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Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: hunter on April 28, 2006, 06:04:10 AM

LEDs to light up your pickups.

Don't know what to think of this mod:
http://cgi.ebay.de/LED-Humbucker-Beleuchtung-endlich-mal-was-NEUES_W0QQitemZ7409559803QQ


I think it would be nice if they would glow more and less depending on your play, like the noise reduction light bulb on the univalve.

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: indysmith on April 28, 2006, 12:44:02 PM

awesomely tacky! i love it!

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: Ratrod on April 28, 2006, 05:56:19 PM

I'm actually thinking about neon in my hollow body.

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: Elliot on April 28, 2006, 06:11:23 PM

On an all black SG those orangey LED would look evil  :twisted:  - especially behind some Warpigs  :evil:

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: crispsandwich on April 28, 2006, 07:11:13 PM

Wouldn't LEDs add an insane amount of buzz to the signal coming from the pickups? :P

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: indysmith on April 28, 2006, 07:49:27 PM

Quote from: crispsandwich

Wouldn't LEDs add an insane amount of buzz to the signal coming from the pickups? :P

explain ur theory, lol...

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: sambo on April 28, 2006, 07:52:35 PM

^hmmm yeah lol.....

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: hobleguitars on April 28, 2006, 08:09:58 PM

Move your gear towards a [turned on] light and you'll find out.

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: crispsandwich on April 28, 2006, 08:47:40 PM

Liights make pickups buzz, and if the LEDs were directly under the pickups the noise would probably be horrendous. There's a guitar out with lights under the frets, the idea being that you can learn scales and chords with ease because the appropriate markers light up via software. Great idea, but every review I've read says that there is a lot of noise when the lights are switched on. So I'm guessing it'd be the same here. Only worse :P.

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: sambo on April 28, 2006, 08:53:14 PM

ahhhh how ghey.....

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: Dakine on April 28, 2006, 08:58:56 PM

Many "custom" luthiers have put LEDs along the fretboard (more as gimick I reckon).
Thing is we are talking about frequencies and LED's do not have same characteristics as incandecant lighting.
Now I would have to look my books up to see what total effect would be but I know that an LED will have WAY less effect than your house lights (especially the flouro tubes which have the starter in them making it MUCH worse).

Think about it, diodes are in guitars anyway and LED are Light Emitting Diodes.

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: sambo on April 28, 2006, 09:00:38 PM

hmmm yeah i was thinking that.... cause like you said normal lights are completely different to LED's.... good work i spose.... but then im sure you could cancel all the noise somehow anyway...

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: Dakine on April 28, 2006, 09:02:11 PM

http://www.mcintyreguitars.com/tele_black.htm


Two different concepts totally.

About as similar as Halogen lamps and fireflys.

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: Dakine on April 28, 2006, 09:04:34 PM

Also, anyone have any dealings with/opinions about the guy I posted above?
Love that tele, mmmmmmmmmmmm!

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: indysmith on April 28, 2006, 09:38:42 PM

Quote from: hobleguitars

Move your gear towards a [turned on] light and you'll find out.

did nothing maaaaan

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: Dakine on April 28, 2006, 10:10:19 PM

Really needs to be a flourescent tube light for effect  :twisted:

Title: Backlit Pickups?
Post by: indysmith on April 29, 2006, 12:03:15 AM

Quote from: Dakine

Also, anyone have any dealings with/opinions about the guy I posted above?
Love that tele, mmmmmmmmmmmm!

Nope, no dealings, but i'll back yu up - that is one seXXXy tele 8)