3D-printed acoustic guitar

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Turron

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Joined: Apr. 18 2013

3D-printed acoustic guitar

All luthiers ... smash these machines now! Oh wait, thy can replicate themselves.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-10-11/the-worlds-first-3d-printed-guitar

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rogeliocan

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From: Canada

RE: 3D-printed acoustic guitar (in reply to Turron)

A video, unless I missed it, appears to be a basic requirement when you post such a thing. no?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 20 2013 18:11:07

sig

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Joined: Nov. 7 2007
From: Wisconsin

RE: 3D-printed acoustic guitar (in reply to Turron)

Wow that's really something. I can't wait to order my bright orange 3D Conde :)
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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 20 2013 19:09:42

El Kiko

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From: The South Ireland

RE: 3D-printed acoustic guitar (in reply to Turron)

well i read it and the sentence that stuck in my mind was right near the end when it said .....'''The one-off model used about $3,000 worth of plastic''' I think the luthiers are pretty safe

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 20 2013 19:25:25

Turron

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RE: 3D-printed acoustic guitar (in reply to El Kiko)

Nice point. Nobody seems to have thought of the amount of fracking it'll take to supply all the plastic. Chop down trees or rape the Earth's crust for its hydrocarbons? Tough call. Me, I'll just hang on to my old cellulose/lignin -based Conde for now.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 20 2013 20:08:32

rogeliocan

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From: Canada

RE: 3D-printed acoustic guitar (in reply to El Kiko)

ahhh, but that is just the prototype.
Try it out, fix some problems, have them mass produced in China and there you go, $100 to produce, and you can sell them for $500.
Then have them voiced by Tom B., costs you $1000, and you can now sell for $5,500, if you mention it on the label, somehow.
Change the head stock by adding horns and...Oh no, wait, that would devalue it.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 20 2013 20:55:36