LA-2A faceplate - test fitting the knobs

Exciting! I got the face plate back from the engraver this afternoon, and had a chance to see how it's going to look with the brushed aluminum 1.25" knobs (Mouser has the material incorrectly labeled as plastic online, but the paper catalog has it right) and the black anodized rack handles I'm using.  Of course, I had to take a couple more snapshots:

LA-2A faceplate - some first snapshots

The faceplate is engraved, and it's looking good!

It hasn't arrived back here yet, but here's a few snapshots from the engraver that give a pretty good idea of how it turned out.

Full plate:

 Black Iris logo:

Right hand side:

Now imagine this with some nice brushed aluminum knobs and a glowing backlit VU.

A big thank you to Mason!