YOUR FRIENDS' ACTIVITY

    Stunning 3D-Printed Guitars Will Blow You Away [PICS]

    By Samantha Murphy | Mashable – Wed, Apr 25, 2012

    1. Spider 3D Printed Guitar

    This intricate and beautifully crafted guitar is a 3D-printed design that is completely playable. Image via ODD

    Click here to view this gallery.

    [More from Mashable: Jay-Z Launches Facebook Game ‘Empire’ for You to Take Over the World [PICS]]

    We've seen some incredible 3D-printed designs on the market, but these printed Spider and Scarab electric guitars have officially blown us away.

    Olaf Diegel -- a professor of mechatronics at Massey University’s School of Engineering & Advanced Technology in New Zealand -- has developed a series of intricate and beautifully crafted 3D-printed guitar models that are completely playable. The prototypes are still in the works and can be completely customized.

    [More from Mashable: Indie Band Metric Wants You to Rock Out on Interactive Site for New Song]

    Diegel has posted the prototypes to his website called ODD, which features the tagline, "strange stuff you just want."

    With the help of a EOS Formiga P100 selective laser sintering system, Diegel was able to print sturdy and complex parts for the Spider and Scarab electric guitars, from the little insects inside the body to the structure that holds it up. The bodies are made of Polyamide 2200 or Alumide, according to the site.

    SEE ALSO: 9 Ways 3D Printing Can Change the World

    Also on the site is a red printed guitar called the Atom 3D. This Les Paul-style guitar features a wooden core -- with a choice of Mahogany, Alder or Mable -- and the body can be printed in a variety of colors (he's working on a blue one now).

    Although the site doesn't display the prices, it's been reported the instruments will likely run from $3000 to $5000, according to Gizmag.

    Would you buy a 3D-printed guitar? Will 3D printed products be the wave of the future? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

    Images via ODD

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

    Loading...

    More Tech News

     

    News for You »

    • Cycling-Road-Giro d'Italia classification after stage 16

      May 21 (Infostrada Sports) - Classification from Giro d'Italia after Stage 16 on Tuesday 1. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Astana) 67:55:36" 2. Cadel Evans (Australia / BMC Racing) +1:26" 3. Rigoberto Uran (Colombia / Team Sky) +2:46" 4. Michele Scarponi (Italy / Lampre) +3:53" 5. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Poland / Lampre) +4:13" 6. Mauro Santambrogio (Italy / Vini Fantini) +4:57" 7. Carlos Betancur (Colombia / AG2R) +5:15" 8. Rafal Majka (Poland / Saxo - Tinkoff) +5:20" 9. Benat Intxausti (Spain / Movistar) +5:47" 10. Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy / AG2R) +7:34" 11. Tanel Kangert (Estonia / Astana) +7:43" ...

    • Why We Can't Forget That Oklahoma's Senators Voted Against Sandy Relief

      Nearly four months ago, Oklahoma Senators Tom Coburn and James Inhofe both voted against H.R.152, the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act that eventually sent $50.5 billion in relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy. And in the flurry of last night's devastation in Moore, Oklahoma. it was impossible not to forget that fact, knowing the federal government would soon rally to the cause.

    • 10 gut-wrenching images from the devastating Oklahoma tornado

      Entire neighborhoods and two elementary schools were obliterated

    • Boyfriend espaces out window as husband confronts cheating wife [VIDEO]

      As part of perhaps the most spectacular walk-of-shame ever, an underwear-clad lover escaped from a third floor bedroom as the returning husband confronted his cheating wife on a balcony.

    • Rescues, Grim Recoveries at Elementary School After the OK Tornado

      There's a reason that many eyes were on Plaza Towers Elementary as Moore, Oklahoma began to assess the damage from a deadly, devastating tornado that blasted through the town Monday evening and killed at least 51 people: the school was leveled, with dozens of children still inside. And so far, some of the most emotionally charged news has emerged from the story unfolding there. 

    • See the Face of Suspected Burglar After Homeowners Fought Back

      It involved a stun gun.

    • Kids rescued from rubble at Okla. elementary

      MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Several children have been pulled out of the rubble alive at a school in an Oklahoma City suburb.

    • BREAKING: Subway Just as Unhealthy as McDonald’s!

      If you watched the London Olympics last summer, you saw a parade of top athletes touting the nutritional qualities of their favorite eatery: Subway. Watching Apolo Ohno or Robert Griffin III bite into a veggie footlong with avocado or hearing that Subway is “the official training restaurant of athletes everywhere,” you might get the idea that the food served at the chain isn’t that bad for you—that it’s even healthy.

    Show More
    Loading...

    Follow Yahoo! News