Cool idea! Thanks, Mary Ann (your long hair in your avatar is so pretty). I might try a rainy day shop project on a spare pair of readers.MaryAnn wrote:You can get a gradient tint but they generally charge you out the wazoo for some tech to put the lenses in a machine that dips them in dye. But you can make a little brim-like sun-shield-thingy (sorry can't come up with any technical term for it) that just is barely big enough to fold over the top of your glasses frames (it butts up against your forehead and sticks out like a hat brim) and keeps the stage lights (or sun) out of your eyes. I used to use one made of dark paper, but leather would be better. Just a cut-to-fit hat-brim-like thing that is just long enough to stretch over the top of the frames with a hole in each end for the earpieces to slide through and hold it on. It only needs to stick out less than an inch to work really well. You can fiddle with paper until you get the shape right and then make a more permanent one.tubatooter1940 wrote:i would like to find some bifocal glasses that are tinted, dark sunglasses on the top and clear readers on the bottom for gigging. That would help with the glare from the light show above and help if I should need to read something to play or sing.
I have considered the Wal-Mart eyeball center but I have yet to stop by and get a price.
MA
Ever seen a video of a tuba player's eyes when he or she plays hard? I believe sunglasses help and give the player that "cool cat" look as well.