Scarab 3D printed Guitar

The Scarab 3D printed guitar was designed specifically for laser sintering, one of the common 3D printing technologies that allows for the manufacture of full strength, extremely complex parts. The entire body, including all the little insects inside the body, was printed as a single component, which could not be manufactured any other way.

The Scarab can be fitted with your choice of neck and hardware. One of the beauties of 3D printing is that it allows us to relatively easily customise the guitar to suit your needs. In the case of the Scarab, we can add anything you want onto the space on the back of the guitar, or modify almost anything else you want. And, of course, it’s just as easy to make the guitar left-handed as right-handed.

If you are interested in your own, customized, Scarab guitar, please contact us with your requirements…

The typical price for a Scarab guitar (including hard-case, excluding freight) is US$3000 with hardware as per the specs below. Please contact us with whatever hardware preferences you have and we will get back to you with an exact price for your guitar. If you want your name, or the name, or logo, of your band embedded onto the back of the guitar, we do that at no extra cost.

Pictured below are some of the Scarab guitars we have produced:

And, here it is in shocking pink:

And a more subtle Ivory coloured one:

Steampunk 3D printed Guitar

The Steampunk 3D printed guitar: A tribute to one of my all-time favorite guitars, the Telecaster. This guitar features a 3D printed body with moving gears and piston. The entire body, including all its moving components is printed as a single component, with no further assembly required. The Steampunk paint job was done by New Zealand airbrush artist Ron van Dam.

The body was printed using selective laser sintering (SLS) by 3D Systems, in the USA, on an sPro 230 SLS machine out of Duraform (nylon) material.

Steampunk 3D printed Guitar

Neck : Warmoth Pro Telecaster maple neck with maple fret board, 22 frets, 25 1/2″ scale, 42.86mm (1 11/16″) width GraphTech White TUSQ, 6150 sized jumbo frets, 10-16″ compound radius fret board, black inlay dots

Body : 3D printed Duraform PA outer body, with maple inner core, airbrushed steampunk paint job, and sprayed with clear satin lacquer

Bridge : Schaller 475, 6 String Flat Mount Bridge, Chrome

Pickups : Dimarzio Area-T (neck) and Fast Track (bridge)

Tuning Heads : Gotoh Mini 510 Locking Tuners, Chrome

Controls : 3 positon pickup select switch, Volume knob, Tone knob, Gear motor on/off switch

Other : Schaller Strap Locks, D’Addario strings, low-cost hard case for safe shipping

Weight : 3.2Kg

Spider 3D printed Guitar

The Spider 3D printed guitar was designed specifically for laser sintering, one of the common 3D printing technologies that allows for the manufacture of full strength, extremely complex parts. The entire body, including all the little spiders inside the body, was printed as a single component, which could not be manufactured any other way.

The Spider can be fitted with your choice of neck and hardware. One of the beauties of 3D printing is that it allows us to relatively easily customise the guitar to suit your needs. In the case of the Spider, we can add anything you want onto the space on the back of the guitar, or modify almost anything else you want. And, of course, it’s just as easy to make the guitar left-handed as right-handed.

Spider 3D printed Guitar

Neck : Warmoth Pro Angled maple neck with rosewood fret board, 22 frets, 25 1/2″ scale, 42.86mm (1 11/16″) width Corian nut, 6150 sized jumbo frets, 10-16″ compound radius fret board, mother of pearl inlay dots

Body : 3D printed Nylon outer body, with mahogany inner core, Your choice of colour and sprayed with clear satin polyurethane

Bridge : Schaller 475, 6 String Flat Mount Bridge

Pickups : Seymour Duncan 59 Model Pickups

Tuning Heads : Schaller Mini Locking Tuners

Controls : Pickup select switch, Concentric Volume and Tone knob

Other : Schaller Strap Locks, D’Addario strings,

Weight : 2.2Kg

Spider 3D Printed Guitar

The Spider 3D printed guitar: A guitar with a spiderweb motif and spiders 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.

American Graffiti 3D printed Guitars

Neck : Warmoth Pro Warhead 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 matt satin lacquer

Bridge : Schaller 475, 6 String Flat Mount Bridge, Chrome

Pickups : Seymour Duncan Full Shred humbuckers.

