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Posted by lscolman on 08-05-2009 00:19

Hi, I'm picking my Kingbass up next week with front LED's only. Reading various posts, some people believe the LED's to be far too bright. I was wondering if anyone had fitted a resistor in-line to limit the brightness or even a variable reistor to adjust the brightness? Cheers, Lee

Posted by lscolman on 08-05-2009 01:12

Hi, Was that factory fitted by Rob when it was originally built or some dabbling by yourself? Where is the rotary switch fitted? Cheers, Lee

Posted by stenobass on 08-05-2009 01:20

Normally Rob already fitts a resistor in-line, but you could ask him to use a higher resistance value to dim the led brightness. I think he uses resistors with 3 values; min. 33 - 41 - max. 47.

Posted by Silent Fly on 08-05-2009 02:39

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G-77 wrote: the LED mod was orderd by the original owner of the Bass ( SilenFly ) the switch is next to the jack socket ..img...

To clarify, the LED control circuit wasn't ordered by me. I designed/built the circuit and I send it to Rob when I ordered the bass. SF

Posted by lscolman on 08-05-2009 02:44

Hi Silent, Do you still have the design diagram, and if so are you prepared to send me a copy? It's a second hand Kingbass that I'm picking up on Wednesday, but wondered if I could incorporate the electronics in the rear patch bay. Cheers, Lee

Posted by paul clifton on 08-05-2009 03:51

I had a rotary dial on my Alembic that dimmed the leds in a linear way. That was resistor based and was a $50 option (cheap for Alembic, so it must be easy)

Posted by Danny on 08-05-2009 06:13

Rob does offer it as an option (price unknown). He just adds a 4th knob in line with the 302 board. It's kind of a rheostat rotary. I think it would be worth having, had I known, I possibly would have had it but I only have wraps and I don't think they are as bright to be honest.

Posted by Silent Fly on 08-05-2009 07:49

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lscolman wrote: Hi Silent, Do you still have the design diagram, and if so are you prepared to send me a copy? It's a second hand Kingbass that I'm picking up on Wednesday, but wondered if I could incorporate the electronics in the rear patch bay. Cheers, Lee

Ok this is the schematics:

Edited by Silent Fly on 08-05-2009 07:52

Posted by Silent Fly on 08-05-2009 07:55

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This is the switch itself with the adaptor I had to make to allow the usage of the standard Status knob. This switch requires a hole the same diameter of the standard Status switch. In other words, it is possible to swap the original Status switch with this without any modification to the bass. As far as I can remember, I bought the switch from Farnell-UK. I am not sure but I think the switch I used is no longer available. However, I search the catalogue and it looks like there is another switch (Farnell code 1524324) that looks the same size but it is a double-pole switch. With a double-pole switch, the 2 diodes are no longer necessary and it is possible to set the half-brightness intensity to different levels for front/side.

Edited by Silent Fly on 08-05-2009 08:21

Posted by lscolman on 08-05-2009 08:45

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Hi Silent, That is some very nice design work. I'll need to see how much room is in the hollowed out area in the Kingbass. I think the best plan for me would be a screw head on the surface of the plastic plate, which could be adjusted. There was something similar to this in the back of my old Hohner bass which was used to adjust the preamp. Thanks for the diagrams. Much appreciated. Cheers, Lee

Posted by strattybass on 08-05-2009 10:43

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stenobass wrote: Normally Rob already fitts a resistor in-line, but you could ask him to use a higher resistance value to dim the led brightness. I think he uses resistors with 3 values; min. 33 - 41 - max. 47.

hi thats what i had done on my bb today .