'lo,
I'm still waiting for my Warmoth neck for a project I'm working on (only ordered it last week so it'll take a good few weeks, probably). This has given me time to think up even crazier ideas.

I've been thinking about the fret markers. They're currently standard dots, but I had the idea of giving it a lap steel-esque marker setup...something like the G.E. Smith Tele.



The neck is coming with no finish, so drilling through the finish won't be a problem (and adding a finish will be my next question!). I'm just wondering whether there's any good guide on this process anyone could recommend, any tips or things to watch out for anyone with experience in this could offer? It might not actually happen and I might just stick with the dots for the time being, but I'd like to look into it and there are a lot of people who've been building guitars for a while around here... :)