To be honest I don't give a damn about luminlay, but your videos are so good and scientific in the best way possible, so I'm watching nevertheless. Thank you for such a great content!
I have tryed years ago when I build my first guitar to use the powder mixed in epoxy it worked for done time abs then gradually stoped. I guess it had to do with chemical reaction with the epoxy that killed it. Now this luminescent rods seams like a better deal to me because this is a tested product that delivers exactly what it promises and if anything gets screwed then is only the end of it that is in direct contact with the glue and the rest works just fine.
I just added the poor man's version of this to my 67 LP. I used a concentrated luminary paint called Glow-On and got it off Amazon. It's very fast, cheap, easy to do and reversable. But admittedly, the charge doesn't last long...maybe a song or two. But on the upside, you can feel the paint dots with your thumb like brail markers! Lol. And, I found one of my kids dollar store black light flashlights and the black lite charges them up faster and brighter than ambient light or a table lamp! It's easy to keep in your back pocket to give them a boost if needed. I saw the post below on the tritium vials and how the are too long to place in the neck. But if they were to make those especially for fret markers, they would be the best! ...They are radio active and glow on their own, you know! Yeah! The rock and roll strong stuff! Cool Worth drilling holes in your neck!
Tritium vials. They sell them online. You can get almost any colour and they will glow for over a decade, the same things used on luxury watch dials, they are just under £10 each, but it is set and forget, no batteries, no charging, I used them first to make glow in the dark wooden plugs for stretched ears and immediately thought of this- great idea! You can drill them into the side to create dots and you can make resin moulds to make inlays laying them length-wise and they look great!
Yes! I had a Moonstone built in the 80' with fiber optic dots that worked perfect. The problem I was having was that the person just to my left's scroll sheet was underneath my neck and when the lights dimmed all I could only see is a silhouette of my neck because of the bright white of the sheet on the music stand, even though it was a couple of feet away. When I would glance at the neck I needed to see immediately where I was going. BTW: I play fretless 80% of the time so you can see the benefit of lighted side markers. The light was actually in the electronics cavity and it traveled through a piece of surgical fiber optics to the neck. Worked perfect...
@@RSTI191 I think I paid 16/1800 bucks for it back in 83/84, however I sold it after about 30 years because I no longer played 4 string. I sold it for what I paid for it to a collector.
@@Bass.Player You gave that person one helluva Christmas present. I ended up going an Explorer alembic. 1982- cost me $2,350. Traded it for am Trace Elliot stack and some $$$ years ago as I went back to playing Precisions. Was going to have a replacement built 3 months ago- $35K.. I couldn't get Mica Thomas to respond to emails or phone calls. Fuck em' I'm now in the process of having this built. Sounds like a piano. Brooks Bass. Hence the Luminlay dots. th-cam.com/video/P-4WgPMf664/w-d-xo.html
It depends on the intensity and exposure time. I’ve noticed sometimes it keeps glowing for very long time if the light was very bright. I’m talking an hour or even more. It definitely beats whatever Ibanez uses for its Premium series guitars
Hey max, do you know if there's a similar solution that wouldn't involve drilling and sanding - and not ruining my beloved Shecter guitar? :D Maybe something like stickers? Cheers, Felipe
There are definitely stickers out there, the bassist in my old band added glow in the dark sticker inlays to his bass. Afraid I can't remember where he got them, but I'm sure they're somewhere online.
I'm sorry to say that, after having experienced those dots, I removed them because they are totally useless and of a color that is not at all in contrast with whatever wood of a neck.
I have a 1-year-old Ibanez RG1070FM-NTL that includes Luminlay side dots from the factory, and although I love the guitar, I've found the the Luminlay markers to not be helpful. More of a gimmick. I'm always rushed a gig time and never think to charge the dots.
The thing is, Ibanez never said those were Luminlay. All official sources mention specifically "luminescent side dots". And that makes the difference. You can clearly see the difference between Luminlay and whatever mix of epoxy and powder that Cor-tek factory uses for Ibanez guitars. The real Luminlay is stronger and keeps glowing much longer
@@MaxSoloMusic Good point, but some official Ibanez product pages (www.ibanez.com/eu/products/detail/az2402ff_00_01.html, for example) do mention the Luminlay brand by name. However, that particular guitar is made in Japan. That could be the main difference.
I have luminlay dots on my SR2600 an it sucks. Only really charges outside. Playing bar and club gigs normal white dots would have been easier to see. Charging them they last for maybe a few minutes unless you want to hold a light on them for the whole night, not worth it. I'll probably paint over them
I think it would be more effective if you have a dedicated UV light to charge them ...but then again it does not make sense to have a special torch just to charge these things.
