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Riff Bright LLC Riff Bright makes LED accessories for musicians. Your Gear. Brighter.

Fret Bright is our first release: an LED fretboard accessory that helps you see your position more clearly and helps your guitar stand out on stage.

A Fret Bright prototype takes the stage!Stage lighting is part of the show, and nobody should have to kill the mood so t...
09/30/2026

A Fret Bright prototype takes the stage!

Stage lighting is part of the show, and nobody should have to kill the mood so the guitar player can find the twelfth fret. The catch is that a deep red or purple wash swallows the side dots on your neck, and you usually find that out mid-song, when you glance down before a solo and they're gone.

We put a Fret Bright prototype on the white Strat for our friends with the band Crambone to see how it holds up under real stage lights. The green markers are there for the player looking down at the neck, and they held under the red wash, the purple wash, and when the stage went dark.

You set the color and the brightness to match your setup, so the lights stay as low-key as you want them.

09/25/2026

A guitarist and a bass player can share a stage all night and still have different lighting. One of you is lit up while the other struggles to see the fretboard.
Fret Bright helps you see your fret markers, with color and brightness you can adjust to suit your instrument and your spot on stage. In this cover of Ed Sheeran’s “Shivers,” the white Strat runs green and the bass runs purple. Set yours from the controller on the back of the headstock, and your settings stay saved for the next gig.

What color would you run on your guitar or bass?

Its Manufacturing Monday! If your guitar has white binding, a black strip on the neck is all you would see, so we ordere...
09/21/2026

Its Manufacturing Monday! If your guitar has white binding, a black strip on the neck is all you would see, so we ordered Fret Bright in white.

The first white prototype is on order this week so that you can pick white or black to match your neck. The photo shows a panel of white strips next to a panel of black strips, before they get cut apart.

Kickstarter rewards are starting to arrive! The first box of Riff Bright guitar picks came in this week! 😍 🎸
09/12/2026

Kickstarter rewards are starting to arrive! The first box of Riff Bright guitar picks came in this week! 😍 🎸

09/01/2026

Musician PSA: Before you replace it, see if you can fix it. 🔧

As a company founded by musicians, we want to do more than just promote our products. We want to share the things we learn along the way, too.

During load-in for a gig last week, one of our co-founders’ hardware bags rolled about six feet…and the front caster came apart.

The shell? Still good.
Zippers? Still good.
Handle? Still good.

So why replace the whole bag? Let’s fix it!

Full repair in the video.

**Pro tip:** Cut the access hole smaller than you think you need. You can always make it bigger. You can’t make it smaller again.

What piece of music gear have you saved instead of replaced?

08/28/2026

Lights down, frets lit. Max, our co-founder, taking Smooth for a ride. The glow is Fret Bright, on the bass and the wall. Early access at fretbright.com

Saturday is Play Music on the Porch Day! Musicians in 70+ countries and 1,000+ cities go outside and play for whoever is...
08/26/2026

Saturday is Play Music on the Porch Day! Musicians in 70+ countries and 1,000+ cities go outside and play for whoever is within earshot. It is free, nobody is in charge of it, and it has been running for years.

Not sure where to go? No problem! There is a map with every registered location in the world on it, so you can find out who is playing within driving distance of your house.

Two things to know before you go. The map carries past years as well as this one, so filter it to 2026.

playmusicontheporchday.com

Playing yourself? Registering is free and takes a minute. Add your porch, your photos, your video. Give it a day to show up on the map.

Break a leg out there and tell us where you landed!

We put Fret Bright on this bass and ran it through five different colors.The lights sit right where your eyes already go...
08/23/2026

We put Fret Bright on this bass and ran it through five different colors.

The lights sit right where your eyes already go when you glance at the side markers on the neck, so you can quickly see where you are on a dark stage without staring down at the fretboard.

Every LED can be set to its own color, and the brightness adjusts from subtle enough for the practice room to bright enough for a blackout stage.

Best part? No drilling. No routing. Nothing permanent.

The controller tucks neatly behind the headstock which is why you won’t spot it in a single one of these photos.

Want Fret Bright on your instrument? Follow Riff Bright now so you don’t miss the Kickstarter launch and be first in line when we go live.

Fret Bright... Fourth from the left... the Telecaster. Bright room, middle of the day, and every marker still reads.Fret...
08/15/2026

Fret Bright... Fourth from the left... the Telecaster. Bright room, middle of the day, and every marker still reads.

Fret Bright is an LED fretboard system for guitar and bass. It doesn't modify the instrument, doesn't interfere with your playing, and the strings come off without the strip coming off, so restringing is the same job it always was. 🎸

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Springboro, OH
45066

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