Open source parametric stringed instruments
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This is a parametric stringed instrument generator that can create anything from a pocket ukelele to a triple bass. The instrument geometry is derived from a spreadsheet; variables such as number of strings and length of strings are produced from the geometrical skeleton file.
The instrument is open source, and designed so that anyone can fabricate it with a CNC machine.
multiscale neck generator.iptAutodesk inventor file used for creating different sizes of instrument necks.ipt - 425.00 kB - 03/29/2019 at 18:46 |
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unibody.stlbass unibody for laminatingStandard Tesselated Geometry - 330.94 kB - 03/15/2019 at 05:03 |
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DWG Drawing - 4.13 MB - 10/08/2018 at 15:43 |
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DWG Drawing - 1.27 MB - 10/08/2018 at 12:58 |
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We are getting ready to CNC carve the next 6 string guitar. Here is the latest version of the 3d model used to carve the wooden parts
"An orphan picture. Other than it is a spider wasp and came from the county I work in I don't know much more about this azure beauty. It was taken when we were first setting up the camera rig in 2012....so likely just fell between the cracks."
Marabunta is on hold until the Denver Maker Faire ends this weekend. I will be hosting two booths, the robot spider petting zoo and the levitating laser vaporizer in the Colorado Inventors Showcase. The spiders are closely related to Marabunta, running a custom linux OS that was designed to function as a universal audio workstation. If all goes well, the Marabunta instruments will soon be able to control a swarm of tap dancing robot spiders.
I tend to name my instruments after insects and spiders; When I started this project, I called it the hornet. It turns out that there is a hornet bass already on the market, even though there is no hornet guitar. As this system is designed to be capable of creating guitars, basses, mandolins, etc... It seemed worth it to change the name, and avoid the confusion of being the second electric bass called the hornet. Marabunta is a South American colloquialism for hornets that hunt spiders, and is an uncommon enough term that I was able to score the domain for marabunta.net.
underpants gnome scheme:
create documentation on how to fabricate AN instrument, then rebuild structural geometry
release geometry, and translate geometry to python/blender
collect prize
(pirate voice) steady as she goes
I, m very interesting by your project. Could you post your file in dxf format please
Andrew Benson
Gray Eldritch
Dimitris Xydas
Mike Moore
Unfortunately we can't post the 3d file required to build this instrument in DXF format. We can and will publish some 2d fretboard inlay files in dxf