LED's

[malthumb]

i would love switchable LEDs for the sidemarkers on my basses. it's unnerving to be playing fretless onstage when all of a sudden youre in total shadow

I have two Alembics that have side marker LEDs. Most of the time I'm the only one that can see them. As you pointed out, comes in handy when the stage gets dark.

Peace,

James

 

[AshenBassist]

wow...

now i have G.A.S. for a bass with either fiber optics or tritium bits...

that Ritter looks like it's from a galaxy far, far away...

 

[tplyons]

I think that they're awesome for certain things, though I'm not really a fan of them on the face of the fretboard; I love them on the sides.

I'd like to see someone here in the states learn to do them so we don't have to pay for shipping to SIMs.

 

[Arthur U. Poon]

I have two Alembics that have side marker LEDs. Most of the time I'm the only one that can see them. As you pointed out, comes in handy when the stage gets dark.

Peace,

James

+1.

I have red side marker LED's on my Europa-4; they really do help on dimly lit stages.

 

[JAUQO III-X]

I'd like to see someone here in the states learn to do them so we don't have to pay for shipping to SIMs.

Jesse Blue of Ergo instruments(in the USA)was licensed by Martin Sims a few years ago to install the Sims method.Martin stayed at Jesse's house for a few days instructing him on how to properly install them and he's the only luthier in the USA licensed by Sims.

 

[Dolando]

I dont know if anyone has sugessted this but check out www.simscustom.com. This company did the bassist from limp bizcuits bass. And i think they look awsome!!

Dolando

 

[herndonbassist]

Check this out.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/jauqo/Jauqo_Daedalus_bass_005.jpg

That has to be what Darth Vader's bass would look like if he played!

 

[Bass4LifeRS]

That has to be what Darth Vader's bass would look like if he played!

LOL, someone with skills, please make a photoshop of Darth and this bass

 

[Sutton]

www.fretfx.com

 

[Horny Toad]

My Status Graphite has them. They look cool, but I could certainly live without them. They were a very expensive option when I ordered the bass. Damn that exchange rate hurts!


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[westland]

The tritium inserts are hard to find (I suppose you could buy a lot of gun sight inserts) ... United Nuclear used to have them http://www.unitednuclear.com/ ... they seem to have sold out. They do have some 12 hour phosphorescent paint that might for this though

 

[JAUQO III-X]

LOL, someone with skills, please make a photoshop of Darth and this bass

 

[1stOfficerRiker]

I think they're cool, but I would never attempt it aftermarket myself, but i understand fretfx has a model that just attaches with no permanant modification.

 

[PinkTelephone]

i got to play a ritter in rudys music when i bought my head that had leds in the fret makers. it didnt make it sound any different or really do much at all except for light up and make it more expensive, but it sure did look awesome.

 

[The Hammer]

I have side LED's on my Status and Alembic and I love them. Makes playing on a dark stage alot easier. I've never been a fan of LED's on the fretboard because I just rarely ever look at my fretboard when playing so I'd never use them.

Right now I'm having a Quake bass made by Knuckle Guitarwords and I'm having fiberoptics mounted in the neck. The lightsource that they are attached to will allow me to change the color of them as I wish.