Maya for Beginners - Modeling a Guitar - Tutorial | Learn Maya 

One tip I found whilst modelling a guitar in Maya, and using this video for reference - when creating the strings using a CV curve tool at 32:07 , I found the default curve settings were creating some unwanted shapes when snapping the curve to my bridge and nut, and found changing the CV curve settings did the trick, which the video doesn't seem to show. All I changed which worked for me was the '3 Cubic' setting to '1 Linear', which gave my curve the linearity it needed to create a string shape. Hope this helps :)

Thanks so much for posting. I'm using C4D, but just seeing your thought process is immensely helpful.

Amazing tutorial, thank you!

I only have to do 2/3 of it, because I'm currently modeling a four string bass guitar. That technique you used to create the strings is going to make my workflow much less of a headache. Thank you for sharing this.

Your 3d tutorials are the best I've seen so far. Thanks so much for helping beginners. Please carry on making videos!!!

Amazing video. I had no prior knowledge of Maya, and after this tutorial i can say that I know Maya and I can build any model. Thank you so much! ^_^

Thank you for the nice tutorial, very helpful :)

I am a C4D user and I am following your tutorial. Great

I have been playing guitar for 6 Years and even I didn't know all the details of my instrument like this guy does !!

How did you select the last fret individually. You grouped it at first right? i tried to ungroup it but not able to do so

Thank you. This video is really helpful. I completed all the steps and made a guitar in Maya

TNice tutorials tutorial is so useful,I tried tons of other tutorials but tNice tutorials was the best one

Очеь достойные туторы, в отличии от многих каналов, тут чувствуется высокое качество работы

FR: Ces tutoriels sont incroyables ! :O EN: Those tutorials are amazing ! :O

Thank you! I learned some skills from here.

This tutorial is lovely. It's not too slow and it's not too fast... Just watching it gives me ideas and techniques on how to tackle modeling... I have been away from 3d modelling for a while... Please make more amazing tutorials like this (maybe some tutorials on tackling environment, character and hard surface modelling)... Thanks.

Wonderful modeling tutorial.

cool video man. Don't know about it being beginner friendly however...I would say this videos pretty good once people are familiar with the tools.

Excelente tutorial!

Nice! Thank you.

I love your video and your style to teach

Amazing! Learned a lot, but Why so many edge loops? Because in final render edges will bevel within loops and not ouside?

Can you add about the texturing for this?

This is fantastic. When I create the spiral for the string; if I go over 500 in rotation, it goes crazy and doesn't stay in that spiral shape. Why is that?

at about 31:45 I'm having trouble understanding. You say you deselected everything but the bridge and nut and hid everything, however, the coils are still visible. with that, are the coils live too? I can created a curve after making the bridge, nut and coils live, I can click all the way to the nut, but I can't click all the way to the curve to snaps the verts. I tried making the coils not live, and still can click the cv curve all the way to them. help please?

2:44 i can only extrude to the outside and not to the inside, so when i delete the are i see no difference at all

How do you smooth the guitar strings? The mesh > smooth only works for poly surfaces not for the nurbs extruded surfaces. And the way it is right now if I don't unsmooth it the strings go into the fret board. Please help. It would actually be helpful if there was a way to convert it to polysurface since just hitting modify>convert>nurbs to polygons completely botches the geometry I am unable to export the strings to substance painter.

how do i merge the meshes?? how about the interior?? thought it would be a complete tutorial

Very good video sir. Can you give a tutorial on how to make a high poly guitar like on the tumbnail? Cause when I do the poly just like in this video, I got a problem while doing checker uv mapping. Thanks

Why do I get reverse normals in 35:03 when I do the strings for the guitar?

great assets pros mesh modelling in maya that's being so much thumbs up thanks a lot sir for having these tricks steps of guitar modelling Hi sir myseld Rony i'm an VFx CG student from India

Looking realistic 😍

Can u make texturing and unwrapping video for this guitar

my extrube not working on particular curve and on some curve i am getting black mesh

OMG Amazing ~~

can you show the texturing part of this guitar

Great video..

After creating strings from curves how can I transform it by polygons, because when i try to manipulate it i can do it only like curve by control vertex...

what about showing key board what you pressed next video?

hi! how do you increase the rotation of the cilinder? i do the same things you do but the rotation value doesn't overcome 360

The string keeps deforming. what should i do?

