Difficulties seeing the side dots on the neck on a dark or dim stage

scottp

scottp

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Hey guys, do you have any suggestions for seeing the side dots on a dark/dim stage?

Thanks.
 
Glow-in-the-dark tape, I keep a small roll in my bag for just these scenarios. I tear/cut off a very small piece @ 1/8" square and place next to the fret markers. I charge the 'dots' with my phone's flashlight a few minutes before we start the set.
 
I used a small (thin) drill bit to create a divot where each side dot is on my EVH Wolfgang w/roasted maple neck. Then I filled that divot with a mixture of phosphorescent powder mixed into clear nail polish. As above, I can charge the inlays w/a flashlight/phone, but stage lights also work to charge them.
 
Lumilay,
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or you can make your own with luminous Fimo.

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There are sellers on Etsy that make glowing fretboard and side dot markers.

Or, tell the lighting person to keep the spotlight on you.
 
I had a Suhr Modern with a Roasted neck and board that had black side dots, never mind low light in bright lite they were hard to see.
 
I have Luminlays on a couple and they don't work well if they have not been in strong light just before you need them. I agree about abalone .
I have luminlays on a Strandberg with a roasted birdseye maple fingerboard and you can hardly see them in the day . Partly terrible positioning in playing eye view.
 
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