Embedded Files
Hand carved mahogany string-through body with maple neck, dual humbucker pickups, and black/chrome plated hardware. Features 3D printed pickguard, control cover, neck plate, and string ferrules. Dual humbucker pickups are hand soldered to a 3-way toggle switch, 1 volume knob, and 1 push-pull tone knob capable of coil splitting the bridge pickup. Frets on the off-the-shelf neck were leveled, crowned, and dressed to improve playability and eliminate fret buzz. Final guitar setup consisted of adjustment of neck relief, string action, pickup height, and intonation.
A custom pickguard was designed to accommodate a humbucker pickup in the neck position and a modern-style humbucker bridge plate. The pickguard was printed using natural PLA (without added pigment) with print temperature and speed settings adjusted to increase transparency. The stacked layers of orthogonal print lines created a semi-opaque object reminiscent of a milk jug with an internal lattice pattern that complimented the black/chrome hardware. Monotonic fill was used to ensure all print lines were extruded in the same direction to create a more consistent surface finish.
Custom 3D printed templates were used to guide body cavity carving and to align hardware components. The control plate design was iteratively prototyped using PLA to determine the optimal number/position of switches and knobs. The final version was 3D printed using PETG oriented facedown on a build plate with a powder-coated texture to create a rough appearance.
A custom neckplate with a debossed Piety3D "printed P" logo was 3D printed from PETG then layered over a metal backing plate for mechanical strength.
Google Sites
Report abuse