@@fuckenps3 Some illumination products like Tritium used on gun sights emit ionizing radiation. Sold in paint pens and small bottles. Its a long term exposer thing. a gun sight is not in your hand for 4 to 8 hours a day and is a smaller amount as opposed to marking all the inlays on your guitar. there is cases of people getting cancer in their hand. I don't not know if the stuff in the video is radioactive or Not. Hense my question.
From the Luminlay website: Q: Is tritium used in the production or are there any other health risks? A: All Luminlay products DO NOT CONTAIN any radioactive materials such as tritium, and any materals which are hazardous to health. All Luminlay products are safe, being harmless, nontoxic and nonradioactive.
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I read that a UV flashlight charges them faster and better.
To be honest I don't give a damn about luminlay, but your videos are so good and scientific in the best way possible, so I'm watching nevertheless. Thank you for such a great content!
I have tryed years ago when I build my first guitar to use the powder mixed in epoxy it worked for done time abs then gradually stoped. I guess it had to do with chemical reaction with the epoxy that killed it. Now this luminescent rods seams like a better deal to me because this is a tested product that delivers exactly what it promises and if anything gets screwed then is only the end of it that is in direct contact with the glue and the rest works just fine.
Love the product, had it for years on a few of my basses, will get around to having it on more basses as time goes by...
What size did you use and are you satisfied with that size? Thnx much
I just added the poor man's version of this to my 67 LP. I used a concentrated luminary paint called Glow-On and got it off Amazon. It's very fast, cheap, easy to do and reversable. But admittedly, the charge doesn't last long...maybe a song or two. But on the upside, you can feel the paint dots with your thumb like brail markers! Lol.
And, I found one of my kids dollar store black light flashlights and the black lite charges them up faster and brighter than ambient light or a table lamp! It's easy to keep in your back pocket to give them a boost if needed.
I saw the post below on the tritium vials and how the are too long to place in the neck. But if they were to make those especially for fret markers, they would be the best! ...They are radio active and glow on their own, you know! Yeah! The rock and roll strong stuff! Cool Worth drilling holes in your neck!
Tritium vials. They sell them online. You can get almost any colour and they will glow for over a decade, the same things used on luxury watch dials, they are just under £10 each, but it is set and forget, no batteries, no charging, I used them first to make glow in the dark wooden plugs for stretched ears and immediately thought of this- great idea! You can drill them into the side to create dots and you can make resin moulds to make inlays laying them length-wise and they look great!
The vials are too long to use as side dots, and you can't cut them to length without some serious health risks
Yes! I had a Moonstone built in the 80' with fiber optic dots that worked perfect. The problem I was having was that the person just to my left's scroll sheet was underneath my neck and when the lights dimmed all I could only see is a silhouette of my neck because of the bright white of the sheet on the music stand, even though it was a couple of feet away. When I would glance at the neck I needed to see immediately where I was going.
BTW: I play fretless 80% of the time so you can see the benefit of lighted side markers. The light was actually in the electronics cavity and it traveled through a piece of surgical fiber optics to the neck. Worked perfect...
Wow Moonstone. Haven't heard that name in years. I still have my 80's brochure.
@@RSTI191 I think I paid 16/1800 bucks for it back in 83/84, however I sold it after about 30 years because I no longer played 4 string. I sold it for what I paid for it to a collector.
@@Bass.Player
You gave that person one helluva Christmas present.
I ended up going an Explorer alembic.
1982- cost me $2,350.
Traded it for am Trace Elliot stack and some $$$ years ago as I went back to playing Precisions.
Was going to have a replacement built 3 months ago- $35K..
I couldn't get Mica Thomas to respond to emails or phone calls.
Fuck em'
I'm now in the process of having this built.
Sounds like a piano.
Brooks Bass.
Hence the Luminlay dots.
th-cam.com/video/P-4WgPMf664/w-d-xo.html
Looks great. Are you gonna tell us about the guitar you built?
Yeah, if anyone's interested. Why not :) It's still a work in progress though. I'll see this guitar in many of my videos anyway
How long do they glow after a charge? (without stage or room light)
Not too long. A couple of minutes i guess
My question too! So if I had it in my bedroom it wouldn’t keep me up w the bright dots?
@@Midnight.escape09 No... it's just like any other glow in the dark plastic....
with a blacklight will last as long as the backlight is on at and it will glow full brightness the whole time.
