How to 3D PRINT A GUITAR - the challenges, how it sounds, and how much it costs
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Published 2023-02-17
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0:00 Intro montage
1:37 Solving the neck and bridge
3:25 Material choice
3:55 Guitar hardware + first test
5:00 Material Creep
5:45 Design
9:00 Assembly + grounding
10:24 DEMO - playing the guitar
All Comments (21)
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you wouldn't download a guitar they said...
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I think a better solution to the bridge problem would be to make it a string-through body design. That way, the ends of the strings would be applying pressure to the printed body piece itself, and you could use any compatible bridge you wanted
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I love the offset body with tele pickups so much but this is a next level guitar design
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I printed one last year, absolutely AMAZING!!! Coolest thing I've made
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you could embed small drawers in the hexagons for picks/tools too!!
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I would think the biggest issue with a guitar like this is neck dive. Where the balance of the guitar is neck heavy and doesn't like to rest on your body or on a strap. You can nail a bridge to a tree stump, slap some pickups and tuners on it and it'll play. But it wont be comfortable or balanced. If you could put weights in the body somewhere you could create a wonderfully balanced body/neck combo.
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All differences aside, thank you Josef, for igniting this fire. I had never thought about this, but the end results can/will be incredible!
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Is that an LTT screw driver I spot? I love mine! Cool to see it out in the wild!
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Thank you for figuring this out for us.
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Yes!! I looked into this a year ago, its a great topic! Didnt finish the project sadly, but now when reminded i want to pick it up again.
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2:02 you could always have the bridge mounting screws go all the way through the body (using long bolts instead of screws). Then use longer bolts that can screw into a counter-sank nut on the backside of the body piece.
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Okey, new challenge! I already printed a guitar, Stratocaster with voron design and I did it in pretty much the same way with Harley Benton ST kit. Guitar plays really great, holds tune and I only had to adjust the truss rod once, so the action is in order. I never had a telecaster, so this is going to be my first one 🤭🤭
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as someone that made multiple 3d printed guitars can confirm, they can sound really good. its mostly dependant on the set up and kind of parts you use. I used tele style layouts for the pickups and used actual fender / squire parts (some cheapo 2nd hand finds haha) and the 3d printed sounds better than my pre built cheap brand guitar...... they also look so cool tho and you can get real crazy with designs, love it
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Would love to see that amazing hexagon design concept being added/embedded (in)to the guitars headstock as well. JFTR
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I loved the forbidden riff medley near the end.
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Zajímavej a za mě i povedenej nápad a výtvor. Palec hore 👍
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The colour you picked give me big portal vibesI already ordered the kit lol
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Printing the whole body definitely opens up some cool possibilities. Embedding effects/modulation tools into the body would be easy.
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This is incredible work, man!
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I did this for my high-school capstone project, try printing the neck as well... GL. Its doable, materials and printer have improved enough in the last decade for it to work "better" now. Interesting options for infill patterns and cavity sizes can be used to print a body with internal resonators, the main thing I noticed on my first print was how light and loud it was even without amplification. Still have the thing sitting in a corner, its held up ok, but could be better.
