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Backlighting and CRATE

1/7/2001 8:30 PM
Joe Gagan	Backlighting and CRATE Thanks, Richie, I appreciate the compliment. Of course I was inspired by the old Ampegs, that was such a nice design. Reminded me of a city skyline at night. Crate has a see through grille on their Blue Voodoo heads, but on their publicity photos I wondered if they augmented the tube glow with a little extra lighting. Hughes & Kettner marketing people also seem to exaggerate the glow of the tubes in their ads. Ours is actually going to have low voltage lights [colors] strategically placed in the inside. Hey,if we can't make it beautiful, why bother? So much other stuff [tolex, boring boxes] has already been done.

1/7/2001 8:30 PM

Joe Gagan

Backlighting and CRATE

Thanks, Richie,

I appreciate the compliment.

Of course I was inspired by the old Ampegs, that was such a nice design. Reminded me of a city skyline at night.

Crate has a see through grille on their Blue Voodoo heads, but on their publicity photos I wondered if they augmented the tube glow with a little extra lighting. Hughes & Kettner marketing people also seem to exaggerate the glow of the tubes in their ads.

Ours is actually going to have low voltage lights [colors] strategically placed in the inside. Hey,if we can't make it beautiful, why bother? So much other stuff [tolex, boring boxes] has already been done.

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Sean Weatherford Joe,The Hughes and ... -- 1/8/2001 2:53 AM
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PeterF Re: Backlighting and CRATE -- 1/8/2001 7:32 PM