Aguilar blue lights - Too Bright!

[Jeff Bonny]

I'd certainly consider those dimming sheets, if they don't look like crap.

As a grip I've stuck a lot of ND gel (which is what those sheets are) on a lot of different things and can't see how on a raised LED it would look very tidy. Probably works like a hot damn on flush mounted ones though.

 

[BurningSkies]

My old Kustom 200 has a purple 'jewel' over a white bulb.... Don't see that too often...

Yep. I had one of those. I just replaced the blue jewel in my Monique with a 'vintage' green frosted one. You can buy full sets of colored jewels these days for about 3 bucks each.

The LED lights are WAY brighter than the old style incandescent amp lights.

 

[Jerry Ziarko]

As a grip I've stuck a lot of ND gel (which is what those sheets are) on a lot of different things and can't see how on a raised LED it would look very tidy. Probably works like a hot damn on flush mounted ones though.

The bright blue on my REDDI is raised. I put one on, and it looks great. Besides, there are a ton of them on each sheet. It took a couple of tries to get it perfect on the REDDI. A tweezer did the trick!

 

[1958Bassman]

People have complained to manufacturers before about it. I remember Andy from Genz Benz discussing it once. He said something like, "When you play an outdoor gig or under really bright lights, you'll be glad we have a bright blue LED in there." Personally, I think bright red LED's work just as well. And what's wrong with other colors? My Barber Linden EQ has a green LED in homage to the Ampeg B-15's lightup plate. It's less intense but I can still see it in the daytime.

You could measure the brightness of a red and blue LED and the blue one will always look brighter because A) human eyes are more sensitive to those wavelengths and B) it's harder to focus on a blue light, which is the reason it usually looks like a star.

 

[themarshall]

My old Kustom 200 has a purple 'jewel' over a white bulb.... Don't see that too often...

My brother swapped the red jewel on his Deluxe Reverb RI with a green one we scavenged from a basket case Ampeg. We still joke about how much better the green one sounds.

On another note, I don't know if this is just an old EE tale, but I heard that blue led's were first used by Miller on their welders, and became kind of a design fad.

 

[chuck3]

hmm - have this photo of my Genz Benz STM 900, shows that blue LED burning bright -

 

[joe vegas]

These Behringer multi-FXs sound great, but the blue LEDs are like laser cutters.

After much R&D with my lab staff, we developed this "scotch tape and scrap of paper" concept.

 

[c2thej2theizzo]

I think this is a bit laughable since playing with lights in ur eyes is a part of being a musician but I guess in the studio all day it can get annoying. - anyways - You can buy frosting or glass paint at any hardware store. Its made specifically for light bulbs. - should work fine on mini LED bulbs.

 

[BurningSkies]

My brother swapped the red jewel on his Deluxe Reverb RI with a green one we scavenged from a basket case Ampeg. We still joke about how much better the green one sounds.

On another note, I don't know if this is just an old EE tale, but I heard that blue led's were first used by Miller on their welders, and became kind of a design fad.

AFAIKR, blue LED's took much longer to develop (along with some other colors), therefore the red ones were common and cheap and the blue ones were a novelty...which hasn't apparently worn off.

 

[hennessybass]

hmm - have this photo of my Genz Benz STM 900, shows that blue LED burning bright -

Dang. Look at the blue vs the red or yellow.

 

[Chef]

SCIENCE!!!!!!

This is easily three steps above what I would have recommended: Gaffer's Tape.

These Behringer multi-FXs sound great, but the blue LEDs are like laser cutters.

After much R&D with my lab staff, we developed this "scotch tape and scrap of paper" concept.

 

[BassKitty101]

Here is a good example of the blinding mute light on the ABM 500.

 

[JimmyM]

I think this is a bit laughable since playing with lights in ur eyes is a part of being a musician

Isn't so much me as the audience I'm concerned about.

 

[Jerry Ziarko]

Isn't so much me as the audience I'm concerned about.

Exactly! I've been told on more than one occasion, that the blue led's are distracting. Someone even asked me to turn it around because it bothered them so much.

 

[DriesG]

Take an old vinyl sticker (or some gaffa/scotch tape), preferably dark and thick. Take your perforator and make holes. Put those round mini stickers on the leds. Repeat if needed... I remember a post (not sure if it was on TB) about this like a year ago. Works perfect.

 

[badboyb]

I just bought a new bedside alarm clock, and the dang thing has the brightest blue light for the clock numbers.
It's so bright I have to completely cover it each night.
The whole room looks like a UFO is landing in it.
I understand the resentment.

 

[BassmanPaul]

If the blue LED is bothering you just use some nail varnish, colour of your choice, and paint some on the LED. QED

 

[beans-on-toast]

I find that a dab of nitrocellulose paint works well on LED's. Nail polish would work as well. I use black opaque paint to block it out, semi opaque will let some of the light through.

I see that Paul had the same suggestion.

 

[BurningSkies]

I used black nail polish on the ones in my IPR, and they're bright enough that they're still pretty killer after a few coats...it did knock it down a bit though.

 

[4-stringB]

I've got a PV IPR DSP. The green LEDs go real well with my green amp and green 15subs. nd if they are too bright in some cases, I'll set my beer in front of them...