Installing side dot markers

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If you dont want to use ink permanent or otherwise, you could use a wax pencils. A set of different colors is not expensive. Easy to clean and they will not rub off very fast.

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I do have a set, but not sure they go small enough - weā€™ll see when I do a trial run.

I think Iā€™m sold on luminous markers now, but cool idea.

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The markers arrived today, and I did a quick test install in a scrap of oak (donā€™t have any maple lying around). The install is straightforward, but Iā€™m having second thoughts about the luminous thing. The dots are small and there really isnā€™t much material to maintain luminosity for more than a few minutes. Coupled with that the dots are single sided - one side luminous and the other is white - the white side is significantly brighter than the luminous side once the ā€˜chargeā€™ has worn off, and also brighter than the original wooden dots fitted.
So Iā€™m currently considering installing the markers ā€˜backwardsā€™ - no ā€˜glow in the darkā€™, but hopefully better than the current set up.

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Hey @mathsjunky Check these guys out.

Edit: You do have to charge these. Uhg. Sorry. I got excited

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Tippex! :grinning_face_with_big_eyes:

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I was just about to write to you about luminosity when I saw your post.

When I built my partscaster Strat, the neck came with luminous fretboard markers (circles). They lose luminosity rapidly. When I think they would work is on a stage with one of those low power Uv lights like they sometimes have in clubs and at concerts. Then they would probably really fluoresce. But like a lot of luminous watches, the luminosity fades quite rapidly without a light source.

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I had the option to get luminlay dots for the Warmoth neck Iā€™m using on my electric guitar build. I chose not to since it did look like they were a little harder to see at other times. I got white to contrast with the dark fretboard wood.

the white side marker dots on my Taylor and the black ones (on white binding) on my Epiphone have been good to me and I havenā€™t felt the need to change them. The Taylor ones arenā€™t a really bright white, though. Theyā€™re almost gray, but they at least have decent contrast with the dark fretboard wood.

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Love that word, Paul, good name for a band, please welcome on stage the Luminosityā€™s :+1:

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