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Do you have a different bulb preferences across different generations of your games? For example, what is your go to GI bulb for an EM vs. Early solid state vs. a DMD/modern game? I'm curious what everyones "go to" bulb is for the backbox, inserts, and GI across different generations of games. Feel free to copy and paste the following and insert your LED bulb choices.
Modern DMD:
Backbox -
GI -
Inserts -
Early Solid State:
Backbox -
GI -
Inserts -
EM:
Backbox -
GI -
Inserts -
Quoted from OLDPINGUY:Modern DMD:
Backbox - Twin 2835 Frosted...whats in all new Sterns, although those are clear
GI -Twin 2835 Frosted, Op-Max when I want brighter.
Inserts - Twin 2835 Frosted
Early Solid State:
Backbox - 2 LED Clear or 1 SMD 5050 Frosted, when I want brighter
GI - 2 LED Clear or 1 SMD 5050 Frosted, when I want brighter
Inserts -2 LED Clear or 1 SMD 5050 Frosted, when I want brighter
EM:
Backbox - Retro 6mm Clear Warm White .....2 LED Frosted when I want brighter
GI - Retro 6mm Clear Warm White .....2 LED Frosted when I want brighter
Inserts -Retro 6mm Clear Warm White.....2 LED Frosted when I want brighter
I was hoping you would respond! Interesting that you put frosted in the inserts of modern DMDs. What is the reason for that? I see you prefer the look of all original in your EMs, I have a feeling that will be the popular opinion for that era.
Quoted from OLDPINGUY:Many Inserts in DMD games get frosted or scratched. Diffusing the bulb, helps hide those minor scratches.
Great info! I've never ever thought to try this, very cool.
Quoted from DaveH:I made the huge mistake of doing up my Eight Ball with all LEDs. It just didn't work for me. I finally just yanked them all about a week ago. Incandescents just look right in there. Some games just look a lot better with real lights.
Yeah, I totally respect that. Some games do, with the color scheme of Eight Ball, I think you are right about that one.
I'm surprised how many people use similar types of LEDs across multiple generations of games. Just the backbox alone I go to different styles of bulbs across all three era's. Early solid states with a mirrored backglass throw light differently than a translite and I find that it needs a little more power than the modern games. Where as I wouldn't even think to put colored bulbs in the backbox of an EM. So for me, its very specific to pinball generation. I'm surprised that's not the case for others.
This is all subject to change but for me, my current go to is as follows:
Modern DMD:
Backbox - Cointaker Super Premium Non-Ghosting (colored)
GI - Cointaker Super Premium Frosted (colored)
Inserts - Cointaker Super Premium Non-Ghosting (color matching inserts)
Early Solid State:
Backbox - Trying to figure this out currently
GI - Comet Sunlight
Inserts - Cointaker Premium (color matched to inserts)
EM:
Backbox - Cointaker Retros
GI - Cointaker Retros
Inserts - Cointaker Retros
Quoted from BrewersArcade:So I just finished upgrading my Getaway HSII pin to LED's using Comet's. I went with Natural while 2835 Frosted in the backglass. I thin using one color in the backglass gives a uniform look instead of trying to match colors behind the translite. I used clear lens sunshine bulbs (these are awesome) 2835's in my GI and color matched clear lens 2835's in my inserts. I think my machine came out really nice. I made a YouTube video showing the before and after. Let me know what you think!
» YouTube video
Great video! I wish more people posted pinball stuff more often on youtube. Very cool before and after. Straight cool white does look good in the backbox. Thanks for the detail on the LED choices!
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