Changing LED's?

Tbirdbassist · #1 11-23-2007, 03:37 PM

I wanna swap out the LED's on a couple of my pedals for different colours. I've looked around on LED sites and can't seem to find the effect pedal size/style. Anyone direct me to a site where I can buy some?

Bulltrout · #2 11-23-2007, 03:43 PM

Are you looking for 5mm LED's, if so I've bought them on e-bay for something like $1 for 50 or something like that.

Tbirdbassist · #3 11-23-2007, 04:04 PM

i believe those are the right size. I'm looking for the kind that can fit in EHX pedals mainly. I'm also interested in ones that can fit Boss style pedals though.

Tbirdbassist · #4 11-24-2007, 06:14 PM

Bumpers.

Oreomeister365 · #5 11-24-2007, 07:15 PM

I was just thinking of how much more pro I look with a blue light on my amp as opposed to the red lights on most peoples amps.

Blue lights are the mark of a pro.

Niff · #6 11-25-2007, 05:33 AM

blue LEDs are for real men.

roflol · #7 11-25-2007, 06:34 AM

everyone knows red things go faster so red lights > blue lights

ErnieD · #8 11-25-2007, 06:10 PM

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Blue lights are the mark of a pro.[/quote]

Yes def on the blue lites. Now that its close to Christmas I was able to find some blue replacement tree 5watt bulbs at my local hardware store. I pulled the clear bulbs from my power conditioner and put the blue bulbs in their place. Looks Ok over my GBE600 but not real bright, the bulbs are too dark coated, oh well.

Now I just bought the GBE750 amp Friday, that suckas got blue lites all over the place and they're really bright.

bassitude! · #9 11-25-2007, 06:31 PM

The bigger sized LEDs you find on pedals are 5mm and the smaller sized are 3mm. Swapping to blue LEDs may also require you to change the resistor that controls its brightness, because the brighter they are, the faster your battery will die!

Tbirdbassist · #10 11-25-2007, 07:09 PM

Battery?

I use power supplies.

flakeh · #11 11-25-2007, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassitude!

The bigger sized LEDs you find on pedals are 5mm and the smaller sized are 3mm. Swapping to blue LEDs may also require you to change the resistor that controls its brightness, because the brighter they are, the faster your Chops will be, becuase blue is THE fastest colour

fixed.

Trevor.A · #12 11-25-2007, 09:18 PM

I'm building my guitarist a box of awesome for christmas. When you turn it up the blue led gets brighter

LEDs are cheap. Buy a few 5mm and 3mm just in case and use whatever you need. Just looking at the EHX/Boss pedals I have, it looks like EHX uses 5mm and boss 3mm. You shouldn't need to change the resistor unless it's giving way too much power to the new LED, then it will burn out and simply not work anymore.

bassmodder · #13 12-12-2007, 03:58 PM

I do that all the time. Latest victim: My Ampeg SVT 6 pro. I went with UV so on a dark stage certain things "glow" I have never had to change resistor values in anything I have modified. Gives it that really cool custom look. I say Ebay and get them from the boys in Hong Kong. Make sure you can solder well and get some de-solder braid too. Makes your life MUCH easier.

One more thing: There is a + and a -. Make sure the large "chunk" is facing the same way as the old one when you put the new one in. If you mess up, you will have to turn the led around. If you lose track the - side has a little flat spot on the led body by the pins.

PM me if you have any more questions.