Pedalboard with bling lighting

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I recently put a pedalboard together for a new band that I joined. The guitarist is a young enthusiastic kid who offered to tie down the power cords and generally neaten it up. When he gave it back to me there was something I wasn't expecting - color changing LED lighting on the bottom. Now it matches his and the other guitar players lighted boards. Never in a 100 years would I have done this myself. But, when all our boards are lit up its pretty cool. I think I'm going to like being in a band with this guy.

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tshapiro said:
View attachment 1191125 I recently put a pedalboard together for a new band that I joined. The guitarist is a young enthusiastic kid who offered to tie down the power cords and generally neaten it up. When he gave it back to me there was something I wasn't expecting - color changing LED lighting on the bottom. Now it matches his and the other guitar players lighted boards. Never in a 100 years would I have done this myself. But, when all our boards are lit up its pretty cool. I think I'm going to like being in a band with this guy.
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What kind of tuner is that? It looks like an old Palm Pilot. :woot:
 
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tshapiro said:
View attachment 1191125 I recently put a pedalboard together for a new band that I joined. The guitarist is a young enthusiastic kid who offered to tie down the power cords and generally neaten it up. When he gave it back to me there was something I wasn't expecting - color changing LED lighting on the bottom. Now it matches his and the other guitar players lighted boards. Never in a 100 years would I have done this myself. But, when all our boards are lit up its pretty cool. I think I'm going to like being in a band with this guy.
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very cool!
 
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How'd he do that? My power supply has some incredibly bright and entirely unnecessary lights on each power point - It lives underneath my board and I leave them on because I think it looks pretty cool lighting up the underside... I think it'd be pretty neat to have ones that changed colour.

There's a fellow in my neck of the woods who's been trying to sell a drum kit whose shells light up in various ways... you can program them to follow the audio too, if you'd like. It'd fit right in with your band!
 
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On a dark stage I think I'd hate backlighting that makes it harder to see the effects. Maybe under an upper edge that would project light onto the surface of the effects.
 
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superheavyfunk said:
How'd he do that? My power supply has some incredibly bright and entirely unnecessary lights on each power point - It lives underneath my board and I leave them on because I think it looks pretty cool lighting up the underside... I think it'd be pretty neat to have ones that changed colour.

There's a fellow in my neck of the woods who's been trying to sell a drum kit whose shells light up in various ways... you can program them to follow the audio too, if you'd like. It'd fit right in with your band!
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He actually installed 2 light strips that go the length of the board - 1 in the front and 1 in the back. Then, there's a little controller which allows you to scroll through 20 different color combinations including fading and blinking.
 
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From my guitarist who did the lights:

LEDs
Amazon.com: SUPERNIGHT (TM) 16.4FT 5M SMD 5050 Waterproof 300LEDs RGB Color Changing Flexible LED Strip Light: Home Improvement

Mounting Tape Amazon.com : 3M Scotch Mounting Tape, .5-Inch by 75-Inch, 2-PACK : Office Products

Controller RGBZONE DC 12V 3 Key Mini LED Controller 12V Switch ON/OFF Dimmer for LED Strip Light - - Amazon.com
(They have more in 9v on ebay, but this will work. Also will have to reverse the polarity by cutting and swapping the red/blk wires)

Clips https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072FQKC6Z/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_dqRKXvEv8dZFR

Kit/parts Rxment LED strips connectors full kits, Strip to Strip Jumper, L-shape corner connector RGB Extension Cable, Gapless Connector, Strip to control box - - Amazon.com
(Depending on the job, you may not need this kit. But keep in mind you will need extensions etc. If you plan on running more than 1 strip row.)

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If you don't run a power supply, i.e. on a daisy chain, the only colors that will work are RG&B on full brightness, because a buzz will happen if the controller feels resistance, So isolate it with a separate 12-24v at ~50-100mA adapter or do it right and get an isolated supply that can run 12-18v. Good luck!
 
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Killed_by_Death said:
Ha, one of my friends had one of the first gen. Palm Pilots:

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I did too. Wish they left it alone. The first iteration was the best. Each newer version just junked it up.

I also think graffiti was a far better text input method than the touchscreen 'keyboards' we're stuck with today. Be really cool if somebody would do up a new graffiti implementation for iOS - although I doubt Mother Apple would allow it in their app store. NIH y'know?
 
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