I think we finally have some finished prototypes. The amber, blue, red, and smoke appear to be just right. The green is still a bit too yellow, so that will come later this week. Every thing fits now, as soon as we get the final price tomorrow, we'll place an order and hopefully have some to sell by the end of the week. I'll post pictures later.

Stu

Excellent!

Me too!!!



Edit: Bah, humbug - I thought it was transparent!

Here's a picture with everything but red. Blue is just like Brian's now as is amber and red. I'm not sure about smoke, but I think it's close as well. The knob diffuses a bit better than Brian's while the buttons are about the same. Green is still being tweaked. Anyway, here are the production pieces. The picture looks a little blue, and over exposed. Everything looks much better in person.
Smoke is the knob. The top and right button are blue. The left button is the current green and the bottom button is amber. Enjoy!

Stu

excellent! where is the order page?

We'll take orders via e-mail starting on Friday. The website will take a while as we'll have to take lots of pretty pictures.

Stu

How much are we talking? Slap me if I've missed that somewhere.

Around $40/set.

Stu

I think the green looks great as is! Very Nice!

WOOT, can't wait to see my precious with blue and red buttons.
Me too I want some me too me too.

Posting a me too like some brain-dead AOLer...

Hmm.. anyone recommend some kinda diffuser for the buttons? I LOVE the blue, will probably order a FEW sets, but to go with my Mini's Interior, I need the light a little more diffused.. (Mind you, not that I'm COMPLAINING... I'll order them ANYWAYS..)

Me.

Nice work stu! What are the backs of the buttons like? I snagged a set of brian buttons at the amersfoort meet and I find I have to be careful not to push them too hard. The buttons push the leds into the switch leaving it stuck on. I then have to remove the facia and give the led a wiggle to free it off the switch.

Looks great!!

Now I only have to get the "Empeg Illumination Kit"....
*5 min later*
Done.... :-)
Now, Red or blue, red or blue... Hrm... :-)

/Fredrik

Damn... I should have bought it from you also, didnt realize that you sold the ledkit also.
I could have saved little from the shipping costs.. :-(
Well well...

/Fredrik

Thanks guys. I believe there's a little more clearance back there than what Brian's have (at least the set we have). I don't think it will be a problem with our buttons.

Stu

I have not had this problem with any of the multitudes of Brian-Button installs. Perhaps the LEDs are not installed exactly right?

Cheers

I think it was an issue with early buttons that Brian soon corrected.

Yeah, i got one of Brian's first sets, and i had to drill out the backs of the buttons a bit to make them work. But he corrected this with later sets.

Another option is to dremel down the tops of the LEDs. There is a lot of curved plastic at the tops of the LEDs that isn't necessary. I just ground the tops off of my LEDs. Mostly for the additional diffusion, but it also helped buttons fit a touch better.

Very nice. My player is already enroute to Stu to get the glow, so I'm psyched!

I wonder about the green (as I have, annoyingly, all along). Stu, could you take a pic of my player with the current green buttons on it (when you finish the light install, of course)? Then, maybe take a pic of it with the new green buttons, if you have them on hand?

I ask because if the "old" greens seem to match better, I'd offer to buy the old set from you. And if the "new" greens seem better, I'd probably snatch up two sets!

If I'm way overstepping my bounds with these requests / questions, I'm sorry. Just slap me (but be nice to my empeg). Thanks again

Just slap me (but be nice to my empeg)

LOL. That's classic..

I can't wait for the buttons - just did the button and knob LED install on Monday evening. Top kit, nice and easy to do...well, once I had adjusted my eyes to see the exceedingly teeny components

I did come out of it with a slightly sore neck, but it was well worth it.

Now I just need buttons, so I'm there as soon as payday comes around!

I suppose it's a bit late for this reminder, but the colour that matters, is the matching between the buttons and lens when BOTH are installed and illuminated. Not when the lens is viewed separately.. the lens colour "changes" on the player because the player does not emit white light.

Cheers

Fully aware of that. We don't have the lenses here for photography, so it's rather moot. The blue is the same as Brian's blue as is the red and I believe the amber as well.

Stu

Hello Stu,

I must have a set of the red buttons. :-)

bye

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We'll take orders via e-mail starting on Friday

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So, I can't help noticing that it is now Saturday (at least on this side of the pond). Are you ready for the deluge of orders? Would I be able to add an IDE cable to my order as well? Can I, huh? Can I?

Me too! Me too!!

The first order has not arrived yet; it's late. Once it's here, we still need to take pictures before we'll sell it on the site. This all takes time. But, sure you can add an IDE cable to your order.

For anyone that wants to reserve a set of buttons and knobs, please e-mail "buttons.at.eutronix.com" with the model of Empeg you have and the color set you desire. We ordered 10 blue, 10 red, 5 amber, and 5 smoke. Green is still being tweaked.

Stu

YHM!

Then my mail is on it's way. Apolgies for my eagerness but I'm away on a course next week and didn't want to miss out on the first batch.