BigG1986 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 for all the pimp my guitar junkies like me out there http://www.auroraproject.co.uk/glow%20guards.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 it would also be good to see how you've attached the fibres to the led...is it just a case of bunching them together & putting heatshrink over them? I've got some cable on order to do some markers. As I'm making the neck from scratch I was going to drill the holes at an angle...creating oval markers & preventing the need for a tight curve under the board. Can you foresee any problems with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4nkam Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 it would also be good to see how you've attached the fibres to the led...is it just a case of bunching them together & putting heatshrink over them? I've got some cable on order to do some markers. As I'm making the neck from scratch I was going to drill the holes at an angle...creating oval markers & preventing the need for a tight curve under the board. Can you foresee any problems with that? STill checking out the pix Yeah, the fiber strands are bunched together using several pieces of heat shrink tubing so you have a very tight/stiff endpoint. Once that is done, I take a dremel sanding disc and sand down the end so it is nice and flush/even. Doing this will make sure your LED's light shines through nicely. The LED itself, you can just slide a piece of 5mm heat shrink tubing over the end of it. I tend to make this a bit longer, say an inch or so, and that allows you to simply slide the strand bunch into the tubing over the LED. You're gonna do the sidemarkers at an angle? I don't really see any issues with that as long as you leave the strands sticking out of the fretboard, then sand them down flush with the board. Another thing I have wanted to try is to run a piece of sideglow fiber optic up the fretboard and then just use straight endglow strands to each sidemarker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Lex Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 U.K supplier of this unjacketed fiber anyone ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 maplin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan073 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) Im wanting to scallop frets 15-22 on a neck, but i would also like to try this LED thing. Is this going to be possible or will it cause problems because the scalloping might would be to deep for the fiber optics to run down through the neck? If the scalloping wouldnt work with the LED project, could i scallop just the treble side of the frets and run all the Fiber Optics down the bass side of the fingerboard? or is there a reason the fiber optics must run down the treble side of the neck? I really wouldnt mind seeing a wiring diagram for the LED so i can be sure of what im doing... (im a beginner at all of this!) Edited February 27, 2007 by ethan073 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postal Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 (edited) Ethan, The bundle is run down the treb side because the fiber is very delicate, and will break if you try and bend it too sharply. The run on the treb side gives the most room to bend. If you can do this with scallops will depend on how deep the scallops are, and how thick the fretboard is, and how deep you route the channels. With the fiber in hand, you can see how deep the route would need to be, and go from there. This sounds very dangerous unless you've scalloped before, and know how to do it properly, and with a consistent depth. Great tut- Thanks for taking the time. I'm also curious to see a pic of the bundle coming out the fretboard to the guitar body. Edited March 10, 2007 by postal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan073 Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 hey thanks for that reply Postal. i've started the scalloping already and its looking pretty good. i only went about halfway through the fingerboard with the scallops (which was plenty deep enough) so i shouldnt have any problems running the fiber optics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 ok, a few questions. where do you put the led that lights the fiber optics? inside the control cavity? i really dont get things unless there is a picture. also, do you just run the ends of the fiber optics to the led? i think thats what it meant right? run them to the led, and shrink wrap it covered? some things just dont make sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick1245 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Hi, I don't know if there are still people interested in this project, but I'm doing a variant on this one: -Replacing the sidemarkers like in this tutorial -Installing LED's in the fretmarkers -Repainting my guitar body I will create a new topic with pictures & some explanation if needed. You can see my progress so far on my facebook album: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=110450&id=1410014300&l=d883e65066 the comments are in dutch but like I said, if there is interest in this I will create new topic here. Yorick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Awesome. Is your battery indicator some kind of comparator circuit, Yorick? I have a similar circuit, but it is only a "battery low" comparator as opposed to a set of discrete levels. Share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick1245 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 (edited) It's based around an LM3914.. Then I used 6 leds as indicator (2 red, 2 yellow, 2 green). With potentiometers I set the min. level & max level. edit: updated link with foto's: http://s354.photobucket.com/albums/r412/yorick1245/ right are al the albums with pics (comments & titles are in dutch) Edited November 3, 2011 by yorick1245 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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