For luthiers & guitar builders
TFM Manufacturing was built in a Brooklyn guitar workshop to run our own builds. Every board of tonewood and every set of tuners counted, a build sheet for each model and spec, the real cost of each guitar, and an honest lead time on your website.
TFM Manufacturing fixes that.
Mahogany body blanks in board feet, rosewood back-and-side sets, maple neck blanks, fret wire by the foot. Each material has its own unit, cost and low-stock level, so you know what's in the wood room before you promise a build.
Tuners, nuts, saddles, pickups, pots and finishing supplies, with the supplier SKU and what you paid. When an order from StewMac, Allparts or your local supplier arrives, record it and the average cost updates itself.
Each model is a product and each spec is a variant with its own bill of materials: a walnut-body build and a swamp-ash build use different wood and pickups, and cost different amounts. Start a build and the materials come out of inventory.
Each build records the materials and what they cost on the day it started, so you see your real cost and margin per model, even after wood prices change.
Your site asks our API for each guitar's status: in stock and ready to ship, or made to order with your lead time ("8–10 weeks"). Orders come back in, take what's on the shelf, and the rest goes onto the build list.
Mark a build as R&D: it uses wood and parts and records the cost, but doesn't count as inventory. If the prototype becomes a guitar you sell, move it into stock with one click.
We build guitars, stands and studio gear at Twelfth Fret Music in Brooklyn. TFM Manufacturing is the system we built to run our own shop.
It was built by Twelfth Fret Music Co., a Brooklyn guitar and gear workshop, to run its own builds. Tonewood, hardware, build sheets per model, and made-to-order lead times are all first-class.
Yes. Each material has its own unit, such as board feet, linear feet, each or set, a cost, and a low-stock level. Track a mahogany body blank, a set of rosewood back and sides, or a roll of fret wire the same way.
Each model is a product, and each spec (body wood, neck wood, finish, pickups) is a variant with its own bill of materials and price.
Yes. Add tuners, nuts, saddles, pickups, fret wire, finishing supplies and anything else you buy as materials, with the supplier SKU and what you paid. When parts arrive, record them and the average cost updates. TFM Manufacturing isn't affiliated with any supplier.
Yes. Your site can ask the API for each guitar's stock status. When nothing is on the shelf it gets your lead time, such as "made to order, 8–10 weeks", so customers can still order.
Mark the build as R&D. It uses materials and records the cost, but doesn't count as inventory. If the prototype becomes a guitar you sell, move it into stock with one click.
Try it free with a sample workshop like yours, right in your browser.