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

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ODD GUITAR

In terms of construction ODD Guitars are, effectively, normal electric guitars. To provide the best possible sustain, and to allow fine tuning of the guitar’s tone, we use a wooden inner core to join the guitar bridge to the neck. Depending on the wood we use (typically mahogany or maple) the sustain and acoustic tone of the guitar is affected.

Other things that affect the tone include the neck and fret board material. We generally use maple for the neck, and choose either ebony or rosewood for the fret board, with ebony typically giving a brighter tone than the rosewood. But the pickups, generally, have the greatest impact on the sound of the guitar.

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The natural colour of the nylon material the guitars are printed out of is white. To achieve our final colur, we now use a two-step process:

We first dye them using clothe dye. Every guitar’s colour is unique as, the longer the guitar stays in the dye, the darker it gets, This means that no two guitars will ever be exactly the same shade of colour. The dye allows us to get the colour we want into all the intricate internal parts of the body that we cannot reach with spray paint.

We then spray-paint the outside of the body with coloured lacquer, which gives us a nice surface finish on all the most visible surfaces, and finally clear coat the guitar with satin lacquer.

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

Atom 3D printed Guitar

The Atom 3D printed guitar: A guitar inspired by the patterns of oil coalescing on water, with an internal atom with spinning electrons. 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.

Atom 3D printed Guitar

Neck : Warmoth Pro Angled maple neck with rosewood fret board, 22 frets, 25 1/2″ scale, 42.86mm (1 11/16″) width Corian nut, 6150 sized jumbo frets, 10-16″ compound radius fret board, mother of pearl inlay dots

Body : 3D printed Duraform PA outer body, with mahogany inner core, Dyed to your choice of available dye colours, and sprayed with clear satin lacquer

Bridge : Schaller 475, 6 String Flat Mount Bridge, Gold

Pickups : Neck: Seymour Duncan Jazz SH2, Bridge: Seymour Duncan JB model SH4 (Seymour Duncan’s favorite pickup combination).

Tuning Heads : Schaller Mini Locking Tuners, Gold

Controls : Pickup select switch, 2 x Volume knob, 2 x Tone knob

Other : Schaller Strap Locks, D’Addario strings 

Weight : 3.2Kg

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

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

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

Steampunk, Airbrushed design with chrome trim

• Neck: Warmoth Pro Telecaster maple neck with maple fret board, 22 frets, 25 1/2″ scale, 6150 sized jumbo frets, 10-16″ compound radius fret board, black inlay dots
• Nut: 42.86mm (1 11/16″) width GraphTech White TUSQ
• Body: 3D printed Duraform PA outer body, with CNC machined maple inner core, airbrushed carbon fibre steampunk design, and sprayed with clear satin lacquer. All chrome hardware.
• Bridge: Schaller 475, 6 String Flat Mount roller Bridge, Chrome
• Pickups: Dimarzio Area-T (neck) and Fast Track (bridge)
• Tuning heads: Gotoh Mini 510 Locking Tuners, Chrome
• Controls: 3 way Pickup select switch, 1 x Volume knob, 1 x Tone knob, 1 gear motor on/off switch
• Other: Schaller Strap Locks, D’Addario strings, hard case for safe shipping

Steampunk, Airbrushed design with chrome trim

• Neck: Warmoth Pro Telecaster maple neck with maple fret board, 22 frets, 25 1/2″ scale, 6150 sized jumbo frets, 10-16″ compound radius fret board, black inlay dots
• Nut: 42.86mm (1 11/16″) width GraphTech White TUSQ
• Body: 3D printed Duraform PA outer body, with CNC machined maple inner core, airbrushed aged steampunk design, and sprayed with clear satin lacquer. All chrome hardware.
• Bridge: Schaller 475, 6 String Flat Mount roller Bridge, Chrome
• Pickups: Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Rhythm and Lead for Telecaster
• Tuning heads: Gotoh Mini 510 Locking Tuners, Chrome
• Controls: 3 way Pickup select switch, 1 x Volume knob, 1 x Tone knob, 1 gear motor on/off switch
• Other: Schaller Strap Locks, D’Addario strings, hard case for safe shipping

