So while I had the chassis out of my head shell...

[SFW]

... I decided that I wanted my TriAmp to glow all pretty and stuff too. I added an LED strip inside the top of the head shell. Doesn't seem to cause any interference or noise. What do you think?

 

[bravedude2]

cool, how did you power the strip? battery or other.

 

[SFW]

cool, how did you power the strip? battery or other.

At the moment, I have a small chord that runs out the back of the amp to a power strip. I'm going to see if the standby switch is draw the 12VDC to run it's light that I need to power the LED strip. If so, I'm just going to jump it to the standby light and it will all come on at the same time.

 

[thiswaythatway]

Standard TGP response......"agh, that's a lot of knobs".

 

[SFW]

Standard TGP response......"agh, that's a lot of knobs".

Standard TGP Answer: Well, sometimes a lot of tone requires a lot of knobs.

 

[BlinkTwice]

That would look cool on a stage

 

[Bob Savage]

Not bad, but what would be cooler is an edge lit piece of new plexi with the H&K logo in it... or your name, or whatever. Edge lit is killer.

 

[SFW]

That would look cool on a stage

My thoughts exactly. Can't wait to get it on stage.

Not bad, but what would be cooler is an edge lit piece of new plexi with the H&K logo in it... or your name, or whatever. Edge lit is killer.

Bob, yes, the edge lit would definately look a lot cooler than what I rigged up. However, I'm far to lazy to go through the hassle of doing it. lol!

 

[jessebondrocks]

it looks good in the pic... but can you see the strip while just looking at it straight on. that might change my opinion.

 

[FuelGTRX]

If there was one amp that deserved to be internally lit, it's the Triamp MK1. All those tubes and that blue plexi-glass make it look killer

 

[Lord Toneking]

Holy crap! I didnt realize those had so many preamp tubes


btw, the amp looks cool

 

[D-Rock]

Kewl

 

[SFW]

Holy crap! I didnt realize those had so many preamp tubes


btw, the amp looks cool

Yes, there are a lot of tubes. And she's due for a tube change. I'm looking at around $250 to retube the amp. Ouch!

 

[putnut77]

That's looks ridiculous! Which i love it!

 

[glpg80]

i did something simillar, powered off of the amplifier. i wanted something subtle

 

[SFW]

i did something simillar, powered off of the amplifier. i wanted something subtle

Where did you tap the power from?

 

[glpg80]

depends on the diodes you use, or the lamp you use.

theres a max current draw of the diode or lamp and a max voltage for the diode/amp.

once you know these, then there is a voltage source which you need to limit to get it within spec which the bulb/diode will pull (current) and draw (voltage)

it really is dependent on the lighting you use - the type of diode you use, and how many diodes you use.

look at the relay and footswitch rectified section of the amplifier for a voltage source thats close to what you need.

the standby switch will not have 12VDC....... the standby switch would be in the vicinity of around your B+ and screen voltages. you would not have a light that would last long.

 

[SFW]

depends on the diodes you use, or the lamp you use.

theres a max current draw of the diode or lamp and a max voltage for the diode/amp.

once you know these, then there is a voltage source which you need to limit to get it within spec which the bulb/diode will pull (current) and draw (voltage)

it really is dependent on the lighting you use - the type of diode you use, and how many diodes you use.

look at the relay and footswitch rectified section of the amplifier for a voltage source thats close to what you need.

the standby switch will not have 12VDC....... the standby switch would be in the vicinity of around your B+ and screen voltages. you would not have a light that would last long.

Cool. I'll check the footswitch circuitboard. lol... Yeah, I din't suppose that these little LED lights would last long at 500VDC.

 

[saxxamafone]

I used to love the look of glowing amps (H&K, Engl, Cobra)

Now I think they look cheesy and kinda gay

 

[tonmazz]

Looks great, love the blue. I've been curious about these, How would you characterize the tone, hard rock, metal, etc? Just wondering how far these go. They look killer.