replacing side dot or face dot inlays?

[Plain Old Barry]

another idea would be white nail polish.

Beat me to it! Silver or bright yellow might work, too. Just apply a dot of polish with toothpick and let dry. Practice first to get the hang of how much polish to pick up for each dot.

 

[jzucker]

unfortunately, you can't cleanly drill out abalone with a hand drill...

not that hard, just go slow- ive done both side and face inlays on a cpl of FSO's. a decent variable speed drill or penvise type drill gives you total control. 3/32 or 1/16th for the dots and 6mm for inlays depending.

or take it from Dan the ol' pro -


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[mjmeche]

Glow Dotz glow-in-the-dark Fret Markers | eBay

 

[jzucker]

anyone ever try these?
Fret Markers For Classical Guitar- New Black-Ivory Premium Fret Dots 788581499764 | eBay

 

[BlueTalon]

I didn't use those ones specifically, but I tried small dots. Besides being harder to see, they didn't want to stay in place.

 

[jzucker]

I didn't use those ones specifically, but I tried small dots. Besides being harder to see, they didn't want to stay in place.

These are not stickers. They are rub on transfers. Supposed to be semi-permanent.

 

[claudel]

I bought a tiny bottle of gun-sight glow in the dark paint and dropped a tiny dot on the side dots of my SG bass. It did the trick, and was very non-invasive. You can really only feel the dabs. I can barely see them in regular light. At my last gig, they gave me enough light to get a point of reference.

This works really nicely...

Good stuff to use to put index dots on knobs, too, if that's something needed.