@@MaxSoloMusic Ye, I confirm, no more than two minutes of useful light.
How long do the glow-in-the-dark after you hit them with a light?
It depends on the intensity and exposure time. I’ve noticed sometimes it keeps glowing for very long time if the light was very bright. I’m talking an hour or even more. It definitely beats whatever Ibanez uses for its Premium series guitars
excellent video thank you very much
Glad you liked it!
Great vid! Which led light do you use? Any link please?
It's a special one with a light emitting diode....
Hey max, do you know if there's a similar solution that wouldn't involve drilling and sanding - and not ruining my beloved Shecter guitar? :D Maybe something like stickers? Cheers, Felipe
Not that I know of. Stickers would be great!. Or maybe spray or something like that
There are definitely stickers out there, the bassist in my old band added glow in the dark sticker inlays to his bass. Afraid I can't remember where he got them, but I'm sure they're somewhere online.
Here is something you might be interested. It's better than glow inlays.
th-cam.com/video/zrDjylJ_9IQ/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/6u7l7WrqK5w/w-d-xo.html
I'm sorry to say that, after having experienced those dots, I removed them because they are totally useless and of a color that is not at all in contrast with whatever wood of a neck.
does it work to drill through a binding or will it crack?
If you go slowly it should be fine I guess
I have a 1-year-old Ibanez RG1070FM-NTL that includes Luminlay side dots from the factory, and although I love the guitar, I've found the the Luminlay markers to not be helpful. More of a gimmick. I'm always rushed a gig time and never think to charge the dots.
The thing is, Ibanez never said those were Luminlay. All official sources mention specifically "luminescent side dots". And that makes the difference. You can clearly see the difference between Luminlay and whatever mix of epoxy and powder that Cor-tek factory uses for Ibanez guitars. The real Luminlay is stronger and keeps glowing much longer
@@MaxSoloMusic Good point, but some official Ibanez product pages (www.ibanez.com/eu/products/detail/az2402ff_00_01.html, for example) do mention the Luminlay brand by name. However, that particular guitar is made in Japan. That could be the main difference.
@@tjborekvideo Oh, that might be it. I'll check if there's a difference if I ever get a Japanese made AZ
Спасибо за годный контент. Даже удивительно почему у вас всего две тысячи подписчиков.
Спасибо. Есть основания полагать что количество будет увеличиваться чуть более динамично в ближайшее время :)
Just pre-ordered an LTD Arctic Metal; very excited to see how they work.
Oh, those are beautiful!
What do you think mixing the glow in the dark powder with a clear nail polish instead of epoxy?
That might work!
so ... we can actually make those luminlay? these luminlay are not trademark product that someday if we make them, we can be sued, right?
The name is trademarked. But the technology has been here for ages. I know manufacturers who make their own inlays like that
I have luminlay dots on my SR2600 an it sucks. Only really charges outside. Playing bar and club gigs normal white dots would have been easier to see. Charging them they last for maybe a few minutes unless you want to hold a light on them for the whole night, not worth it. I'll probably paint over them
I think it would be more effective if you have a dedicated UV light to charge them ...but then again it does not make sense to have a special torch just to charge these things.
@@SourPotato I actually have a UV flashlight I used with them, still not good. Maybe 5-10 minutes before they're almost invisible
@@mojoemurphy I see ... Well atleast you gave it a try ...have you considered using some other alternative instead?
@@SourPotato haven't really been able to think of anything. Might paint over them with gun sight paint, the florescent stuff
@@mojoemurphy just be mindful to do some research on the ingredients used in those...cos some of them tend to use radioactive compounds.
can this cause squamous cell cancer on your hand ?
Lol, very specific question. What prompted you to ask?
@@fuckenps3 I think it is radioactive.
Just because something glows does not imply radioactivity
@@fuckenps3 Some illumination products like Tritium used on gun sights emit ionizing radiation. Sold in paint pens and small bottles. Its a long term exposer thing. a gun sight is not in your hand for 4 to 8 hours a day and is a smaller amount as opposed to marking all the inlays on your guitar. there is cases of people getting cancer in their hand. I don't not know if the stuff in the video is radioactive or Not. Hense my question.
From the Luminlay website:
Q: Is tritium used in the production or are there any other health risks?
A: All Luminlay products DO NOT CONTAIN any radioactive materials such as tritium, and any materals which are hazardous to health.
All Luminlay products are safe, being harmless, nontoxic and nonradioactive.