Fully Functional - Silver Star Les Paul

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Les Paul style solid body designed to be printed without supports. I chose to design this thing because I wanted the feel and heft of a solid body guitar. I modeled it after my own LP kit guitar using a 3 Humbucker Pickup setup. Video in Action! The Les Paul design calls for a 3.5 degree angle where the neck connects, but this didn't work very well on this design. So I included both a flat and angled set of designs for the neck pocket. Also I included a 3.5 degree wedge to use in conjunction with the angled neck pocket to reduce the angle if you wanted. The bridge and tailpiece anchors are heat sunk. The holes are too tight to just slip in... Also be sure to thread the ground through the pathway and attach to the anchor before insertion. All wiring paths are laid out. The final design of this project uses about 1.5 kg (1500 g) of PLA. I printed this prototype using the following settings... Overture PLA in Space Gray Overture PLA in Black (Knobs/Covers) Overture PLA in Blue (Cover Plates) Center Section (Bulked up for strength) Sliced in Cura 4.4.1 .24 Wall Line Count 6 Top and Bottom Layers 80 % Infill Cubic Sub 200 Printing Temp 215 Initial Layer 60 Build Plate (Creality Glass) 80 Print Speed No Supports Outer Sections, Plates, and covers Sliced in Cura 4.4.1 .24 Wall Line Count 3 Top and Bottom Layers 30 % Infill Cubic Sub 200 Printing temp 215 Initial Layer 60 build Plate (Creality Glass) 80 Print Speed No Supports All outer sections are printed upside down. This ensures the same finish and no need for supports in the component compartments. Assembly is good ol' Gorilla Glue and Clamps. I designed the pieces to allow for clamping so try the holes and star for clamping points. Other Parts Needed: MI0583 LP Neck https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G9RKYFJ/ Tuners 3+3 Semiclosed Tuning Key Pegs (Black) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N5V4XWQ/ Neck Plate (Fender) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006JN8M/ A0086Lotmusic 1set ABR-1 Style Tune-o-matic Bridge & Tailpiece (Chrome) (The Black one had issues with paint flaking off) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0772FVQ5G/ You can use whichever Humbucker pickup and wiring kit you wish. I used this set which I already had on hand. https://www.amazon.com/Metalloid-4-5-Piece-Humbucker-Kits/dp/B07B3K7K6P/ These also have good sound... https://www.amazon.com/TonePro-Tuner-Assembly-Tune-o-matic/dp/B00RQ9T9CQ/ This wiring kit is also ok to use...https://www.amazon.com/ESP-Wiring-Kits-Black-Guitar/dp/B07B4G8WRF/ You will have to de-solder for installation as it comes premade. I hope you enjoy this project... I sure have.