Docaroo Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 (edited) Hello there chappies! Thought you might like to see my latest mod to my Ibanez RG1570L Prestige... Green LEDS I recently added the Floyd Rose backlight and humbucker screw LEDs... but before that I did the Single Coil LED: http://www.bossgtcentral.com/modules.php?n...p;highlight=led I finally added a on/off switch beside the tone and volume knobs and painted the pickup/bridge cavities chrome so they were more reflective http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/8591/on1fv9.jpg http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5348/on2gt4.jpg http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3324/on3uf4.jpg Whadda you think? Edited July 16, 2006 by lovekraft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Thats Crazy! I like it I'm guessing that the single coil is no longer functional? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Irizarry Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 A bit too over the top for me personally but cool nonetheless. I'm curious - where did you get the on/off switch for LED's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Very nice. But you should change all but one picture to links. Only one pic is allowed in each post. GOTM and tutorials has different rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docaroo Posted July 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 yeh I kinda sacrificed the Single for the LEDs ... i didn't reall use it - I'm keeping it to put on another guitar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69962000 Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 what if you wond a pickup, but placed a strip of those flat LEDs on the poles. Connect the LED to the pickupwindings or separately. I dont know if it will work, but would be awsome if it did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Connect the LED to the pickupwindings You mean use the current the pickup creates to power the LEDs? I very much doubt that would work with the sorts of current a pickup generates, and it might screw with the sound a little if it did, but it would indeed be awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psw Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 There is a thread somewhere in this section where someone did hollow out the poles of a humbucker and added LED's inside them so it was still functional and looked like that. We also discussed the possibility of the thing lighting up when you play. There was a thing called a "colour organ" that lit up in response to sound and different lights to different frequencies. There are little kits for LED chasers and stuff that could be adapted too, but it may add noise if the lights switch on and off, especially if the LED's are inside the pickup. May not, but could. Anyway, it would be cool...do you notice any clicking or popping when those lights are turned on and off while plugged into an amp? If not, it could very well work...maybe a future mod for them. Anyway, tre cool....thanks for sharing... pete PS...with my sustainer amp...if you put an LED in place of the driver...it will light when the guitar sounds...hehehe...true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docaroo Posted July 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 ahh to the person who asked where the switch is from I get my stuff from maplin (www.maplin.co.uk) - it's like the UK's version of Radio Shack! Also, there is no interference at all from the LED wires and I haven't "insulated" them or tin foiled or anything like that - it's powered off 2 AA batteries though so theres only 3v going through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69962000 Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 oh, i got a challenge if you are willing to make an interface for this thing. A tunner built in. The middle two poles will light green if its in tune. That would be crazy. And then maybe add in a little LED screen to show the note to make sure you are in the right key. that would be killer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dash Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 very cool!!! i want to do a similar thing, except hook the LED's into the pup selector switch so that they are lit when that particular pup is selected. have you tried it with pup rings on, it would be less bright (obviously) but would create a cool "backlit" glow. cheers darren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docaroo Posted July 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 very cool!!! i want to do a similar thing, except hook the LED's into the pup selector switch so that they are lit when that particular pup is selected. have you tried it with pup rings on, it would be less bright (obviously) but would create a cool "backlit" glow. cheers darren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jozer99 Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Connect the LED to the pickupwindings You mean use the current the pickup creates to power the LEDs? I very much doubt that would work with the sorts of current a pickup generates, and it might screw with the sound a little if it did, but it would indeed be awesome! This wouldn't work. A pickup creates only a TEENY amount of electricity, not nearly enough to power an LED. What you could do, is to use a preamp and transistor to switch the bulbs on and off when the preamp detects a signal from the pickups. Also, LEDs are diodes, so connecting one directly to the audio signal would distort the signal (its how simple overdrive pedals work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansil Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 very cool!!! i want to do a similar thing, except hook the LED's into the pup selector switch so that they are lit when that particular pup is selected. have you tried it with pup rings on, it would be less bright (obviously) but would create a cool "backlit" glow. cheers darren similar in what you are talking about i put leds by the pickup selector so that they changed with the pickups so on a dark stage you always knew where you were at pickup wise. i was also adding in leds under the knobs to back light them but found smd leds to work better for that trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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