Whether you need a standard tool, a custom template, a specialized shop fixture, or help turning an idea into a manufacturable product, Usonian Guitar Co. can work with you from concept through production.
Lutherie Tools & Jigs
Purpose-built tools designed to make guitar building more accurate, repeatable, and efficient.
- Alignment and positioning tools
- Bridge and neck layout tools
- Drilling and routing guides
- Assembly and clamping fixtures
- Specialty lutherie tools
- Custom jigs for specific building operations
Custom Guitar Templates
Precision templates manufactured from your dimensions, drawings, digital files, existing components, or design requirements.
- Body, neck, headstock, and fretboard templates
- Bridge, bracing, and rosette templates
- Routing, pickup, electronics, and neck-joint templates
- Inlay and specialty templates
Template materials
- Acrylic
- MDF
- Baltic birch plywood
- Other template materials depending on the application
Custom Router Templates
CNC-machined router templates for guitar building, woodworking, and specialized fabrication.
- Pickup and electronics cavities
- Neck pockets and neck joints
- Headstock features and truss rod channels
- Binding, purfling, and inlay work
- Bridge routing and custom cavities
- Repeat-production operations
Radius Dishes
CNC-machined radius dishes for acoustic guitar construction.
- Top and back radius dishes
- Standard or custom radii
- Custom diameters and dimensions
- MDF construction
- Bare dishes or with sandpaper applied and ready for use
Body Molds
Precision body molds for acoustic guitar construction, including standard and custom body geometry.
- OM, Dreadnought, 000, 00, Parlor, and Classical
- Custom body shapes
- Complete molds or replacement sections
- Custom dimensions
- Molds created from drawings or customer-supplied geometry
Side Bending Jigs
Side bending jigs and components for acoustic guitar construction.
- Complete side bending jigs
- Custom guitar body shapes
- Interchangeable bending forms
- Replacement bending forms
- Custom waist and bout geometry
- Forms created from customer drawings or specifications
Custom Jigs & Fixtures
Purpose-built tooling for shop operations you want to make faster, safer, or more repeatable.
- Drilling, routing, and assembly fixtures
- Clamping and positioning fixtures
- CNC workholding
- Repeat-production fixtures
- Guitar-specific shop tooling
3D Printing & Prototype Manufacturing
Functional 3D printing for tools, prototypes, fixtures, components, shop accessories, and low-volume production.
Available materials
- PLA
- PETG
- PLA-CF
- PETG-CF
- ABS
- Nylon
Custom Design & Prototyping
Have an idea for a guitar-building tool, jig, fixture, template, or component but need help turning it into a finished product? We can help develop it from concept through manufacturing.
Services can include
- CAD design and 3D modeling
- 2D template design
- CNC-ready file development
- 3D-printed and functional prototypes
- Jig and fixture design
- Design-for-manufacturing assistance
- CNC fabrication and small-run production
We can work from
- A sketch
- Measurements
- Photographs
- An existing component
- A digital drawing or CAD file
- Or simply an idea