Added a light– and stripped off the tolex…

Instead of a pilot light, I decided to put an LED in. It’s blue!

I took my extra 6 volt leads and put them to use. The LED although it’s huge doesn’t handle AC current very well, so I put another diode running across the leads to handle the other end of the AC, attached a 100 ohm resistor to the negative lead, and then connected my 6 volt leads. Voila! Blue light!

Also– shortly afterward– I stripped off all the ugly black tolex. Lots of the wood is painted black, and it certainly looks ugly right now.
I decided I wanted to make the amp more vintage looking– so I’m on a hunt for some white marine vinyl or automotive vinyl– looks like I can get some used stuff for free at the local upholstery place. We’ll see about that later, though…