Hive 3D Printed Bass Guitar
Hive 3D Printed Bass Guitar
The Hive 3D printed bass guitar: A bass guitar with a hexagon motif and bees on the inside. The bodies are printed, using Selective Laser Sintering, by 3D Systems, 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.
Hive 3D Printed Bass Guitar
Neck : Warmoth Pro Angled maple neck with rosewood fret board, 22 frets, 34″ scale, Corian nut, 6150 sized frets, inlay dots
Body : 3D printed Duraform PA outer body, with CNC machined mahogany inner core, Dyed and painted orange with chrome trim.
Bridge : Locking Roller Bridge with Bigsby B70 Vibrato, Polished aluminum
Pickups : EMG Hz 35 passive pickups
Tuning Heads : Gotoh GB7 Bass Tuners, Chrome
Controls : Pickup select switch, 1 x Volume knob, 1 x Tone knob
Other : Schaller Strap Locks, D’Addario strings,
Weight : 3.9Kg
