Guitar 3D CAD Files

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

The community had some notes on the old wiki:

Excellent discussion of additional tools needed: A question or three for the guitar makers out there - #25 by loudsimonet

See http://guitarbuilding.org/

Telecaster guitar

Found some models on the internet and worked with a friend to modify them into a millable telecaster copy. The neck took 5 tries because I had issues with origin repeatability. The neck is some oak handrails I garbage picked. The body is a kitchen table I garbage picked with some oak laminated on top. I milled the neck plate and the control plate from aluminum. I carved the nut by hand from corian and did all the fret work myself. It plays pretty well, but needs some more setup work. [IMG_2…

Carbide Create files

Tele Guitar Style CNC for Carbide Create — Bones Woodshop

Free Strat Guitar CNC File for Carbide Create — Bones Woodshop

Building Guitars with MeshCAM
GitHub - mnesarco/MarzWorkbench: FreeCAD Workbench for guitar design — FreeCAD workbench for designing guitars
CNC Files — CNC Accessories and Custom Woodworks — Bones Woodshop
3/4 scale guitar — Playable Guitar - Printable Without Supports by Solstie - Thingiverse [68]
D-Size Tele Body Blueprint Files[69]
CONTROL PLATES - CONTROL PLATES Suppliers from guitar parts depot [70]
Re: Guitars and signs I’ve made — variety of guitar designs done in CamBam
The Lancaster - Instrument Plans - ProjectGuitar.com
http://guitarscience.net/papers/guibook.pdf
luascript to create guitar body shapes for Vectric Vcarve: Acoustic Guitar Shapes - Vectric Customer
The "G" Thang Acoustic Guitar Design Tool
Neck Reset Formula
Tracing guitar bodies using Rhino 3D: Easy Guitar Drawing for Custom Guitar Bodies, Part 1 [CNC / CAD Project] - CNCCookbook: Be A Better CNC'er (includes video)
https://www.electricherald.com/
Grabcad
https://grabcad.com/library/gibson-sg-1
https://grabcad.com/library/gibson-flying-v-83-1
Guitar Templates Archive | Electric Herald
Schablonen und Zeichnungen - GitarreBassBau.de
https://sites.google.com/site/guitarplanscollection/pdf-files
Guitar Templates Archive | Electric Herald Fender Stratocaster Guitar Templates | Electric Herald
https://www.reddit.com/r/Luthier/comments/dbjst8/posting_this_pickup_wiring_chart_because_ive_seen/
https://imgur.com/a/MlJXgOw
GitHub - Audiohotshot/fretgenerator360: Fretboard generator for guitarbuilders in fusion360
The subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Luthier/ has a number of useful links in its sidebar

CAM page lists:

LoboCNC Fretboard.exe at http://jrkerr.com/lobocnc/userapps.html
Fretboard template generator
Examples:

Custom Guitar - Shapeoko XL

Hey all, Latest build for a customer. Body and neck routed on a Shapeoko XL (2 pieces), as well as the pickguard and holes in the brass string anchors (a drawer pull). 100% re-purposed wood and materials! Fred [tele][IMG_1748][IMG_1750][IMG_1747]