sharkunicorn

In this part I will summarize the main improvements I have introduced in prototype 2 & 3.

• New head plate design:

• Head plate and neck are connected horizontally not vertically:

• I increased the wall thickness and fill grade of all neck parts and the head plate.
• Connection from neck to body more massiv and rounded edges:

• Fretboard parts overlap neck parts to increase stability.
• Headplate, neck parts, fretboard parts and connection to the body still glued togehter. The rest is screwed togeher to achieve reuse of the solid body and hollow body parts:

• Guitar scale has been shifted 3 cm in direction of the body. Therefore also the whole guitar is 3 cm shorter.
• The cover plates are countersunk in the hollow body parts now.
• The bridge parts are lowered in the body.
• And some other smaller constructional and design changes.

And this is a picture of the new prototype 3:

The swinging of the guitar neck could could be reduced but it is still to easy to bend it.

Here are also some sound examples played on a Black Star HT5 Metal combo:

Bridge Clean, Overdrive, Overdrive Muted:

Neck Clean, Overdrive, Overdrive Muted:

These examples are recorded with my Windows phone. The guitar has not been fine-tuned yet (string action, intonation, ect.) and the player has just yet begun to play e-guitar. So please excuse the poor technical quality.

I have some new ideas to further improve the stiffness of the neck of the guitar. I also want to experiment with Laywood material which is a mixture of PLA and wood powder. Therefore the next prototype 4 will also get a new look.