you can snip off smd LEDs pretty easily if you have a set of flush cutters. I really like the knipex ones, they're high quality, truly flush, and very durable

you can snip off smd LEDs pretty easily if you have a set of flush cutters. I really like the knipex ones, they're high quality, truly flush, and very durable (this is just a random picture of them) https://cdn.bueromarkt-ag.de/product/1eb892022d09365e7dd2c7bb2ad92e12e43bafe0-seitenschneider_knipex_78_61_125_electronic_super.jpg https://cdn.bueromarkt-ag.de/product/1eb892022d09365e7dd2c7b... PS: foone knows what a chip on board is, right? I'm assuming they just used weird phrasing, but the fact that they called it a "blobbed over IC" kind of threw me off