New improved version! Can make a righty or lefty with one set of parts.
The pickup and strap jacks can be switched. Disc piezo is embedded in the 2-part bridge (wires slide through the slots). Chord letters on the neck can be put on either side. A carbon fiber rod provides the support through the neck and body. 15.25" scale length, standard GD tuning (not an octave higher), and should fit in a soprano uke gig bag. E and A ball end classical guitar strings. Quiet unplugged and sounds pretty good plugged in.
As always there is still room for improvement, but these changes fix the strings being too close to the body and the top being super sensitive to any touches when plugged in.
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Cool Doug, welcome... it's really a fun lil' git there! -Glenn
I appreciate the encouraging words Glenn! Thanks. This has been a challenging and fun project. Although there is always room for improvement, this is a very playable Chugger compared to my first attempt and I hope to get back to it at some point. Other priorities to attend to...
So very SWEET Doug, kudos on a winner chugger!! Lovin' this 'un. -Glenn
Thanks BrianQ! PLA is hard enough, the problem is that plastic under constant tension will bend (even though it may support the tension for a short time) which means on this neck through body design I have plastic between the top and the neck right under the bridge and that dampens the top. The carbon fiber rod keeps the neck straight.
Awesome Doug!! Have you looked into denser plastic, seems like harder plastic would give more acoustic volume?
Thanks Alan! It does take more time for the bigger parts. The body with a small part of the neck took the longest at just over 7 hours. The rest of the parts took substantially less time. The printer does the heavy lifting for me, and the assembly goes pretty quickly.
"Cool", Looks like the 3D Printer has been working overtime on this one Doug.