Blue l.e.d.'s redux

[joeq]

something is definitely wrong. Your afterimage from a blue light should have you seeing yellow spots.

[lowfreq33]

Do you think the freuency response of my eyes is off? Perhaps I should contact the manufacturer?

BTW, solved it. Put a piece of adhesive backed white velcro over the l.e.d. Can still see the light, just not so blinding.

I'd be pissed if I had to do this with a piece of high end gear though.

[Rick Sutton]

Originally Posted by lowfreq33

I'd be pissed if I had to do this with a piece of high end gear though.

I've got a couple of high end pieces that sit right at eye level that I've had to put masking tape over the blue led's. I'd wager that 20+ years from now (if hardware is still used) that engineers will say "Musta been built right after the turn of the century if it has one of those damn blue led's. WTF were they smoking back then?".

[De chromium cob]

I like blue LEDs, but why do they have to be so friggin' bright? A company can design an amazing piece of gear, but they cant figure out how to make a blue LED less bright and obnoxious?

[Captain Rehab]

Originally Posted by lowfreq33

Do you think the freuency response of my eyes is off? Perhaps I should contact the manufacturer?

BTW, solved it. Put a piece of adhesive backed white velcro over the l.e.d. Can still see the light, just not so blinding.

I'd be pissed if I had to do this with a piece of high end gear though.

ROFL!!! I did the exact same thing!

[Improv]

two words:

black Sharpie

[bluestarbass]

With all the DIYers here why not just replace the LED's. Its probably the easiest mod ive ever done. I remeber someone posting something a while ago about how blue leds were much more damaging to your eyes or something. Not sure if thats true or not but from your story it sounds like it is.

[AndrewsLaneRec.]

i happen to love the Blue LED on my distressor's Nuke (200:1 ratio) setting... it's cute.

[SuperTorus]

Originally Posted by bluestarbass

With all the DIYers here why not just replace the LED's. Its probably the easiest mod ive ever done. I remeber someone posting something a while ago about how blue leds were much more damaging to your eyes or something. Not sure if thats true or not but from your story it sounds like it is.

Some of the violet LEDs cover a large part of the UV spectrum and can harm the eye.