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# Making the Guitar Body
### @description Maker Project for Guitar Body for micro:bit
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Make the Guitar Body for your micro:bit Guitar
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## Duration: ~45 minutes
## Materials
* Cardboard large pieces (recycle!)
* Tape (masking, duct Tape, and/or packing tape)
* Scissors that can cut cardboard
* Markers and/or paint
![Materials: cardboard, tape, scissors, markers](/static/mb/projects/guitar/materials.jpg)
## Step 1: Design the body
*tracing the guitar design*
https://youtu.be/xMSrWaOZkFg
* Search for [Guitar Silhouette](https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Guitar+Silhouettes) design ideas and customize
the shape of your guitar
* Trace the design on a flat piece of cardboard (40-80 cm is best)
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* Avoid small details that are difficult to cut into cardboard
* Unfolding a box gives longer pieces of cardboard, and creases can be reinforced
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## Step 2: Cut out the body
*cutting the cardboard*
https://youtu.be/aUQkrFoEank
## Step 3: Personalize the Guitar
Create unique styling using tape, markers, paint and other available materials (*calling all artist!*)
*decorating the guitar*
https://youtu.be/zNAZTJeSxY8
Everyone can come up with a unique design!
![guitar design samples](/static/mb/projects/guitar/otherdesigns.jpg)
## Extra!
*strengthening the guitar*
https://youtu.be/q0GkQdJmxjE
Strengthen the guitar next with an angled cardboard strip (*optional*).
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NEXT: Buttons, Display and Sound
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