Archtop Guitar

[ZooHead]

Archtop Guitar

After being trapped in my home for a week with no power and no running water,
I finally got rescued by some linemen called in from Canada.

I had lines down across my chain link fence, and trees that fell
across the power lines blocking my driveway and the road.

Now I'm back working with Cheetah on an D'Angelico archtop
hollow body model... here are the first test renders.

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[Albert]

Can't wait to see the progress 'ZOO'...
:icon_thumbup:

 

[ZooHead]

Thanks Al, I just Booleaned my F holes.

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[Shift Studio]

After being trapped in my home for a week with no power and no running water,
I finally got rescued by some linemen called in from Canada.

I had lines down across my chain link fence, and trees that fell
across the power lines blocking my driveway and the road.

Now I'm back working with Cheetah on an D'Angelico archtop
hollow body model... here are the first test renders.

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Sounds like a serious storm and a week to remember - good thing for those Canadians!

Guitar is looking good!
--shift Studio.

 

[gregvoth]

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Go Zoo Go!

 

[ZooHead]

Sounds like a serious storm and a week to remember - good thing for those Canadians!

Guitar is looking good!
--shift Studio.

It's a good thing it didn't happen in the dead of winter
or my pipes would have frozen and ruined my house.

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Go Zoo Go!

:icon_thumbup: I made the neck straight and used a Taper Modifier to get
the taper right and then a Transform Modifier for positioning.

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[ZooHead]

I added frets using Hiroto's PolygonToSpline script.

This amaizing script works even if you're using
Modifiers, just check "use modified target"

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[frank beckmann]

Cool project. :icon_thumbup:
2 things caught my attention:
Why 22 frets?
And usually the fretboard end is attached to the heel instead to the body due its curvature.
Can´t wait to hear the sound.

Cheers
Frank

 

[gregvoth]

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I prefer a 22 fret guitar... better sound, more room. My ASAT and PRS are 22's. Dislike 24 fretters.

 

[ZooHead]

Cool project. :icon_thumbup:
2 things caught my attention:
Why 22 frets?
And usually the fretboard end is attached to the heel instead to the body due its curvature.
Can´t wait to hear the sound.

Cheers
Frank

The original design has 22 frets, and the
EXL-1A has a piezo pick up and no controls.

You're right about the neck, the end of the fingerboard should
be floating as it's a true hollow body, with no center block.

And with bronze strings I doubt I'll use more than 20 frets.

Here's a pic from Musucian's Friend.

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[Albert]

Awesome guitar!!!
:icon_thumbup:

 

[ZooHead]

It took a while to get the headstock to neck
connection right, plus some other various tweaks.

I'll set the headstock angle after I build the tuners.

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[misoversaturated]

Very interesting to see how the model slowly evolves.
The wood texture is great also.

 

[Chris Heath]

Beautiful work as usual Eric. :icon_thumbup:

 

[ZooHead]

Very interesting to see how the model slowly evolves.
The wood texture is great also.

Beautiful work as usual Eric. :icon_thumbup:

Thanks guys, I made some progress on the headstock.

The wood material is a favorite I use from a photo.


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[misoversaturated]

Thanks for providing the texture!

 

[ZooHead]

You're welcome.

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