Americana, Airbrushed design with chrome trim

• Neck: Warmoth Pro Angled maple neck with rosewood fret board, 22 frets, 25 1/2″ scale, 6150 sized jumbo frets, 10-16″ compound radius fret board, cream face dots
• Nut: Corian nut.
• Body: 3D printed Duraform PA outer body, with CNC machined mahogany inner core, Dyed and airbrushed USA flag design, and sprayed with clear satin lacquer. All chrome hardware.
• Bridge: Schaller 475, 6 String Flat Mount roller Bridge, Chrome
• Pickups: TV Jones Clasic neck & bridge.
• Tuning heads: Schaller Mini Locking Tuners, Chrome
• Controls: Pickup select switch, 1 x Volume knob, 1 x Tone knob
• Other: Schaller Strap Locks, D’Addario strings, hard case for safe shipping

Atom, Black with gold trim

• Neck: Warmoth Pro Angled maple neck with rosewood fret board, custom headstock, 22 frets, 34″ scale, 6150 sized frets, cream inlay dots
• Nut: Earvana 1 11/16″ Compensated Tuning System nut
• Body: 3D printed Duraform PA outer body, with CNC machined mahogany inner core, Dyed, sprayed black, and sprayed with clear satin lacquer. All gold hardware.
• Bridge: Schaller 475, 6 String Flat Mount roller Bridge, Gold
• Pickups: Neck: Seymour Duncan Jazz SH2, Bridge: Seymour Duncan JB model SH4, Gold.
• Tuning heads: Schaller Mini Locking Tuners, Gold
• Controls: Pickup select switch, 2 x Volume knob, 2 x Tone knob
• Other: Schaller Strap Locks, D’Addario strings, hard case for safe shipping

Atom, Dark metallic red with gold trim

• Neck: Warmoth Pro Angled mahogany neck with rosewood fret board, 22 frets, 34″ scale, GraphTech Black TUSQ XL nut, 6150 sized frets, cream inlay dots
• Body: 3D printed Duraform PA outer body, with CNC machined mahogany inner core, Dyed, sprayed metallic red, and sprayed with clear satin lacquer. All gold hardware.
• Bridge: Schaller 475, 6 String Flat Mount roller Bridge, Gold
• Pickups: Neck: Seymour Duncan Jazz SH2, Bridge: Seymour Duncan JB model SH4, Gold.
• Tuning heads: Schaller Mini Locking Tuners, Gold
• Controls: Pickup select switch, 2 x Volume knob, 2 x Tone knob
• Other: Schaller Strap Locks, D’Addario strings, hard case for safe shipping

Hive-B, Colour Air-brushed

• Neck: Warmoth 13° Angled Peghead with Deluxe 5 maple neck with rosewood fret board, 22 frets, 34″ scale, Corian nut, 6150 sized frets, cream inlay dots
• Body: 3D printed Duraform PA outer body, with CNC machined Maple inner core, Dyed, air-brushed, and sprayed with clear satin lacquer. All black hardware.
• Bridge: Schaller 463, 4 String Roller Bridge, black
• Pickups: Seymour Duncan Phase II BassLines Passive Soapbar pickups.
• Tuning heads: Gotoh GB7 Bass Tuners, black
• Controls: Pickup select switch, 1 x Volume knob, 1 x Tone knob
• Other: Schaller Strap Locks, D’Addario strings, hard case for safe shipping

Atom Blue with chrome trim

• Neck: Warmoth Pro Angled maple neck with rosewood fret board, 22 frets, 25 1/2″ scale, 42.86mm (1 11/16″) width Corian nut, 6150 sized jumbo frets, 10-16″ compound radius fret board, mother of pearl inlay dots
• Body: 3D printed Duraform PA outer body, with mahogany inner core, Dyed blue, and sprayed with clear satin polyurethane
• Bridge: Schaller 475, 6 String Flat Mount Bridge, Chrome
• Pickups: Langcaster active low-impedance pickups with overdrive
• Tuning heads: Schaller Mini Locking Tuners, Chrome
• Controls: Pickup select switch, Volume knob, Tone knob, Overdrive on/off switch, Overdrive level knob
• Other: Schaller Strap Locks, D’Addario strings, hard case for safe shipping