Ryder Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Yo... anny one have a good idea HOW to make the fret-dots like lights? i got an crappy ibanez rx and would like try to maki it annyone got anny experience doing this? or anny tipps? what drill,plastic,light-diods etc... thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Try a search of the forum, There was a discussion about this a while back. I'm not sure there was an easy way though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder Posted September 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Try a search of the forum, There was a discussion about this a while back. I'm not sure there was an easy way though woho... that was a fast reply... yeah i did a search and found "nada" so i ask again.. annyone got some tips/hits doing this? what could go wrong etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Here ya go bro this thread and a longer discussion with more details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 a link to a discusuion that has another link to another discussion cause it was already talked about.. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder Posted September 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 hey Brian! thanx for the links... but hmm... How the HELL do i remove the fretboard?? its glued on right?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 funny thing is i actually remember that first thread about them waaaaay back when to get the fingerboard off safely and in one peice follow brians tutorial... err woopse, kevan's... here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 actually, we never really takled about the fiber optics side of the whole discussion, anyone care to shed some light one that *cough* brian *cough* sounds like they might be a bit easier to do ??? i'd like to give it a try on one or 2 of the necks i have to make soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 We never tackled it because nobody here has done it yet Seems easy enough though with a couple of contacts at the heal (for the juice from the battery in the electronics cavity) and a fair amount of precision routing on the body I'm sure it can be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 ok, what do i need? i'll give'er a go, i thought you had already tried it, sorry to nag biran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder Posted September 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 okay uhhm.... the FretboardRemoval-Tutorial... is it safe?? doesnt the wood swell?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 Nah, I just followd the fretboard removal tut last week to take the f'board off of an old bass of mine. It was easy cheezy. The only thing to keep in mind is that its a SLOW process. It took me about 2 hours to get mine off. Its boreing as all getout. Go really slow or you'll destroy the wood. One frett at a time. Installing LED's in the board sounds easy in theory. Just rout out channels for the wire, and drill holes for the LED's, and top them off with clear epoxy. Of course, if something comes disconnected, or a LED burns out (can that even happen?) you gotta take the whole thing back apart. A potential pain in the arse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 Led's can burn out if not properly hooked up to a resistor to limit current. If you hook the LED right to a battery and just let is sit, it will burn, and release alot of smoke, and can possibly start a fire. I haven't heard of Led's burning out when wired properly but I have seen on some of the LED flashlights a lifespan listed , so maybe? I burnt an LED recently just to see what would happen, and it was intresting to see the plastic bubble out but I stopped it when the smoke started pouring out. The biggist problem I see with LED's is that they are not usually very short and might poke out on thin fingerboards. William Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 I'd say you could mount them deeper into the neck, but the truss rod is in the way. Maybe the way to go would be to get smaller LED's, mount them horizontally, and fill the f'board inlay dots with a "cloudy epoxy substance" that would glow, rather than just have the raw LED shining. Eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 That's what I was thinking....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scot88 Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 who is that in the picture btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 still trying to figure out what i need for doing it a-la fiberoptics.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 Looks like the bass player from Limp Bizkit. If not, that guy has frett lights too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saber Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 I'm not too sure about the effectiveness of fiber optics. I don't think they like bending at sharp angles, and you can't avoid making sharp 90deg turns under the fretboard at each fret marker. I may be wrong though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Yea, your right about the bending thing. I recall a video in my physics class where the presenter put a laser through a larger cable and you could see the light bending in the cable. It was really kind of cool to see the light reflect off the inside edges of the cable. Fiber cable is solid, but the light reflects off the inside edges. The purpose of the video was to show that if you bend the cable too much, the light doesn't reflect off the inside of the cable. It seems to me, that if you used fiber, you'd have to have an individual cable for each inlay. Then cap the inlay's with a semi-opaqe cover. Kind of like those tiny christmas trees with the pastic things that changes color over time. William Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 hmm....... i seem to remember looking at this stuff when i was job shadowing at a hospital technichian shop... someone had steped on the cable... and it was like 600$ for a new one... hmm meh.... i duno... if you offset the dots on the neck like on some ibanez models you wouldn't have to worry to much about how deep they are... well to a certain extent... lol get it? extent... into the neck? HAHAHa!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saber Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 You might be better off using LEDs like these guys: http://simscustom.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratDudeDan Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 just so you know, Warwick Basses/Framus Guitars is the company that puts LED's into their fretboards as a custom option. it cost an addition $350. my guess, since it's LED and they have a separate battery pack at the base of the neck with a switch, is that they built electronics and just routed it through the truss rod hole, then cut a hole in the fingerboard and stuck the little glowing nobules in there. probably used some type of clear putty or poly-coat in order to smooth them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratDudeDan Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 btw, that's the bassist from Limp Bizkit. i don't recall his name off the top of my head, but the bass drum head in the background gave it away (a beautiful orange county drums and percrussion set with three vents instead of two). that was for whoever was wonderring. and he's playing a Warwick Streamer 5-string. possibly a Stage-I or Stage-II, which are just better versions of the Streamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratDudeDan Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Sam Rivers is his name. that bugged me when i didn't remember it, so i looked it up. Sam Rivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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