we all love vu meters... newer diy folks made to acrylic towers...nice n easy to make at many places

suppose you dont have interest to spend on acrylic..lets do some lower cost build

Step 1: The Bottle..yes Our Tower

water bottle with sectioned grip you will get every where,cut off v shaped neck..

this little work ..lets go next

Step 2: Circular Cardboard Stack

put opaqueue circles joint as shown in to cut bottle..

wah we have a tower

use npn pnp circuit from net to drive leds,mount in the bottle tower as one or 3 led between circular card board

close the top of bottle with nice material,our vu tower ready