Classical Guitar Fret Markers - Rosette Black/Ivory Fret Dots

Great. Easy to install and appear tough enough to stay on far a while. I have a Classical that I love that i had made in a little town called La Union in southern Chile 45 years ago. It has never had fret markers... until yesterday.

These dots are everything they claim. They are stylish, elegant even, go on easily and stay. They are very low profile, much like the covering you scratch off of a lottery ticket, just a little easier to remove. The only problem I had was accuracy of placement but that's on me. I wasn't going to bother with anything higher than the 12th fret anyway, so I used the extras to redo my inaccuracies.

I followed the directions to T and could not get them to stick. When I went to return I was going to be charged$5, half of the original price - so I said forget it.

I recently purchased a new nylon string guitar, and it was my first guitar that didn't feature fret markers. Although, for the most part, the lack of fret markers didn't hinder my playing, there were a few situations in which the piece I was playing required me to jump around the neck, and the lack of fret markers occasionally caused a slight delay in my transitions. So I used some clever keyword in the amazon search box and discovered these. Rosette's guitar fret markers looked like the real deal, and for less than $10 I decided it was a worthy investment for a somewhat expensive guitar.They arrived on the exact date I was told to expect them, and they were exactly what I expected them to be. The dots are ivory in color, and the same size you'd expect to find on guitars that feature fret markers installed at the factory. Unlike other dot markers, these are designed for the top of the neck, (facing the player), not the actual fretboard itself. Which is precisely what I wanted. They arrived with an alcohol pad for cleaning the surface area prior to installation, 9 dots, and piece of paper with instructions in large italic font that was poorly formatted and cut unevenly.The instructions were worded a bit oddly, and as a result I immediately wasted the first dot. The instructions are for black/ivory dots, and the dots come on a piece of paper in which one side is black, and one side is ivory. So when it said to "position your Black/Ivory Dot face down on the guitar neck," I put the white side down, (the ivory color I had ordered), which was backwards. Put the white side up, rub the entire circle semi-gently with a dull tip pencil after cleaning the area, then pull back the paper. Use the piece of burnishing paper, (which is separate from the sheet that includes the dots), and push them hard onto wood.I only put one dot at the 7th fret and 2 at the 12th. I didn't need the 3, 5 and 9 positions. As a result, when I grab the guitar from the neck, it's easy for me to avoid the dots I've installed, and since classical guitarists don't fret with their thumbs, I shouldn't have to worry about rubbing the dots off with my handling or playing as long as I'm conscious of them. I have plenty left over if they do ever rub off anyway.I would have given 5 stars, even though these aren't permanent, but there's 2 reasons I didn't: For one, the instructions made me waste a dot and are annoying to look at. They should use bullet points- and what's with the big purple ink stain? Second, it was very difficult to get 2 dots positioned well on the 12th fret. If they had just made 2 of the dots on the sheet slightly closer together and put 2 lines outside of them that lined up with the 12th and 13th frets I could have got them centered better. So I wasted a couple there because I'm a perfectionist.All-in-all they worked well and look just like they should. Be careful when positioning them.

These little markers have many more uses than just placing them on the side of a guitar neck. Basically just about anywhere you need a control marker. I used them as control knob markers to dress up my Gretsch guitar. With the red jewels on the Gretsch knobs and these markers on the body, I can see exactly where my knobs are set in low light. I cleaned the guitar first, followed the included instructions and then applied a little clear coat on top of each one. Couldn't have been easier. The nice part is that it's not permanent and can simply be buffed off if I ever want to. Certainly beats drilling the body and installing escutcheon pins.Seller - To make these more versatile, how about offering some other color choices such as silver and gold? I would buy both of these colors for other applications.Thank you.

I would have given this product a five star rating if there had been more chances for me to make a mistake. The guitar I am using these on actually has nine edge marker dots. ? When I received these markers there were only nine. They are easily misplaced and you only get one shot. I accidentally misplaced the second marker and it is impossible to re-place it.Already one short. Then when I came to double markers on the twelfth fret, they were not absolutely symmetrical it I simply had to leave them this way. I think they would be great if one had more chances to get it right. Also, there were not clear enough instructions on how to go about doing the install. It is not necessary to rub the marker off the paper, you can simply position the marker and touch it with your finger to place it and then you can use the backing paper to rub it down a bit more solidly. That is the way I did the ones that went well. I very much wish I had four more of these markers I could complete my project.