I took Blue Dawn to the next level...

[PeteDuBaldo]

I modded my Soldano SLO-100! I was looking to do something a bit "out there" with my amp to visually compliment my guitars and LEDs were the answer I was looking for.

I performed some minorly invasive surgery on the Soldano, replacing the footswitch jack with a TRS setup, and taking power from a 6V source inside the chassis. I had to rewire the footswitch with a DPDT switch and TRS jack, and now the guts of the amp light up when I switch to the overdrive channel.

There is a total of 12 LEDs, with 3 behind each power tube. Of course I chose blue LEDs to go with my Blue Dawn obsession.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwxawtus"]YouTube - Soldano SLO 100 LEDs Blue Dawn[/ame]

Here's a pic with the first 4 LEDs installed, the vid has all of them hooked up.

And a BIG thanks goes out to beej for the electronic tips!

 

[francric]

That's cool Pete.....................

 

[Headstock]

That is sweet.

 

[petruccirocks02]

Pete, thats sick! I wish I could do something like that.

-Phil

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

For some reason youtube is giving me problems with the vid. I'll toss one up on my site for now.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwxawtus"]YouTube - Soldano SLO 100 LEDs Blue Dawn[/ame]



Somehow I always manage to forget to tune the guitar when I do these clips!

 

[phatduckk]

i love it dude!

 

[Headstock]

Cool demo

 

[mb99zz]

Very cool, Pete!

 

[JeffreyB]

Hey, you should have a show on MTV..."pimp my amp"
that's pretty cool....that would rock when I'm playing Brown Eyed Girl for the 18 billionth time

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Hey, you should have a show on MTV..."pimp my amp"
that's pretty cool....that would rock when I'm playing Brown Eyed Girl for the 18 billionth time

I've thought about using a fog machine just for while playing "smoke on the water"

 

[glockaxis]

I love it Pete!

+1 on your fog machine idea too!!

 

[DaPatrooch]

That is so cool! I think a few Peavey JSXs were made with something similar to that, and I thought it would be awesome if all of them were made that way. It's also really awesome that it only comes on when the Overdrive is turned on. I might just have to do a similar mod when I get a good amp!

 

[Josh O]

too cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Beth]

I like it...

 

[fogman]

does it come in pink?

 

[Jonny Dubai]

sweet mate...


J

 

[PugNinjas]

Outstanding, Pete......simply outstanding

 

[roburado]

Pete, that's bad-a$$!

 

[gibson5413]

Looks great Pete!

 

[lumberjack]

Pete, that is one nice piece of eye candy. I can't stop staring at it.