Hmm.. no, first off, that wasn't me, that was Hugo.

Second, if you wanted to do that, it'd be a bit more tricky. The displays I'm working with only support "ON" and "OFF" bits - no greyscale.
If you want to take the whole front off of the empeg, you could do it - but it would require more than 10 pins.

(Why? because you have the data bus for the VFD, the button controls, the two IRs, the standby LED, and the button LEDS. (Even if you don't have them, the control lines are still there for them.. You may be able to pick nd choose which bus lines you use, but it'd be tricky, I think. Add to that the fact that the data lines for the front display may not be strong enough to run the length from the trunk to the cockpit. )

Edit: Thinking about it, it *MAY* be possible to put a IR reciever up there with the display, but I'm not sure how to convert the signals from the IR to serial communication. Since the return line on the serial cable isn't really used..)

Me.