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!

LA-2A proposed face engraving plan

It's almost time to send the LA-2A faceplate off for laser engraving, so it's time to make some final decisions.  Does the Wombat logo stay or go? How about the Leveling Amplifer text?  The power switch is currently not labeled, but could be. I'm tending to think it doesn't need it. Any other last minute tweaks required?

Update - here's another pass at it. I forgot the switch that bypasses the compression and allows the unit to be used just as a mic preamp: