Jonathan Mettes

Blender 3D model

My first attempt at 3D modelling, made using Blender.

The original reference sketch I drew. I used the front and side views as a proportion guide to build the model.

Screenshot of the beginning stages of the build. This great tutorial on tutsplus helped me learn how to do it.

An interactive view of the early low-poly version my model (without any smoothing & edge splitting, or amazing ambient occlusion).

Homemade slide guitar

I made my own slide guitar! It’s basically just a plank of wood with a bunch of components, some angle brackets and machine heads - really easy. I detail the build below.

I cut up the plank for the headstock so the machine heads have room to pop out (in hindsight, I should’ve just used a narrower plank). Then I drilled some holes to stick the machine heads though.

I bored/chiseled some holes to embed the machine heads in. Not the best craftsmanship. :-)

I used a piece of an angle bracket for the nut and I filed in some grooves for the strings.

I did the same for the bridge and drilled in some screws to wrap the strings around.

Bored/chiseled some more holes for the pickups and components.

Made a nice looking scratchplate to hold everything in place.