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Author Message moonliner Junior Username: moonliner Post Number: 48 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 1:41 am:    I'll be starting a new Alembic project soon and one of the things I know I want for sure are side LED's. I have a short scale Alembic that was built for me many years ago with red LED's, but for this project I'm thinking earthy green. The wood colors will be something like Phil's Godfather, and I'm pretty sure it will have gold hardware... hopefully the green with diffusers (and a dimmer knob) will look nice and fitting. I'm curious if anyone has experience with the green LED's. I want an organic type of look, but not glaring. Any thoughts? stout71 Member Username: stout71 Post Number: 78 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 7:32 am:    My custom will have green LED's. I don't have it yet, but hopefully by Christmas!! lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5230 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 8:15 am:    I prefer red LEDs because they don't have any effect on night vision. Bill, tgo 5a_quilt_top Junior Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 21 Registered: 6-2012 Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 10:54 am:    No experience with green. I have red only on the Spyder and red and amber (12th/24th) on the Stanley Clarke. The red is pretty potent, the amber a little more subdued. I like the red/amber combination on the SC, it makes low-light neck navigation easy. You might want to consider a combination of colors. As long as we're asking about other colors for LED's, I'd like to know if anyone has tried purple - ? stout71 Member Username: stout71 Post Number: 79 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 10:57 am:    I wanted purple at the 12th and 24th fret on my in-progress custom, but was told I couldn't have them because the voltages were different (green & purple), so I got amber at the 12th and 24th instead. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3151 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 1:47 am:    Am I missing something here, wouldn't it be simpler to find a supplier that uses white LED's but in different coloured casings. That way you wouldn't have technical issues regarding the provision of different voltages for different types of coloured LED's just one voltage and access to a variety of different coloured casings. jazzyvee (Message edited by jazzyvee on September 20, 2012) mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 829 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 5:19 am:    As far as I know (not much, really) the white LED is more expensive and the color is determined by the semiconductor element in it.