Les Paul Controller for Guitar Hero/Clone Hero/YARG

Fret Buttons in Action Note these are 90% buttons.

Gameplay Footage

This is my version of a clone hero/guitar hero guitar in the style of the Les Paul Gibson. My goal was to make the best possible guitar with no compromises. Please also check out my Eddie Van Halen Star: https://www.printables.com/model/737667

Changelog: - 2025-08-28 - Added link to @JoseMariaIba_1594250's github for for ESP32 option.

- 2025-07-20 - Added [Tilt Switch - 5mm Ball Switch (Sw-520d) - 45 degrees - v0.2.stl]

- Thanks @vman for the suggestion.

- 2025-03-23 - Updated BOM to table format. Thanks again to @austinvojta for improving things!

- 2025-03-22 - Added much improved wiring diagrams courtesy of @austinvojta

- 2025-03-18 - Updated the single piece guitar body to accept the fix for the wire plates.

- 2025-03-15 - Finally a fix for the Pimoroni Pico Lipo Shim interfering with the exit hole from the guitar body. Sorry it took so long. - The issue was that I didn't take into account the sag the would occur from the bridging. The tolerances on the hole for the wire plate were extremely tight from when I had four holes holding the wire plate to the guitar body. When I removed the upper and lower holes, it gave more room so the hole could be enlarged.

- For those that have already printed your guitar body, using a knife to trim the upper part of the exit hole by 1 mm should get the pico lipo shim to not interfere.

- Updated the wire plate exit hole on the guitar body and the wire plates so that the pico lipo shim should no should no longer interfere with the guitar body - (enlarged the opening 1mm in each direction up and down and increased the size of the wire plates)

- Thanks to @austinvojta and @forkz for assisting with the issue.

- The CADs have been updated to match.

- 2025-03-03 - Added counterbore bridges for [Guitar Body - Strummer Side with Support - v0.3]

- fixed Headstock nut so it properly loads flat on the build plate.

- Thanks to @austinvojta for helping find these.

- Added CAD for the beta split guitar body files

Design Goals - Modular/adjustable strumming mechanism that uses bearings for smooth strum with no play. - Strum bar uses bearings, giving a very smooth and consistent movement.

- Strum switch mounts slide in and out to eliminate backlash in the strumming mechanism.

- As few bolts as possible visible from the front. - Only 4 neck bolts visible, which I like aesthetically. These could easily have been hidden also.

- Single piece neck - Better rigidity as a single piece.

- Cleaner look without bolts as it's always hard to get multiple pieces to line up perfectly.

- Fret switches are mounted onto a plate, which slides into the neck and is attached to the neck with screws that are hidden under the fret buttons.

- Buttons mounted into the keycap mounting holes - Buttons don't float and have a smooth action without sticking.

- Button stops under the top and bottom of each fret prevent excessive leaning of the button.

- Legs are printed separately and glued into the cap so the legs don't break along layer lines.

- Flat or dimpled buttons - Small dimple makes it easy to locate the middle of the button.

- Modular wire exit plate - Wire exit is a face plate that can be easily adapted for whatever hole/wire plugs that you want.

- Current Plates - USB-C using micro-USB to USB-C Extension/Adapter