There's a spider in my guitar: Olaf Diegel's beautifully detailed 3D printed guitars
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Buyers of the production model of the ODD 3D printed guitar will be given the opportunity to have their own logo or name included on the rear of the guitar's body
The pickups, bridge and neck are not 3D printed of course, and will be offered in various custom configurations in the forthcoming production model
The stunning detail of the 3D printed body of the ODD guitar
Pretty in pink - the ODD Scarab model with 3D printed plastic body
This ODD Scarab is 3D printed using Alumide instead of pure nylon
Looking like a petrified forest, close up of the intricate detail of the Alumide Scarab guitar body
Identifying the model, a Scarab sits between the humbucking pickups
The ODD Spider in Alumide
The Spider has a number of fearsome-looking ODD arachnids positioned throughout its web-like lattice
One of the spiders within the web of the 3D printed body of the Spider guitar
Olaf Diegel has created a range of guitars with 3D printed bodies, which will be made available in June
ODD Spider in black with red ODD included on the back of each resident arachnid
Close up of one of the spiders at home in the web body of the ODD Spider
Close up of one of the spiders at home in the web body of the ODD Spider
Close up of one of the spiders at home in the web body of the ODD Spider
ODD Spider in black with red ODD included on the back of each resident arachnid
Olaf Diegel playing a blue ODD Spider model
Close up of one of the spiders at home in the web body of the blue ODD Spider
The blue ODD Spider by Olaf Diegel
Olaf Diegel describes the tone offered by the 3D-printed plastic (or plastic/aluminum) instruments as not being quite as bright as guitars with bodies fashioned from wood but the forthcoming production models should take care of that
The wonderful Les Paul-shaped Atom guitar with electrons that actually spin around the nucleus within the open body should be available by the end of the year
Gizmag has featured many guitars over the years that have veered well away from slight design variations on the ubiquitous Les Paul or Strat body shapes. There have been those which are just stunning (Di Donato/Stereo Acoustic/Tesla Prodigy), others have a look that's both familiar and strange (Ministar/Jetson/Sonic Wind), and others still that are quite frankly bizarre (gAtari 2600/iTar). I think it's fair to say, though, that none have ever looked quite as extraordinarily beautiful as Olaf Diegel's 3D-printed Scarab and Spider electric guitars.
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