3D Printing/Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing
Realize your potential on the guitar!
One of our clients kind of went all “Hollywood” on us.
ChordBuddy is a product that makes learning to play the guitar easier than ever.
Travis Perry is the creator of the device that’s been featured on the television show Shark Tank and is also endorsed by country western star John Rich.
Realize President Todd Reese fancies himself a bit of a guitar hero and this project was right in his wheelhouse.
“ChordBuddy was a very fun and challenging project for us. From our early conversations with Travis, everything clicked. Rapid prototyping (stereolithography specifically) was used to produce several iterations of the ChordBuddy. It was important to produce each iteration with a high attention to detail, tolerances, functionality, and appearance. Detailed features and tight tolerances were very important to maintain in order to demonstrate how the device properly attaches to a guitar and also to demonstrate the correct feel of the removable tabs as they slide in and out of the device. The prototypes were also required to be functional and we had to make use of more than one material to accomplish this, in addition to incorporating metal hardware. On top of that, the models needed to look like the real deal, and that required paint. To balance those requirements was challenging, and necessary for Travis to prove his concept. In the end it worked great and one of the final prototypes we produced is even featured in an early ChordBuddy commercial. We are so happy to have played a role in the development of the ChordBuddy and it has been a real treat to watch its success via Shark Tank and Travis’s hard work.”
We caught up with Travis to find out how Rapid Prototyping helped with his product development.
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