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03-17-2011, 10:35 AM
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So I dig this piece, but the blue LED is so darned bright that it kind of "drowns out" all the rest of the pedal lights... The solutions for this are obvious (a piece of tape or something) but I was wondering if I'm the only guy who has observed this...
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03-17-2011, 11:09 AM
| | | | The LED is very bright, even compared to other MXR pedals. It doesn't bother me though. |
03-17-2011, 11:24 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Lyt Pedalboards Beta tester: Source Audio Moderator | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Connecticut | | The one on the MXR Blowtorch is crazy bright as well. Used to work like a mini light for my pedalboard  |
03-17-2011, 11:43 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Belton, Misery | | | You could always put a less bright led in. I'm sure one of those DIY type guys could talk you through it. But yea tape would definitely be easier.
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03-17-2011, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by jwr  You could always put a less bright led in. I'm sure one of those DIY type guys could talk you through it. But yea tape would definitely be easier. | oh, I have the skills/tools to replace the LED should I want to - but a piece of tape will do the trick, should I care enough.
I was just curious if others have seen this, or if it was just me.
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03-17-2011, 11:59 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | Some of the pictures I've seen of the MXR Carbon Copy are the same way. Super bright blue LED. |
03-17-2011, 12:09 PM
|  | Holding the Line, Low, Loud & Proud | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Leander, TX (outside Austin) | | | Didn't you know that super bright LEDs make a pedal extraspecialcoolericios, why spoil it? |
03-17-2011, 01:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Diego, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by lakedmb Some of the pictures I've seen of the MXR Carbon Copy are the same way. Super bright blue LED. | I guess it's just a "Feature". A really bright, arguably annoying feature... Quote:
Originally Posted by bassbrad Didn't you know that super bright LEDs make a pedal extraspecialcoolericios, why spoil it? | Excellent point.
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03-17-2011, 01:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | Blue LED's cause cancer. The medical companies must be paying MXR extra money to use them.
Take a white piece of notebook paper and use a hole punch to punch out a dot. Place dot on clear tape, tape over LED.
Painters tape works as well if you want something easier to peel off. No white paper dot needed. |
03-17-2011, 01:54 PM
| | | | Yep, I use a few tiny squares cut out of simple cheap masking tape.
Two or three layers of it dulls the blinding blue pain nicely. |
03-17-2011, 01:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: GTA Ontario Canada | | | I often soldier a resister in line with the LEDs to tame them Down plus it improves battery life.
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03-17-2011, 02:23 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Portsmouth VA USA | | Funny that players used to complain about not having LED's, or dim LED's, and now they're too bright.
Gotta love a pedalboard that looks like a cityscape at night, though. 
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03-17-2011, 03:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Little Rock, Arkansas | | | My M82 just came in about an hour ago. Even in a well lit room, standing right above it it is blinding! Sounds pretty cool though.
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03-17-2011, 05:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland, USA | | | It's not as bright as that of the Opto Stomp.
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03-17-2011, 05:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada | | | That LED almost blinded me the first time I turned my M82 on. I tripped on my board and almost went T.U. |
03-17-2011, 06:00 PM
|  | Bartle doo? | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Missing Mountains | | | +1 on silly bright. I prefer older LED's. I want an indication that the effect is on, not accent lighting on me while I play.
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03-17-2011, 06:38 PM
| | | | I noticed this with my Behringer BSY-600 (or whatever it is). I hated how bright it was, damn thing blinded me all the time.
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03-17-2011, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by fenderhutz Blue LED's cause cancer. The medical companies must be paying MXR extra money to use them.
Take a white piece of notebook paper and use a hole punch to punch out a dot. Place dot on clear tape, tape over LED.
Painters tape works as well if you want something easier to peel off. No white paper dot needed. | What if painter's tape causes even MORE cancer, hmmmmm????
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03-17-2011, 06:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ontario | | My Carbon Copy and M82 Env Filter have annoyingly bright LEDs - doesn't impact the fact I'm extremenly happy with how the pedals sound, very happy in that respect.
But I have to turn the pedal off to change my settings, since I can't see where the settings are when the LED is on. Seriously!
Here's a pic of my board before those two pedals were added, but the burst of blue below is courtesy of a MXR Black Label Chorus and Way Huge Pork Loin (which are still on the board with the Carbon Copy and M82 Env Filter added. One hell of a bright board now ... lol) : 
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03-18-2011, 12:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Singapore | | | Picture says a thousand words. Yeah, my MXR BEF is the brightest light in my board and my guitarist's Carbon Copy is the brightest on his.
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