Pre-cut paua abalone inlays are 0.050" (1.27mm) thick, flat, and ready to inlay. Sold individually. We recommend epoxy or super glue for installing all our inlays. Inlay filler colors can be mixed with epoxy for matching ebony and rosewood.
New lap steel with abalone dot markers By BILL GRONER from Quakertown, PA Monday, September 11, 2017 I bought some abalone dot markers for a new lap steel. They were nice, but the guitar was going to be turquoise and some of the dots had no turquoise in them. I got in contact with Stew Mac, and they were very nice and replaced the questionable ones with some great looking turquoise ones. Many thanks to a great American Company.
StewMac service By Jared Bristol from Hebron, ME Thursday, March 16, 2017 Verified Buyer I've not used the lacquers and abalone dots yet, but what I can and will say is that StewMac goes well beyond. They supply firsthand advice on how to do these things that I suspect will be priceless when I can get around to finishing this guitar. Thanks for that and I fully expect the products themselves to be great.
Beautiful Abalone inlays By Paul Nunez from Gilbert, AZ Friday, March 10, 2017 Verified Buyer Terrific Fret dots. Almost finished sanding my fret board and they look terrific!
Beautiful pieces By Chris Thut from Wolcott, CT Friday, February 24, 2017 Verified Buyer I just finished installing these 1/4" dots on my first neck build. They look great. Since these are natural you never know what figure youre going to get so a few of them were a little dark and a few didnt have much figure or just plain didnt "match" the others perfectly. Next time i plan to order twice as many as the build requires so that i can mix and match them to make a "matching set". Im sure ill use the remainders on something else
Abalone dot markers By BILL GRONER from Quakertown, PA Saturday, February 04, 2017 Verified Buyer I bought 12 Abalone dot markers. 11 were great. One looked a little washed out and was not as colorful as the rest. Due to the light colored fret board it blended in and was barely visible. I send StewMac an email telling them about the problem. In 2 days time I had a new dot that was much more colorful and matched the rest. StewMac has quality items and very good service. Here is a picture. As you can see I have not replaced the culprit on the 24th fret just yet.
Great quality / excellent customer service. By William from Gaylordsville, CT Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Verified Buyer I ordered these dots in different sizes for a special customer project. When they arrived, there was a discrepancy with the sizes I ordered. With a quick email to customer service the problem was fixed immediately. I received the correct sizes in two days with no extra charges. The best customer service!
Most are Great Quality..... By Stephen Sperber from San Antonio, TX Tuesday, April 12, 2016 Verified Buyer I ordered 14 dots (2 extra) just in case some were not usable based on previous reviews---- Should have ordered a bunch of extras as out of the 14 dots sent 4 were unusable (they looked bad with a strange black and white lace pattern). This left me 2 dots short and no time to re-order. I ended up going to the local hobby store and buying a piece of abalone shell and sawing an edge off to craft dots that were rounded to size with a diamond grit file (tough job by hand, but ended up working out perfect). Moral of the story is...... these CAN be great quality dots like in the picture, but please buy a bunch of extra as some will probably look bad- from now on I will either order 5 extra or buy from another vendor.
great By Robie Stock from Lolo, MT Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Verified Buyer Dots were perfect size and color fast shipping thanks
Overall Very Good By Anthony from Sandy Hook, CT Thursday, January 28, 2016 Verified Buyer roughly 10% of the dots were not very good.
6mm abalone dots By Drew D. Leitch from Lewes,De. Tuesday, May 13, 2014 Verified Buyer exactly what i expected. 6mm is a nice size for guitar. abalone was good and all the pieces were usable.