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Pimp my Midi Controller
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:24 am
by Patch
Last night I saw the legend of Hip-Hop in the UK that is Tim Westwood on Pimp My Ride - they put a wood effect shrink (w)rap(
) onto some alloy wheels.
This got me thinking...
Could this same shrink wrap be used to cover a midi controller? I'd love a wood effect/chrome effect/marble effect UC-33e.
Should be easy, right? Just take off the faceplate of the UC-33e and lay the shrink wrap over the top and go to town with a hair dryer. Then just cut out the holes/slots for the faders and knobs with a craft/stanley knife.
What d'you think?
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:33 am
by 8O
Interesting - I'd be up for doing that too! But is the UC-33e case a faceplate? I thought it's more of a full case and if you take it off you'll be looking at the gubbins underneath...? In which case, build a 3-d case yourself, or stick a self-adhesive vinyl sheet over the existing plastic - wood effect or marble effect. Latter option would be way easier and might actually look ok (at least in the low light of a club)
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:37 am
by chrisedmo
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:40 am
by Patch
The UC-33e is a case - put the insides can be removed (see Uc-33 Paint Mod
HERE)
Stick back plastic won't go round the corners or the edges of the controller...
(Also - this is not Blue Peter!
)
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:04 pm
by logic_user99
[quote="Patch"]The UC-33e is a case - put the insides can be removed (see Uc-33 Paint Mod
HERE)
Stick back plastic won't go round the corners or the edges of the controller...
(Also - this is not Blue Peter! )[/quote]
Can't be Blue Peter; we've no use for PVA glue and a washing-up liquid bottle!
That Axiom is SWEET, too. I might have to 'pimp' my Oxygen 8 with with something similar. Maybe a nice red felt velour...
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:25 pm
by Baron von Case
You can get contact paper at Home Depot or Lowes or related places. Some craft stores carry it too, I think. That's what they've used on the Axiom above (though I think it clashes a bit aesthetically).
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:35 pm
by john doe by choice
that looks like my grandfathers basement
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:52 pm
by Patch
I can see my DR-202 getting a pasting when I get home...
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:37 pm
by starving student
where were you guys in my vintage controller look thread, i think the axiom looks funky, I want to do that to an mpc 500/ 1000
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:17 pm
by 8O
You guys are my inspiration!
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:30 pm
by Patch
Sch-weet!
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:33 pm
by Geebag
so gonna do this. I fucking hate my CME UF5 controller anyway. gonna spay and bling the fuck out of it!
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:52 pm
by hangar17
8O wrote:You guys are my inspiration!
sweet!
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:56 am
by logic_user99
That UC is tasty beans. Where can I gets me some of that wood-effect laminate?!
*runs off to dismantle Oxygen 8*
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:27 pm
by kaffein
This would look so tacky on a BCR2000...
I may do just that when I get mine.
