Guitar-lele

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James Fabian created a 3D printed guitar model using SketchUp, which was then printed on a Solidoodle 2 Pro with ABS plastic filament at 200 microns layer height. The project took around 25 hours to print and his goal was to create a small, portable guitar with a full-sized neck and fretboard for easy chord playing. Though he has no experience in building musical instruments, James managed to print a 9-fret guitar that could be tuned correctly, but found it didn't sound right when strumming chords due to the lack of a complete set of frets. He shared all SketchUp files for others to build upon and split his STL and SKP files to fit his printer's 150x150x150mm print bed. James also included a model with a complete set of fretboards and a puzzle-like body for a bigger, deeper sound. He encourages users to print with dense infill percentage and use M3X20 Hex Socket Head Cap Screws for assembly, as he has already modeled the holes accordingly. James also tried incorporating ErikJDurwoodII's Geared String Tuner Test Jig MK1 but it failed during printing, so he recommends purchasing a cheap $5 guitar tuner from Banggood instead, which he has modeled in his head.skp file.