It's not about how it sounds, it's about is it playable. The pickups aren't going to know if their mounted on wood or plastic and it likely won't change the sound they pick up that much. As long as it's putting out a usable signal you can use effects and processing to make it sound how you want. Making it playable was the hard part I'm sure. Getting the strings exactly aligned and set from the fret board would take a very well designed 3d model. I'm sure the plastic had a negative effect on how the strings vibrate but it looks like it wasn't an issue. All in all it turned out great.
Actually hate to burst ya bubble but the wood does 100% effect how the guitar sound, it effects how it vibrates and how it sustains the note. It’s why every guitarist myself included have a preferred body wood type since it can massively impact each note.
@@gamingprise3157 Unfortunately most don't believe in tone wood, but seeing your comment I finally smiled reading someone's opinion that goes over how the wood DOES affect the tone, as opposed to different opinion you typically see/hear even from guitarists themselves
This is great. Im about to retire and think this would be a great gift to my son. He plays the guitar and other instruments. Thanks for the inspiration and please keep up these types of videos!
Pretty cool. I got a beater acoustic recently and 3D printed a replacement nut and saddle for it. They were originally just meant to be temporary to get the thing playable ASAP and then replaced with "real" ones at the next string change, but they worked perfectly and it all sounds good so I'm just going to keep them on the guitar!
Not having any radius to the fretboard is really bad, it makes bar chords very uncomfortable and string bends can fret out and kill the sound, not having a truss rod means you cant have any fret relief and so fret buzz can happen unless the action is sky high, no adjustable string saddles fitted and so it cannot be fully intonated which means anything played lower than the twelfth fret is going to be well out of tune, all these issues I have mentioned are the most important parts of a guitar. Its ok as a bit of fun but as a serious instrument it just won't cut it, I know about guitars and would bet my last quid that you would not get one professional guitarist to change their current instrument or even their spare backup guitar for this 3D printed model. However the changes can be made, even the fretboard can be 3D printed in a non planar fashion to enable a radius without stepping, a bridge with adjustable saddles could be printed in metal or in PC-CF so the saddles could be adjusted to intonate the guitar, the problem comes with a truss rod as you need the neck to be semi stiff but able to be adjusted with the truss rod without breaking, PETG might work but I wouldn't be fully confident that I wouldn't have to make adjustments on a regular basis.
It would be interesting to see how other models compare. Specifically the Prusacaster which looks cooler, I'm interested in if it plays better since that uses more guitar hardware with the upside of not needing to be able to build the neck yourself.
I wouldn't call bad neck dive "unplayable standing up" I've played guitars and basses (namely an Epiphone SG bass) that had horrible neck dive, and they were all fine to play standing up, I just had to make sure not to let go of it at any point lmao
I'd be curious to see how the neck stands up over time. Not having a truss rod is really iffy to me. I'd bet that even with that stiff aluminum bar, the neck will still warp over time and you'd have no way of correcting it. The action will def be affected and for me, high action is a no go.
I know where that extra 3mm came from - using the filament spool on the top! So, if you're doing this and NOT using a spool side, don't chop that 3mm out of the bridge! 🎸 But, but, but ... tone woods! Where are the tone woods?
Tone woods are a myth in mine and the vast majority of guitarists opinions, the vibration of the string and the magnetic field of the pickup produce the tone. I had an argument about tone wood in a pub with a young lad, and after all was said and done it turned out the guy had only ever had one guitar and had only been playing for 18 months and everything he knew about tone wood was from watching a PRS video!
It's not about how it sounds, it's about is it playable. The pickups aren't going to know if their mounted on wood or plastic and it likely won't change the sound they pick up that much. As long as it's putting out a usable signal you can use effects and processing to make it sound how you want.
Making it playable was the hard part I'm sure. Getting the strings exactly aligned and set from the fret board would take a very well designed 3d model. I'm sure the plastic had a negative effect on how the strings vibrate but it looks like it wasn't an issue. All in all it turned out great.
Actually hate to burst ya bubble but the wood does 100% effect how the guitar sound, it effects how it vibrates and how it sustains the note. It’s why every guitarist myself included have a preferred body wood type since it can massively impact each note.
@@gamingprise3157 Unfortunately most don't believe in tone wood, but seeing your comment I finally smiled reading someone's opinion that goes over how the wood DOES affect the tone, as opposed to different opinion you typically see/hear even from guitarists themselves
This is great. Im about to retire and think this would be a great gift to my son. He plays the guitar and other instruments. Thanks for the inspiration and please keep up these types of videos!
It's a fun project if you have the time to get everything right. It's also genuinely good to play, so I'm told😊
This was a great pair of videos. A real journey through the ups and downs of completing any project.
Pretty cool.
I got a beater acoustic recently and 3D printed a replacement nut and saddle for it. They were originally just meant to be temporary to get the thing playable ASAP and then replaced with "real" ones at the next string change, but they worked perfectly and it all sounds good so I'm just going to keep them on the guitar!
great video, more projects please Ricky
Definitely more projects, this is excellent and inspiring!
Not having any radius to the fretboard is really bad, it makes bar chords very uncomfortable and string bends can fret out and kill the sound, not having a truss rod means you cant have any fret relief and so fret buzz can happen unless the action is sky high, no adjustable string saddles fitted and so it cannot be fully intonated which means anything played lower than the twelfth fret is going to be well out of tune, all these issues I have mentioned are the most important parts of a guitar.
Its ok as a bit of fun but as a serious instrument it just won't cut it, I know about guitars and would bet my last quid that you would not get one professional guitarist to change their current instrument or even their spare backup guitar for this 3D printed model.
However the changes can be made, even the fretboard can be 3D printed in a non planar fashion to enable a radius without stepping, a bridge with adjustable saddles could be printed in metal or in PC-CF so the saddles could be adjusted to intonate the guitar, the problem comes with a truss rod as you need the neck to be semi stiff but able to be adjusted with the truss rod without breaking, PETG might work but I wouldn't be fully confident that I wouldn't have to make adjustments on a regular basis.
It would be interesting to see how other models compare. Specifically the Prusacaster which looks cooler, I'm interested in if it plays better since that uses more guitar hardware with the upside of not needing to be able to build the neck yourself.
Once I hit that midlife crisis, I know what I'm going to do. Design and print my own, dream guitar. Thank you for inspiration! ❤
I wouldn't call bad neck dive "unplayable standing up"
I've played guitars and basses (namely an Epiphone SG bass) that had horrible neck dive, and they were all fine to play standing up, I just had to make sure not to let go of it at any point lmao
He's a noob
Well I guess this is my sign to finally learn guitar
Well done Ricky! Patience and perseverance pays off. Rock solid and Rockin'!
Perhaps a wind instrument next?
CONGRATULATIONS
I'd be curious to see how the neck stands up over time. Not having a truss rod is really iffy to me. I'd bet that even with that stiff aluminum bar, the neck will still warp over time and you'd have no way of correcting it. The action will def be affected and for me, high action is a no go.
Wood filament
Try making it bigger or make a violin?
I know where that extra 3mm came from - using the filament spool on the top! So, if you're doing this and NOT using a spool side, don't chop that 3mm out of the bridge! 🎸 But, but, but ... tone woods! Where are the tone woods?
Tone woods are a myth in mine and the vast majority of guitarists opinions, the vibration of the string and the magnetic field of the pickup produce the tone.
I had an argument about tone wood in a pub with a young lad, and after all was said and done it turned out the guy had only ever had one guitar and had only been playing for 18 months and everything he knew about tone wood was from watching a PRS video!
Why are you always in a pit (for lack of a better term)?
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