For the CP, I'm planning to go full on 4 foot wide frankenpanel with 2 spinners and a trackball.
I'm NOT interested in LED lighting, trigger grips/flight sticks, 4 way controls, analog joysticks, 270 degree steering wheels or tons of admin buttons.
For the spinners and trackball, what do people like? I'm thinking of just getting Groovy Game Gear stuff. Usually, I like RandyT's products. I haven't tried any non-original arcade spinners (besides my own), though.
Speaking of 2 spinners and a trackball, I assume that they will play nice together, ie that I will have 2 mice in Windows that can be recognized and remapped by MAME and other emulators? In other words, how easy is it to setup a trackball interface as a first mouse and 2 spinners as a second mouse? Anyone who has experience or researched this topic, tell me what I should buy.
I'm also going back and forth on whether I should have graphics or a theme. It's a piece of furniture (media center with arcade cab shape), so I would think abstract art would be the way to go. I want to do a CP overlay just for the tactile benefit (much prefer the feel of vinyl as opposed to resting your palms on plexiglass or a painted surface) and being able to label buttons and sort the controls.