How To Charge Your Luminlays

TSJMajesty said:
How long will they last Drew? As in, charge them just once for an entire set/show?
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Hahahah if they last a whole song I’d be surprised. Common complaint I’ve heard about these.

I don’t mind, they’ll help a teeny tiny bit regardless. I have that Solar sitting right where if I just let my arm drop, my hand will grab the 12th fret without looking and I don’t have to look.

No point in playing metal on an Explorer shape if it’s not 90’s Hetfield height.
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DrewJD82 said:
No way dude, you need to take your cannibalismo, dip your fingers in that paint then tear it up for a song or two and just let it dry. Totally give it the CSI relic.

What better way to say “I’ve got killer riffs” than having your fingerboard look like a murder scene?!?
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A little cart before the horse there. Where can I get some of these killer riffs you speak of?
 
DrewJD82 said:
I had one on my Sig when I owned it, I actually thought at the time “This would be the shit on a neck”
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My Sigs came with them, I added them to my Glocks. And I have thought the same thing when I open the safe if the room is dark, and there’s these little green dots staring back at me…
 
Hey @DrewJD82 - I couldn't find your laser on Amazon, mind sharing a link to it (if it still exists)?

I bought a blue UV flashlight and it doesn't charge my luminlays for shite! Thank you!
 
Warmart said:
Hey @DrewJD82 - I couldn't find your laser on Amazon, mind sharing a link to it (if it still exists)?

I bought a blue UV flashlight and it doesn't charge my luminlays for shite! Thank you!
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I got mine a few years back and the sellers are kinda fly-by-night with these things, they aren’t even showing up when I search for them in my past orders.

This one has the exact casing mine has, but it’s $25 for the single one, I remember getting a 3-pack (red, blue, green) for like $13.

https://a.co/d/byB2N69 (single blue laser)

https://a.co/d/4FwxHI3 (3-pack for $15, but don’t look like mine)

I’d imagine any blue laser will work as long as it’s blue. Just be careful using it, these things are completely unregulated/overpowered/unchecked coming out of China and just staring at the dot of a blue laser on a wall can cause some eye damage, never mind getting it directly in your eyes (or a pet’s).
 
Iron1 said:
Great timing. I just bought some of this:

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to add to the side dots on my basses for playing live.

Still trying to figure out the best way to apply it without making a mess, cause I'm an expert in making a mess but not in applying permanent paint to guitar necks.
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Don’t buy this stuff. Stays charged for about as long as it takes for your lead guitar player to stop hitting on rando chick between songs.

Granted, I didn’t use Drew’s patented Dr. Evil “LAS-ER”. So, ymmv.
 
DrewJD82 said:
I got mine a few years back and the sellers are kinda fly-by-night with these things, they aren’t even showing up when I search for them in my past orders.

This one has the exact casing mine has, but it’s $25 for the single one, I remember getting a 3-pack (red, blue, green) for like $13.

https://a.co/d/byB2N69 (single blue laser)

https://a.co/d/4FwxHI3 (3-pack for $15, but don’t look like mine)

I’d imagine any blue laser will work as long as it’s blue. Just be careful using it, these things are completely unregulated/overpowered/unchecked coming out of China and just staring at the dot of a blue laser on a wall can cause some eye damage, never mind getting it directly in your eyes (or a pet’s).
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Thanks Drew! Yeah, was starting to question my search skills ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I will keep them away from the wife! :hmm
 
My wife ended up getting a new laser pointer after her last one shit the bed. Turns out it was one like this. I believe the beam is green, I need to borrow it and see how they work charging my dots.

And yeah these things will destroy your eyes. My wife likes to use hers for stargazing because you can see the beam for miles and miles. I've seen videos of people taking these lasers apart, finding some kind of governor, and really letting these things rip, lighting things on fire!
 
Alex Kenivel said:
My wife ended up getting a new laser pointer after her last one shit the bed. Turns out it was one like this. I believe the beam is green, I need to borrow it and see how they work charging my dots.

And yeah these things will destroy your eyes. My wife likes to use hers for stargazing because you can see the beam for miles and miles. I've seen videos of people taking these lasers apart, finding some kind of governor, and really letting these things rip, lighting things on fire!
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Yep! I'm not sure if they still make them the same way, but there used to be a trim pot inside you could crank up and increase the intensity. It's really not needed because the ones coming out of China are almost always much higher powered than what they're listed as.

You probably won't have any luck with charging the dots with the green laser unless they charge from regular light, green or red do not work on mine anyway!
 
Bought one of @DrewJD82’s “LAZOR” and you aint lying it’s freaking bright. Charged the gunsight stuff I bought (see earlier post in this thread) for about 30 seconds and the stuff was lit like the sun. About a minute later it had zero glow.

Have to find another option. And make sure not to inadvertently blind myself with the “LAZOR” in the meantime.

Put some very thin reflector tape on the side of the fretboard in the meantime and it works surprisingly well.
 
Stone said:
Same here it's mostly dark in my space when i practice/play and ive yet to see any Lumilay glow

:idk
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If your guitar us in dark all the time then that's probably the problem. They need to be in the light for a while first before they will emit a glow.
 
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