x0xb0x Panel Overlays
[This is a cross-post from here in the ladyada.net Forums, redone in HTML instead of BBCode.]
Well, that should whet people’s appetites.
That photo above means that I’ve received the panels from MaverickLabels.com. There are both good and bad things about this…
First, the good:
– The panels look excellent. The colors are exactly what I wanted, and the print quality is outstanding.
– Everything appears to align nicely to my x0xb0x panel.
Now, the bad:
– See the image above? See how it is missing the lines from the bank indicator switch through hole to the numbers? They aren’t right.
This means that I’m not going to sell / ship them yet… MaverickLabels.com is closed until Monday, at which time I’ll be calling them and seeing what they will do to sort out the problem. I find it interesting that these lines are missing, as the digital proof which MaverickLabel.com sent has them in there.
I am hoping that they will sort out the problem and get corrected labels shipped to me quickly.
In the mean time, here’s a few more photos involving the finishing of my x0xb0x and the panel overlays:
– High res scan of one of the panel overlays I received tonight to show the detail of the printing and the error. (Please note that the colors aren’t accurate, and the sparkly appearance is because of the texture of the Lexan.)
– Stack of all 12 panels, not long after they were removed from the shipping package.
– The original proof sent by MaverickLabels.com.
– Glare-filled comparison of an x0xb0x panel overlay (with error) and the original x0xb0x panel.
– A smaller version of the scan of the panel, with the missing lines pointed out. This was made so I could send it to MaverickLabels.com.
So, that’s that. Everything is on hold until Monday when I can talk to the Customer Care people and see what they are going to do to sort out the problem. I don’t see a problem with things getting sorted out, especially if they are willing to put a guarantee like this on their site. But, we’ll see…
Per usual, I’ll keep posting updates here.
-Steve
*whet
Oh, thank you. As in, to sharpen or enhance, eh?
Hmm, I had really thought it was ‘wet’ as in… Make someone’s mouth water, etc.
I’ll fix it now.
Looks great, aside from the missing tick marks. Shame about that. Hopefully they’ll make it all right…
Thank you. :) I really hope they take care of it… Although, I think they should.
Also, since you know about these things, how do you think it would look if all the buttons (except the ones on the black and white keys, obviously) were red, these were used for the main selector knobs (bank and mode), and these are used on all other knobs?
I’ve got some of the smaller knobs here (for the PAiA FatMan rebuild), and set up along with the red buttons it seems to look pretty good tonight.
I’ll have to take another look once the sun comes up and I’ve slept, but for now it looks workable. I just… Don’t… Quite… Like…. The stock knobs. It also doesn’t seem like it’d be too much red.
What do you think?
Might be a little too matchy. I wouldn’t do it, if only because I find red on black to be difficult on the eyes, and think it should be used sparingly. But clearly it’s a scheme you’re fond of. If you don’t think it would be too matchy, I’d say go for it, the selector knobs especially would look cool. Maybe just try those and see how it looks?
Yeah, that’s not a bad idea. I just need to piece together enough of an order to make Jameco worth it. There’s always stuff I can use, though… Hell, I don’t even have a breadboard yet.
I’m… just not sure about the colors. Without the red buttons, though, they are really a bit hard to see in a dark room. Hmm… Just… Not… Sure…