What's a Fella To Do About This?

[bowtie427ss]

No further explanation necessary.

 

[UncleBingo]

Use it anyways, or sell it if you can't get past it. Could you marry the beautiful girl with the hairy mole? : )

 

[avionic]

Not much..Find a parts unit front panel. Military required that you engraved your ID #/SSN on your equipment back in the day.

 

[bowtie427ss]

It's actually a city PD registration number. The saddest part is that it is otherwise an immaculate and untouched 5000X with it's original box packing and accessories. I mean there isn't a single scratch around the headphone jack or mic jacks or other face plate blemish.

I was really excited about finally getting a pristine 5000X. Maybe i'll stick a Band-aid on it.

 

[avionic]

You could always cover it up with silver vinyl tape. But that would probably look tackier that the engraving itself.

 

[UncleBingo]

It's actually a city PD registration number. The saddest part is that it is otherwise an immaculate and untouched 5000X with it's original box packing and accessories. I mean there isn't a single scratch around the headphone jack or mic jacks or other face plate blemish.

I was really excited about finally getting a pristine 5000X. Maybe i'll stick a Band-aid on it.

I'd bet you can find a clean faceplate if you look. I've seen 3 or 4 surprisingly clean Sansui's from this era in the past few years, and they weren't expensive at all.

 

[Blue Shadow]

http://www.frontpanelexpress.com/

Cut out a rectangle and install LED power indicator lamps across it. Have them move if you like KITT.

A replacement from the wild seems to be the best option if it must be a super nice unit to match the extras.

 

[teal'c]

Don't be complaining she had a life before you. So she's got an old flame's name tattooed across her chest, she's with you now. Tattoo your name on her somewhere for the next guy to suffer over.

 

[bowtie427ss]

I'm thinking that'd be a good place to put a little engraved placard crediting whichever of you fine fellas wants to do a full re-hab on it for me.

 

[bluestime]

I sanded out this SSN with 120 grit, sanding with the grain. it certainly looks better than it did.

 

[Redikilowatt]

A few scratches and dings add character but don't affect performance. Well my wife may not back me up on that
My truck got a cracked windshield in 2005 and I won't replace it until the state makes me. It adds character
Maybe I should start wearing an eye patch

Actually, I'm sorry about the face plate. My dad did that to a lot of his stuff in the 80s

 

[quiet]

Patiently wait for another face plate then pounce on you prey when it happens along.

 

[Bob]

or have someone engrave a special sansui plate to cover the scratching. fool the flippers
with Stage 2, or custom engineering, or 50th anniversary model, or do
any of the above singularly or in combination in Japanese Katakana.

 

[Mr Creosote]

Or leave it be.. Its part of the history of the unit.

 

[bimasta]

My biggest beef with these disfigurations is they're always scratched by hand; it's not hard, or very expensive, to have it engraved professionally — if you must. At least this guy was fairly neat, probably got a B+ for Penmanship in 5th Grade.

I never knew that about the military, Avionic... but not surprised.

 

[Lavane]

Having a badge engraved by a trophy shop are good suggestions mentioned above. Or have a new one made at Front Panel Express, any color you want!

 

[BigElCat]

Black electric tape, one strip of it, wrapped around to go behind the face plate to keep it on.

 

[62vauxhall]

Take the face plate to a machine shop and have them lathe out a strip where the engraving is.

I did likewise with a Pioneer cassette deck for a not unattractive outcome.

 

[awillia6]

Mill out (lathes are for turning parts).

 

[Superampman]

Which girl?