In 2016, Mickäel Dansan and I collaborated to design and reproduce a plastic tremolo arm tip for Brian May Red Special guitars which looks more representative of the original’s greenish-yellow colour than any commercially available items such as standard Fender tips. They are available at Dansan Guitars online store for a reasonable price:
https://dansanguitars.com/store/
In July 2024, I made a brief (6m 10s) YouTube video illustrating how I designed the tip then made it using 3D SLA printing in my ELEGOO Mars 4 DLP 3D printer. A key part of the process is colouring the Phrozen “creamy white” ABS-like 3D printing resin using an epoxy resin pigment kit.
In the video, I show you the type of vintage, light grey plastic knitting needle that Brian used to fashion his tremolo trip from and illustrate how the colour has evolved over years of wear and tear to its current greenish-yellow hue. All the materials and equipment I use in the video including and automatic pipette, graduated glass pipettes and pipette filler, 5 ml glass sample containers, ABS-like 3D printing resin, epoxy resin pigment kits and isopropyl alcohol are available at reasonable prices from major online retailers.
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https://dsgb.net/collaborate/
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