Build Vision:

In my research to make this guitar I had seen lots of 3D printed guitars. A lot of them were interesting, but I still wanted to try my hand at making my own since I couldn't find one with all the exact features I was looking for and there's still a beauty in making something from the ground up. So this project became my own custom Telecaster where I could build it however I wanted. I was also curious about how it would sound being that it would primarily be comprised of PETG plastic. 

Telecaster Components:

Main Body Components:

Electronics:

Basic Necessary Tools: 

• Soldering Iron, Soldering Wire, Soldering Tip Cleaner

• Hookup Wire

• Wire Strippers

Results:

The tone of the guitar really does have a plastic quality to it that is hard to describe, but it certainly doesn't sound like a traditional wood electric guitar. The guitar ended up having lots of resonance since most of the guitar is filled with air by the nature of 3D printing. However, I wouldn't call it a lovely resonance like you'd hear with a wooden electric guitar. Still, this doesn't affect how amazing the pickups sound since I used the Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates for the Humbucker Neck pickup and the brad Paisley Single Coil for the Bridge pickup. When amped up, the guitar sounds beautiful and as you'd expect from a solid set of pickups. When the guitar isn't amped, it sounds okay and is still playable, but has the plastic resonance sound to it. It is very  fascinating that you can feel the entire plastic body vibrating with the strings significantly more than with a standard wooden guitar and it can feel like you're more in touch with the music as the vibrations are stronger.