Thinking about repairing or modifying your own guitar? Interested in becoming a luthier? We can help you get started with this extensive tool list.
Lutherie Guides
5 Effective Ways to Easily Sell Your Custom Guitars
A helpful guest article discussing some of the ways luthiers can market their custom built guitars, both online and offline.
Guitar Design Video – Adobe Illustrator
A video demonstration showing the complete process of drawing a guitar template in Adobe Illustrator.
JTB-II / Free CAD Files for an Original Guitar Model
A free CAD model set for an original guitar: the JTB-II.
How to Draw a Guitar Template – Adobe Illustrator
Learn how to draw a guitar template using Adobe Illustrator – for use in lutherie, CAD / CAM, and template making (Difficulty: Intermediate).
X-Carve + Fusion 360: Everything You Need is Here.
This is the only resource you need for connecting your X-Carve to Fusion 360. This guide includes a post-processor file, a complete Inventables toolset, and an easy to follow walkthrough to get you going quickly.
How to Model a Guitar – Fusion360
This walkthrough shows you how to model a complete guitar using Fusion360. The results can be carved with a CNC machine to produce a perfect instrument.
CNC Fretboard Modeling – Fusion 360
A walkthrough for the process of designing and modeling a flawless straight-radius fretboard in Fusion 360 for CNC machining.
How to Fix Fret Buzz (the right way)
Learn how to diagnose and repair electric guitar fret buzz. This guide walks you through a failsafe method to rid yourself of buzzing in any scenario.
How to Refret a Guitar
A step-by-step guide to walk you through the process of performing a complete re-fret job on your guitar – with easy to follow diagrams included.