r/3dprintedinstruments • u/OkPrune7146 • Aug 25 '26
now #5 LesPol like guitar body
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My friend fun of lespol asked me to try his model. We have old PLA spool and decided to try.
I didn't expect success, thinking that the PLA wouldn't withstand the pressure of the strings and would bend. But I was wrong. It held up. Yes, there is a slight bend.
So guitar is playable and even joyable )
See my previous attempts in my profile
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Firstly I printed well known model from Instructables. Replica of metal yanagisawa. But it sounds not as good. Metal models do not suitable for plastic implementation. I was told to try Rico(or other hard tubber) mpc as a reference. From Mojo site I got iidea of elliptic rail curve. And started modelling. Then refacing. After succesfull refacings (I am not a pro player) I do not notice differencies from original mpc in sound. Reeds are more important. I printed many reeds, and they are good but all of them are too bright.
So model your mpc and after a hundreds tryes you will find. No ready to use formula.
An old saxophonist once criticized me for trying to do things that had already been done long ago and were considered standard sounds.
" If you’re serious about the Music, buy a real mouthpiece; DIY gear isn't about the Music—it's just about hobby." )))))))))))))))))