Making STEAM: Build Your Custom Electric Guitar
Sara J Sanders · 2024
By teaching the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math embedded in the objects they create, STEAM-based digital fabrication projects equip the next generation of leaders and problem solvers with the tools to make change and build the future. The Make Your Electric Guitar project has been tested successfully with undergraduate (Figure 1), middle, and high school students (Figure 2) since 2019. As students design and develop their guitar, they not only build a tool for self-expression but also learn iterative design, fabrication, and the physics of sound and circuitry and leave with a working electric guitar.