Americana 3D printed Guitar
Americana 3D printed Guitar
The Americana 3D printed guitar: A guitar inspired by a recent trip to New York, an amazing city that is full of life, both night and day, and that triggered a fascination with American symbolism and patriotism. The guitar features a stunning paint job and airbrushed eagle head by New Zealand airbrush artist Ron van Dam.
The guitar features a sky scape of New York City inside the guitar, with some of its most famous landmarks including, the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Freedom Tower, Statue of Liberty, Staten Island Ferry, Brooklyn Bridge, Yankee Stadium, St Patricks Cathedral, and the Love sculpture by artist Robert Indiana.
The bodies are printed, using Selective Laser Sintering, by 3D Systems in the USA, on an 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 inner core (choices of Mahogany or Maple, etc.) that links the neck to the bridge, which allows us to customize the sustain and tone of the instrument to suit the musician, and a number of options for hardware, etc.
Americana 3D printed Guitar
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 satin lacquer
Bridge : Schaller 475, 6 String Flat Mount Bridge, Chrome
Pickups : Neck: Seymour Duncan Jazz SH2, Bridge: Seymour Duncan JB model SH4 (Seymour Duncan’s favorite pickup combination).
Tuning Heads : Gotoh Mini 510 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 : 3.4Kg
