Radio shack now has SMD LEDs

[haveyouseenhim]

Yay. A step in the right direction.   I picked up a few to play with and they aren't super bright, but I'm sure they'd do fine as clipping diodes.

[pickdropper]

What CLR were you using?  Some of those SMT LEDs don't take need all that mich in the way of resistance to know down the brightness.

[haveyouseenhim]

1K

[pickdropper]

I would try them with 470 and see if they work for you then.

[haveyouseenhim]

Still not very bright. I don't think the brightness rating is very high on the package    mcd?   I think it said 20 mcd. Compared to the 2000 mcd ultra brights.