Rendered the Strat again..modified

[CyborgCNC]

OK, so I made some modifications to the body contours according to the Blueprint I posted previously...what do you guys think, close enough?

I simulated the render with walnut as the wood this time to shows the curves more...

[LiquidGuitars]

your rendering looks way better to me now..

I got to finish my Strat body and neck build a few months ago here is a photo.


Modeled in Lightwave 3D and cut off the Carvewright wood working system.



Finished body and neck.






LG

[CyborgCNC]

Congratulations....

That is a a beautiful build. You should talk to the folks at carveright/craftsman, and ask them to pay you.....I think you have taken that thing to new heights!



Here is one of my recent builds:

http://www.cncguitar.org:7171/les-paul/

Designed in Solidworks from the '59 LP plans, and machined with Mastercam (on my home-build CNC router).

A few twists:

-Under the Mother of Perl inlays, there are miniature LED's, so that with a pull of one of the pots, the fretboard lights up (but you cant tell they are there when off)
-Another pull of a second pot, and there is an on-board tuner (both work off a 9V internal battery)
-As you can see from the side shots, the guitar also has a build in USB interface...just plug into a computer, and use guitar rig to jam...one USB cable needed, and nothing more...

Will post some more pics of a recent hollow body LP, with some more surprises...

[LiquidGuitars]

Very nice!



looks like you have the shape down..

Will post some more pics of a recent hollow body LP, with some more surprises...

sounds good! last year I designed a nice one with carved X brace intergrated into the top and a 5 lam neck. Building a soild 59" now.


LG

[silverfoxx03]

Is this file available? I was wanting to try to do one of these out of aluminum?

Thanks so much

Clay