cant see where on the guitar you are

hey, my dad is a guitar player, on many stages he cant see where on the fretboard he is, he has a strat that has black dots on the side, but he cant see them, is there a company that makes a product that could be reflective off the lighting or something like that, like fingernail polish or something, what should he do, note, that he is a 30 year professional, so its not like hes a noob who cant tell where the frets are

[Mental Octopus]

although i think it's pricey, he can get sims LEDs installed. not really sure how it works maybe someone else will chime in.

[MyUsernameHere]

^That or he could find luminescent tape and put little pieces of it over the side markers.

[tplyons]

I used to put electrical tape on the back of my necks where the markers were. Your thumb can feel where the frets are, but can still slide around plenty.

[yellofury]

https://fretfx.com/ prob the cheapest and easiest way

[bassninja7]

they have a product that clips to your nut (or around there) and shines down (or up lol) the fretboard!!!

and please spare me the chidish jokes about 'your nut'

[Rano Bass]

Originally Posted by yellofury

https://fretfx.com/ prob the cheapest and easiest way

That's a very good option!

[spade2you]

I've used MOP and abalone dots on all of my basses. Even under low light conditions, both have a nice degree of reflection.

[Son of Magni]

Originally Posted by yellofury

https://fretfx.com/ prob the cheapest and easiest way

Yup, that's the first thing I thought of...

[nsmar4211]

Had this problem before, bought some glow in the dark stick on dots off ebay and stuck em on my bass. Most of them have been worn off (althought I found out last night that 10th fret down is still on)..... but they worked and were cheap enough. Only bad part was between sets I had to stick my bass either under a flashlight or next to the flashy light thingie we have to recharge em.

On my backup bass I cheated and just put glow in the dark fabric paint on the dots.... it's a beater so no value

[BassChuck]

I've used a little drop of "White-Out". A bottle cost a couple of bucks. You'll have to re-do them every couple of weeks. They don't glow in the dark, but you can make them as big as you need.

[TheDarkReaver]

Originally Posted by bassninja7

they have a product that clips to your nut (or around there) and shines down (or up lol) the fretboard!!!

and please spare me the chidish jokes about 'your nut'

That must have some great application in the bedroom.

[theshadow2001]

Originally Posted by yellofury

https://fretfx.com/ prob the cheapest and easiest way

+1

I find it hard to believe a player of 30 years actually needs to look at the fretboard but there you go.