[sdiy] ARP Axxe front panel ready

[Bob Weigel]

Wow that looks awesome!  I haven't done the glow in the dark one yet but 
the stock looking one is just fabulous.  I couldn't have imagined any 
better quality.  It's on a unit and ready to go.

I'm pretty sure the fading is really a result of the bad FOAM episode.  
I got a case that has the foam out of it with that one.  My other one 
probably suffered similar problems. I talked to another tech who had one 
with the same issue.  These panels are just the right thickness to make 
it so  you don't rub the slider caps at the bottom.  Any thicker and 
there would be trouble there.  The switch and trim cover popped right 
in.  I had to narrow it a hair though. (.02 or so on each end) because 
the one I precisely measured (the one slated for a glow in the dark one) 
is that much wider.  Great.  So ...what would you guys do? Have them 
manufactured too wide and let people trime them as needed on a sander 
(and potentially screw up the 100 or whatever dollar panel?) or pre cut 
them and let there be a .020 gap on each side on some units?   Who knows 
they might even vary more than that since we've only tried it on a 
couple here so far. -Bob