Glowing inlay's !!! cool

Hmm thats not too hard. wire them all in parallel with protection resistors to each LED. Buy a crappy bass from Cash Converters or some where and try it.

LEDS cost about 60 cents, resistors 3 cents and well wire about $1 a metre.

Merls

 

and how do you implement them ? where do you put the cable ?

 

Hi,
Here's the link...
http://www.simscustom.com/

 

FYI, SIMS LEDs on roscoe basses are a $695 option and $780 on the Warwicks. Sure they look cool, but hey, you could buy a bass for the price of a couple dozens LEDs?

DingZ2

 

During my senior thesis project one of my concepts was a fretless bass with plexiglass fretline inlays lit by a piece of plexiglass rod running on top of the truss rod. I decided to only run with practical concepts though.

 

Well i can think of one place...!!!



Merls

 

ah merls....
ur one in a million....
yeh sam rivers (limp) has them and when he is on stage and its dark....u get the idea...

 

Ya they look cool, someday when i can get the time to fool around, im gonna try making my own on a cheap bass. Just run a parrell circuit like the guy before said, it wouldnt cost too much. Just a thought, something for me to do.

 

intriguing.....

those things are awesome!!!!

hey merls, great idea.... merlins illuminators inc. hmm......

actually, ive got a really crappy yamaha .... and this would be a pretty cool upgrade ....

 

If your problem is that you just want to be able to see your fret markers in low or no light situations, wouldn't it be easier (and cheaper) to paint 'em with some glow-in-the-dark paint? I would think that could be cool too. I think you can even get it in different colors.

 

Glowing inlays! Expensive!

 

I'm still wondering how they hookup those leds...
where do they put the cable ?

 

Pfft, glowing inlays are like, sooo last week

 

hehee if u think glowing inlays are last week
then i go back to ww1 i still got the good ol trusty yellow stars!!!!



steve

 

oy..

 

Does anybody know how to wire this in the neck and what materials to use...I'm gonna go out and buy a neck and would like to this as a project if its not to difficult...would look awesome in school...the glowing jazz bass...if I ever buy one.

 

is it possible to run it along the truss rod ...... uh ..... what ever you call that thing .... the truss rod channel ......

 

yeah led fret markers are a cool ideal .but thats alot of loot . i found fretlord.com they have a version that doesnt alter you instrument and is under $100 i think.also some pretty cool laser thingy.im thinking about getting the position markers if i do ill let you know how they work