!), and pulled off the covering off in a single
piece so as to use it as a pattern to cut the new cover. I recommend
this approach to anyone planning this kind of project. Here it is, all
stripped of the cloth:<br>
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The box itself was in good shape for pressed wood construction. There
was a little swelling on the lower front lip from moisture intrusion
(dog again), but I was able to sand that down since the damage was old,
and the wood long since dried. I took the box to my family wood-worker,
and we decided the best approach was to soak the entire thing in sealer
to prevent any re-occurrence of liquid intrusion (thanks Ziggy).<br>
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After that, I gave it a light sanding on the surface so that the spray adhesive would adhere good:<br>
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I gave the center of the inside faces a shot of black spray paint where they are not covered:<br>
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Also sanded and sprayed the speaker baffle:<br>
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The inside of the cabinet top which is over the exposed portion of the
actual amplifier circuitry, was lined with metal-aluminum tape like
that used in the air conditioning industry, but the way it was applied,
when I was disassembling everything it started to get pulled up in
pieces. Rather than trying to salvage it for reuse, I decided I would
just replace it. However, since nobody makes this stuff for consumers in
10 inch wide rolls, I used what I had on hand, 2 inch wide
aluminized-mylar tape:<br>
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Now, it was time st start applying the new cover. I had some really nice
gray vinyl that was a curb-find, and as it turns out, there was just
enough for this project. I used 3M Super '77' spray adhesive, giving
both the wood, and the vinyl a good coating before laying down the
covering, and then got to it:<br>
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The original covering was two pieces; a single piece going all the way
around the box, and a small piece covering the lower valance in the
back. The vinyl I had gotten wasn't quite long enough to replicate that,
so I ended up with three pieces; A single piece covering the top and
both sides, a piece for the bottom, and a piece for the valance. I used
my staple gun to reinforce the adhesive at the edges to help keep them
from curling and pulling up. I laid the staples such that they would not
be seen when it was completed. The only place I didn't use staples was
on the very bottom face, and the back valance. I also applied another
layer of tape to the underside of the top to give it a little more
isolation (I hope).<br>
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Now that the covering is finished, time to turn my attention to the amp circuits:<br>
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Not much to the guts of this baby. Since it worked fine when I got it, I
really didn't want to do much to the circuit. I gave it some good
blasts of compressed air to clean all the dust and dog hairs out of the
insides, I pulled all the knobs and jack nuts off so I could pull the
circuit board back away from the face, gave it a good cleaning and a
brief wipe with an Armour All wipe for good measure. (Sorry, didn't take
pictures of this)<br>
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When I was working on getting the circuit board loose, one of the things
I had to do was to pull the power leads off the switch. This is
normally not a problem since they are just spade connectors.
However...when Fender built this, they used connectors on the mains
leads that have little tabs on them which go into the little hole in the
middle of the spade connector on the back of the switch. I was unable
to see this when I was trying to get the switch out because the mains
leads are on the physical bottom of the switch (white & black wires
in this pic:<br>
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So, due to my not seeing this, I was using needle nose pliers to pull
the leads off and ended up pulling the entire spade connector out of the
back of the switch, necessitating a replacement power switch.<br>
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Since I now had everything opened up, I decided to add a little custom
touch and replaced the red square LED power indicator with a more
tasteful looking blue LED in a chrome bezel. I metered the power going
to the LED to be 18 volts DC, and kept trying different value resistors
on my blue LED to get the brightness that I wanted...bright enough to
see, but not too bright. I finally ended up with using a 1 Meg Ohm
resistor which dims the bright blue down to a really nice level.<br>
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Before:<br>
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And a better shot of the brightness:<br>
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Blue LEDs are incredibly bright, so if you use one in a project, be sure
to try different values of resistor to set a comfortable brightness so
it is not blinding.<br>
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Now that I had my new power indicator installed, and switch replaced,
the only thing left to do was to put it all back together. I repainted
all of the hardware, and since all four of the bottom corner protectors
were quite rusted (the dog again), I ordered new cabinet corners,
painted them and put it all together. On a side note; you will notice
that the speaker I have in it now is different than the one that was in
it to begin with. That's because when I was disassembling the unit, I
accidentally put my fat thumb through the paper cone of the original
speaker. I had this speaker in an extension speaker cabinet, and it was
the same size, and rating, so in it went. I Googled the part number on
it and found out that, even though it is not branded, it is a Kustom
brand built speaker. So that's cool. Just another "kustom" touch.<br>
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Also, repainted the black around the script of the Fender logo, as it was chipped in several places:<br>
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Last thing I did was to screw rubber feet onto the bottom of the cabinet so that this little baby will sit OFF of the floor.<br>
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So it's finished, and now I think it looks better than when it left the factory in California in 1990. Tell me what you think.<br>
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Here's a before & after (thanks Sis):<br>
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Things to do now that it's done...ROCK IT!!! :)<br>
Seriously though, I think I am going to replace the control knobs with
red ones to match the switches. I have also tossed around the idea of
building an entirely new cabinet for it. I have some REALLY nice 7 layer
plywood from some old shelves that would make an awesome looking
cabinet done in a natural finish, or a light to medium stain. Other than
that, I might add an extension speaker jack on the back. If I want to
get just crazy, I could replace the output circuit to put it up to 50
watts...we'll see.Irishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08768671282398757733noreply@blogger.com0