3D printed guitar bodies

Written by

Anthony Doesburg:

Diegel is an exponent of 3D printing. His zany guitar bodies are created using computer-aided design (CAD) software, output in one piece on an EOS 3D printer. This is the new world of additive manufacturing.

Part of a guitars tone comes from the woods used in the guitar. I’m not sure how this would sound.



  • http://twitter.com/Awax Awax

    The tone does not come from the wood but from the body material. Wood is the not only material that can sound. For exemple, there are carbon fiber/composite guitars. So those 3D printed guitars will have their own tone. It will just be different.

    Now, wether this tone is any good is a different matter ;-)

  • DocRoss

    There is a mahogany or maple insert behind the strings, pickup and bridge, so there is wood there. There’s a video of the creator playing different versions here… http://www.odd.org.nz/atom.html

  • http://bimble.net/ Adam Auden

    The article actually mentions they place a wooden block behind the pickups and neck joint, and the choice of wood allows them to vary the tone. Interesting stuff, at any rate.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DF3MT5HTO5IGRZKXVZZOV3GC6Q Bebee

    Cool. Ive been thinking about buying a 3D printer myself to make rare parts for a certain industry, Can’t tell you the industry:)