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Consider this: I'm doing 2U high "minor modules" on bottom
(Moog IIIc look)
instead of 3U high, that way I can just buy a 5U x 2U blank
MOTM panel and
turn it on its side. You could buy 3U wide panels from Paul
and do the same.
You may end up cutting one short at the end if it doesn't
come out a whole
multiple of your cab width.



I bought a truckload of 3u high blanks already, so I'm
pretty committed to that form factor. I like the ratio between the 3/5-it
looks to my eye much closer to the Moog look. It also allows me to place a
decent number jacks and knobs while still keeping to the MOTM "grid."

I realize that 13u high is unlucky.

It doesn't do me any good to use the pre-painted faceplates
since I can't screen on them-I'm ink jet printing my panels onto photo
paper, laminating them onto the aluminum, drilling the holes, and then
sealing the whole thing in a million coats of polyurethane. It sounds like a
nightmare, but it actually comes out better than it sounds. After trying all
sorts of things for my Theremin faceplate, I tried that out of desperation
and it came out really decent.