American Graffiti 3D printed Guitar
American Graffiti 3D printed Guitar
The American Graffiti 3D printed guitar: A semi-acoustic rock’n’roll guitar inspired by the movie American Graffiti and all things rock’n’roll. The guitar features a stunning hotrod flame paint job by New Zealand airbrush artist Ron van Dam.
Hidden away inside the guitar there are several cars and hot rods, a jukebox, Mel’s Diner, moving dice, microphones, Ray-bans and more! Around the body of the guitar are Neil Young’s lyrics: My my, hey hey Rock and roll is here to stay It’s better to burn out Than to fade away.
The bodies are printed, using a 3D Systems Selective Laser Sintering system (the sPro 230 SLS system). The material being used for these guitars is Duraform PA which is a very strong form of Nylon. The resolution for the prints was 0.1mm (which means that each layer that makes up the guitar body is 0.1mm thick). The guitars feature a wooden hollow box inner core that links the neck to the bridge, and flame shaped sound holes for the acoustic sound to escape from.
American Graffiti 3D printed Guitars
Neck : Warmoth Pro custom maple neck with rosewood fret board, 22 frets, 25 1/2″ scale, 1 11/16″ width Earvana tuning compensated nut, 6150 sized jumbo frets, 10-16″ compound radius fret board, mother of pearl inlay dots
Body : 3D printed Duraform PA outer body, with maple inner core, Custom paint job, and sprayed with clear matt lacquer
Bridge : Locking Roller Bridge with Bigsby B70 Vibrato, Polished aluminum
Pickups : TV Jones Classic humbucker pickups
Tuning Heads : Schaller Mini Locking Tuners, Chrome
Controls : 5 position Pickup select switch, 1 x Volume knob, 1 x Tone knob
Other : Schaller Strap Locks, D’Addario strings,
Weight : 3.9Kg
