In this pre-building-reno episode I show how to build and hydrodip a custom DIY guitar body, which is a hybrid of the Ibanez JEM and the new Ibanez PIA - a mashup of Steve Vai’s past and present guitars. The process of hydro-dipping a guitar is also known as a swirl dip, swirl paint, or swirling, and I did my best to replicate the swirl color scheme from the cover guitar on Steve Vai’s Passion and Warfare album. This custom guitar body has the flower petal cutout and magnetic back plates from the PIA, and a swirl paint job similar to the JEM. I also added my own custom touch by 3D printing pickup covers.
I used a combination of a CNC and basic woodworking skills to build the guitar body. I started by using the X-Carve CNC to cut the shape of the guitar body into a guitar blank. I then used a jigsaw to trim the excess, and flushed up the sides with my router. I also used hand tools to carve the signature lion’s claw tremolo cutout. For the hydro-dip, I used Magic Marble paints in light green, black, rose, neon pink, and citron yellow. For the clear coat, I used Spraymax 2k glamour gloss to give the guitar a glossy finish.
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