For Cinema 4D users: 2:04 add Subdivision Surface. Group your objects and place them under the Subdivision Surface

35:30 how come when you change the circle scale for the second string the first string doesnt change? im trying to do the same but all my strings are changing the scale according to the circle

Thank u bro

I love you,mate

How you convert vertex to faces? 9:17 what keys should I press for this menu option (to edjes- to faces- ...)? Help please

Im stuck at the strings, when I try to use the CV tool to make them, after placing the point on the top bridge, it will not go further to the spirals, and does not want to connect to the spirals. I am in live mode, the bridge, spirals and top bridge are combined. Anything I can do to fix this? :c

2:04 how did you make it curvy and round. I did bevel with same settings but it's not round at all.

Hi! Thank you so much for these tutorials! :) One question, when I try to extrude to make the strings into polygons they appear black, I tried reversing normals but none of that works, what do you suggest I do?

How long you did this guitar?

and how can I patch a hole in the guitar (inside). For example, I would like to put a sticker or wooden ribs there

35:33 when i apply that, why first line is bigger together..? help me!

I have questions: how to become smooth after apply smooth edge... To me it's still the same and not change anything

Can you do a texturing video of the guitar?

after months of practise, at what stage i will know that i am ready for a modelling job????

The video is good, but the audio and video don't match a lot of times, you skip lot's of parts in audio while doing it. very helpful video though :)

at 34:24 when i try attach the whole string disappears and at 34:57 when i try to extrude nothing happens .....pls help i am almost done.... but stuck there

Nice this 👍

may i ask one more question please xd how do you select so fast all the edges or faces? is there a shortcut for it? im clicking one by one, thanks again!

i stucked in last thing adding string using cv curves and i cant finish with spiral thing whats is the problem how to solve ⛹ that ⛹ that

You should press ctrl e to extrude

bro can u explain how do you smoothen the edges of the polygon at 2:04

How do you quickly smooth the edges??

Can anyone explain how he has done the strings because it doesn't work in my Maya?

amazing tutorial but I have problem when making the strings

32:26 mine one is not snapping with the spiral

at 02.09 can any one explain how did he get the smooth

32:08 hey, how did you set your cv curve settings? mine ins't working like you lol...

how did you get rid of the lattice point at 17:07?

great video! but at 34:56 when I extrude, my chord is reverse and black.. I don't know how to fix it... Can you help me ?

Hello. At 18:05 how do I select the last fret individually to turn into the nut?

34:16 when i apply that, i checked keep originals!! Then i saved it... do you know how to seperate spiral and straight line...? Ctrl+z doesnt work because i saved file... lol help me ....

What was your tri count?

@TrimitKala . I need help please. I am using Maya 2018. When I ctrl + right click the vertice @ 9:17 I do not get the "to faces" option. I am pretty stuck and can't find the answer online. I have tried ctrl+ left click, CMD + right click, CMD + left click, Ctrl + right click... and I can't get the same menu options as you?

Plz. Make a video on texturing the guitar in substance painter

I want model image in top view

After you apply the bevel, How do you make the shape become more smooth. At 2:04, the shape becomes smoother

Best Tutorial, just the pace was too fast as im beginner so had to watch in slow motion though.... Thank You......

How do you smoothen the edges of the polygon at 2:04. What is the method you have been using to do that?????

sir make video of maya basic please

I'm sorry for my bad English. I would like to know how you do the operation at 2:04〜

For blender users: 2:04 add edge loops at the sharp edges (like the wireframe shows) and then add a subdivision surface modifier. :-)

Command very quickly also good

Make a video for beginners explaining basic tools and interface... This video is great but it's not for beginners... 🙂

❤

32:33 help me... my line doesn't act like you.. it doesnt follow point!!! What should i do....? + line's curved and point what i made isnt same .. can you understand?

nice tutorial, but i haven't ever seen a guitar made like this, why don't you use image references?

how do you switch from smooth to normal?

How to render it?

Bcoz of u

when I use bevel but guitar shape can't be change

Bhai 3d animation sikhte koi mash lage

My lattice wont disappear. How do I do?

8:25 HOW DO U MAKE THAT CERCLE

But where is that texture u showed in thumbnail

I work as a luthier and need 3D rendering of some of my guitars, please contact me if you're interested in doing it.

This video is quite helpful But since this video for beginners low the speed of the videos so we can follow u step by step ‘ U r using speed run and in the middle of the video i get lost ‘

Hi bro ...I like the modeling..but if u r showing how to do..do it bit slow..ur doing so fast..

Don't use insert edge loop for your edges, use the bevel, you will have a better angle et something cleaner. Always bevel with 3 edges to make Uvs cutiing easier too.