This intricate, lightweight "Greenaxe" electric guitar by Olaf Diegel shows off a new 3D printing technique that turns waste products like sawdust into high-strength, production-grade wood parts that ...

When we think of 3D printed parts for our projects, most of us imagine little bits like brackets and mounting plates. Perhaps the occasional printed project enclosure. But if you’ve got a big custom ...

We just wrapped up the Musical Instrument Challenge in the Hackaday Prize, and that means we’re sorting through a ton of inventive electronic musical instruments. For whatever reason we can’t seem to ...

Rock stars love to smash guitars apart. Geeky engineers (and we say that with the utmost respect) love to build things. What happens when both parties meet? Probably something like the 3D-printed ...

The guitar swings through the air, arcing toward the amps stacked alongside the stage at the Miami club. But rather than splintering into pieces, it bounces back into the hands of neo-classical metal ...

SANDVIKEN, Sweden, April 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Rock stars have been smashing guitars for decades, few with more enthusiasm than Swedish-born guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen. Global engineering ...

Instrument modder Frank Piesik has combined 3D printing, electronic hackery and touch sensing to create the ElektroCaster that bridges the gap between traditional guitars like a Telecaster and full-on ...

SANDVIKEN, Sweden, May 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- From manufacturing engineers and 3D printing specialists, to hardcore metal fans and those who were enticed by the premise of destruction, millions of ...

Meredith Briden and his Grade 5 students at Fredericton’s Garden Creek Elementary School have just finished printing a replica Fender guitar, almost entirely out of PLA plastic. Briden says it's a ...