Rick, you mean the tbordered areas? If so, that wouldn't fit with the effect I'm trying to create. In typical rack mounted amps/effects, the main face is a brushed aluminum and any panels with controls on them (with the expection of LED windows) are flat black and mounted to the main face from behind. If you look REAL close, turn your monitors brightness all the way up, or view it at night, you'll see that the tborder bg is really a flat black tiles with a faint diagonal glare highlight. Typical of PAR can light relections while on stage. Most everything is there for a reason, except the header. I do appreciate the comment though, I just wanted to explain WHY I used black.
KT, Thanks, that's what I was going for. It was original, pleasing and worked well with both the topic and the vB templates.