The Scarab 3D guitar. How it's made. Specs, interview and demo.

This Full Color Printed 3D Guitar is the first of its kind in the world. There have been other 3D Guitars but none like this one.
What's different here is that this guitar is printed using technology by Mimaki USA that lets the designer create the body in full color. Prior to using Mimaki's technology, a 3D printed guitar required many hours of painstakingly difficult sanding, masking, and painting if the designer wanted anything other than a simple white guitar.
This guitar came to be as the result of a project involving Olaf Deigel of Odd Guitars. Olaf has been making 3D printed electric guitars since 2011. As Professor of Additive Manufacturing at Auckland University Olaf is a wealth of knowledge and experience regarding this technology.
He saw Mimaki's unique full-color 3D printing technology and approached Josh Hope who at the time was Senior Manager for Mimaki's Engineering and 3D Development Team. With the assistance of Mimaki Application Specialist Jamie Martinez, they created the world's first functional Full-Color 3D Printed Electric Guitar.
Many of you probably don't realize it but I also work for Mimaki USA as Regional Manager for their Canadian Operation. Josh Hope and I have been friends and colleagues for a number of years. When Josh and his team began working on this project he immediately reached out to me to see if I would be interested to demo the final product. How lucky am I?
So in this video, we look at the specs of the guitar, talk to the folks who designed and created it and finally listen to an original piece I wrote specifically to showcase the guitar. I am very honored to have been able to take part in this project. This guitar, The Scarab ST, is not only a fine instrument but is without a doubt the coolest and most unique instrument I have ever played. I hope you enjoy the video as much as I enjoyed putting it together.
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0:00 - Instrumental Teaser
0:12 - Introducing The Scarab ST By ODD Guitars
1:03 - Unique Construction - 3D Printed Body in Full Color
1:28 - Guitar Specifications & Controls
2:24 - Traditional Construction Also Used
2:45 - Odd Guitars & Mimaki USA
3:06 - Odd Guitars Origin Story
3:47 - What Makes The Scarab ST Different?
4:03 - Mimaki USA To The Rescue!
4:22 - The People Who Put This Together
5:22 - Interview With Olaf & Josh From Odd Guitars & Mimaki USA
5:53 - Odd Guitar’s Back Story. Why 3D?
7:50 - Used to Have to Hand Paint The Guitars Very Tedious
8:07 - Beatles Bass - Hand Painted
8:40 - Could We Print in Full Color to Eliminate Painting
9:00 - The Printing Time & Process
11:57 - Thank You!
12:03 - ORIGINAL SONG - 4 Guitar Tracks Using The Scarab ST
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[@oddguitars]

Thanks Lucas! That playing is just plain awesome!!!

[@LucasCrossleyGuitar]

Thank you Olaf!

[@robkguitar]

Awesome Lucas! Great review and closing track. Really pro job on the review and cool to have the interview with the creators. 🍻

[@LucasCrossleyGuitar]

Thanks Rob! Much appreciated buddy!

[@Zack-hn2ui]

That was so smooth !! Great tone, that thing looks fun to play !! Very impressive what we can achieve these day's !! Realy dig it !! You nailed it again, very professionnal stuff !

[@LucasCrossleyGuitar]

Thanks Zack! It’s a wicked guitar. Super light too! Glad you liked it. Thanks for the kind words too! Cheers!!

[@yinzer3]

Wow

[@JohnSmith-ck9tp]

Warmoth necks are excellent.

[@LucasCrossleyGuitar]

They sure are. I’ve owned a few. Great quality. Cheers.