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.
Price: US$4000, incl hard case, excl shipping.
The guitar has the following example specifications:
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 (we can, however, also offer you a high quality case as an optional extra)
Weight
3.2Kg
Each guitar is custom made to order to suit your needs. Click HERE to email us and discuss your requirements.
Below are pictures of some of the details of the guitar:
A few angles:
Short video of the Steampunk movement in action:
And, for historical sake, below are some pictures of the very first Steampunk guitar: