Re: [Harp-L] challenge to custom amp makers

["10hole" <10hole@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To be honest with you Brad, that sounds like a big request. Using the light
in the meteor you could
pump light to the numbers on the control panel but you would have to use
fiber optics or something
to carry the light to the panel. The only real drawback here is setup and
material costs. Each panel
would have to be machined to accept the small fiber strands and then you
would have to have the
fiber made custom to size and terminated in something that would mount in
the panel. I see a big
price increase with that one. Running to the knob's would be harder yet
because it would have to
actually pass through the pot. Maybe a small light mounted along the area
where the control panel
meets the cabinet. Somehow it seems like it would be more work and cost than
it's worth but I do
like the idea. I'll have to check into that one.

Scooter


> Since many harp players play in the dark...not the way guitarists think,
but
> literally on stage....why has no one made knobs that light up?
>
> At NAMM I saw a line of Crates where the knobs and numbers lit up red and
> could be seen clearly by the player. But those were on the solid state
amps. I
> see Scooter's Meteor has a light on inside all the time, to light up his
> insignia...how about punching it through to the dials????
>
> I think it would be a good selling point for someone.
>
> brad
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