Crappy Magnet (Guitar Camera Mount)

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This is a crappy copy of: https://troygrady.com/magnet/
The design is loosely inspired by the Magnet but reduced to the most simple form/functionality to make it easier to print/use fewer non-printed parts. This means it's not as ergonomic and cannot be attached/detached to a guitar as quickly as the real one, but should basically do the same thing. Which is to let you mount a phone to the neck of your guitar so you can record your picking in slow motion. This allows you to identify issues with your technique that are difficult to diagnose at full speed.
Some additional materials are required:
2x ~4x60mm screws/bolts (to clamp the jaws of the mount shut).
2x ~3x60mm screws/bolts (may not be needed but can be used to clamp front and back of the mount shut - to keep the phone in place. I did not use the holes).
Some kind of grippy material to help it hold onto the guitar neck. E.g. rubber or foam rubber tape. Something like you'd use to stop a keyboard from slipping on a desk. You could also put it on the surfaces that touch the phone for more grip.
I embedded the bolts for the 4mm screws into blocks of plastic (named bolt in the file list) with a soldering iron so I could tighten the whole contraption into the neck with just a screwdriver.
I've printed this in PETG and PLA. PLA seems a bit better due to it's increased rigidity.
Only the "male" side of the mount needs supports and in that case only touching the build plate (i.e. not in the bolt holes). All parts are designed to be printed "face down". So the "rail" parts point upward.
I tried it on 2 guitars one with a very thin neck and one with a fatter neck. It did not stay on with the thin neck guitar but with more surface area is seems quite stable.