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Permalink Reply by Bama Hound on November 21, 2013 at 6:30am

I can only tell by the picture, it looks to be a ribbon cable with led lights in it. I really can't tell. If so, rip a groove in the neck and glue cable into it. One problem is going to be the lights are 12 volt stuff and all the CBG electronics are 9v. Sorry I am not much help.

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Permalink Reply by Brandon Barnard on November 21, 2013 at 6:56am

Yeah, you can cut it into sets of 3 leds and solder on wires for power.  I don't mind having to supply a seperate 12v source, but still would like the jack to operate as the on/off switch. I think that introducing any current into the amp from the guitar would distort the noise.

 

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Permalink Reply by Gene Robinson on November 21, 2013 at 6:03pm

One of my first gits was Monte Cristobal and with the parrot and all the colors I couldn't resist putting LED's under each fret marker.  You can get lower voltage LEDs but I don't know if there is any amp out there that puts out enough voltage to run a string of even low voltage one.  Mine used a separate switch and had two AAA batteries in a holder inside the box.  I did buy a color organ so that the next one would flicker to the music but just haven't gotten round to that one yet. 

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Permalink Reply by Brandon Barnard on November 22, 2013 at 2:37am

So it is pretty much agreed that there has to be a seperate supply for the power. In terms of the color organ, I found this. I'm going to take it out the box to lighten it, then throw on a 3 cell LIPO from the hobby store to power the getup.

They have tshirts that light up to sound with a ton of designs. But I think they are only bright enough to see in a dark room or at night.  dark = hard to play  :(

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