U.S. Masters Guitar Works
High Performance Guitars - Made in the U.S.A.

You do get More Sound...
The structure of a US Masters is different from other guitars. The patented structural designs and innovations really make a difference in how the guitar sounds. It's a difference you can hear and feel.

Designed to excite and stimulate world-class professional players, live and in the studio: we developed an improved structure that gives the guitar outstanding acoustical sound quality, quality that traditional designs have never been able to achieve due to their inherent limitations. A US Masters is exciting to play unplugged!

This exceptional acoustic quality allows us to design better sounding pickups, pickups that reveal more sound, more tone and more expression. Often, a better pickup will reveal the inadequacies of a guitar's sound; that's why so many pickups have very narrow, distinct qualities that take over (and limit) the guitar's sound. But, our US Masters pickups provide an extremely high quality of sound to make the most use of the exceptional acoustic quality of our guitars, and to give you versatility and a range of the most alive, expressive sounds you may have ever had in your hands.

The sound of a US Masters is designed to excite the most seasoned professionals, and it does.

"Right out of the box we plugged it into my Matchless and started recording. The tone was killer. Beefy lows and searing high end and tons of tone combinations with the push pull pots. The neck played great right up to the body, a tribute to the smooth neck joint. Everyone was really impressed. I have produced a lot of great guitar players including Jimmy Olander, Ray Kennedy, Steve Wariner, Lee Roy Parnell, Brent Mason and Keith Urban. Consequently I have also listened to a lot of great guitars. My US Masters holds its own with any instrument I have recorded in my 20 years of doing sessions.”

Monty Powell, Producer, Nashville, TN

The Better Playing Guitar!

Achieving a better sound, consistently, guitar after guitar - that's only half of what you get.
Players tell us that US Masters' unique, proprietary neck profile and structural design helps them to play better, play with more expression and better technique; eliminating limitations they had with other guitars.

Our Conical Radius Fingerboard works the way your hand works; it's part of what makes the consistent, uniform feel of our necks - they're easier to play. The proprietary shape of our Extended Uniform Neck Profile allows your hand and arm to work the way it was designed to work. It's an efficient, intuitive design that many players credit with helping to improve their technique and expression, and to reduce fatigue. It also gives you the same feel from the 1st fret to the last so you play with the most consistent and efficient muscular-skeletal mechanics to allow you to concentrate on what you're playing, not how to execute it.

"I can get 10 different sounds. I keep finding more tunes I can use this guitar on.” “I’ve got my other guitars in the trailer. All I’m using right now is my US Masters Super T”

Richard Eckhardt, lead guitar for country music star Toby Keith Rich plays a Super T, a LeGrand and a Sportster

The feel is rock solid. The rigid structure of our neck and neck joint not only cause the body to resonate more, it also makes the guitar and your technique more expressive and dynamic. The guitar is more responsive and alive in your hands. It also helps to eliminate hot spots and dead spots, providing a more uniform tone and response across the entire range of the instrument. And it also helps the setup and pitch to remain stable, all through the session, all through the night, and from studio to studio and stage to stage - all across the country, even to the next continent; day after day, year after year.

Our patented Contoured Flex Neck Reinforcing Truss Rod Assembly is part of what gives the US Masters neck its solid feel. It also controllers the straightness and stability of the neck and controls the relief contour so it occurs over the first few frets providing a lower action of more uniform height along the entire fingerboard. The specially controlled relief contour and conical radius fingerboard give you a more uniformly low action and allows note bending without fretting out as with single radius necks.

"I can play things on this neck I can’t play on other guitars. These instruments are in the PRS‚ Tom Anderson realm and are much more affordable. You know I’m not sure why, cause frankly, these are better guitars!”

Erick Hailstone
Professional Studio Musician, Composer, Producer,Sound Designer, Programmer & Clinician

Advanced Set-Neck Features
·Our MapleCore neck structure – is quartersawn hard (rock) maple with a thin outer shell (or skin) of mahogany for appearance, to match to the body of the guitar.
· Linear carbon fiber reinforcement of the neck
·2-way truss rod with a controlled flex contour so
the adjustment occurs at the first few frets rather to provide a lower, more uniform action
·Interlocking Set-Neck Joint for improved coupling
of neck to body and structural integrity
· 24-3/4” scale US Masters acclaimed Extended
Uniform Neck Profile provides the same neck
contour for the complete range of the fingerboard and provides for more efficient and intuitive playing mechanics with players reporting improvements in technique and reduced fatigue.

There's so much more to talk about, so many more unique, yet crucially important details. We'll be explaining more in the technical sections of our web site. But the bottom line is this; US Masters are unique, High Performance instruments designed from the inside-out.

With a U.S. Masters,
You'll Play Better and Sound Better.
Uniquely designed to excite and satisfy
the world's finest players.

"I love this guitar. The intonation of this guitar is amazing to say the least. Any guitar player would love this axe. There are still many tone variations that I've yet to explore but I love the punch and control (clever indeed) and all the tones are warm and even. This guitar "sings" very well. Thanks, guys and gals, for the excellent craftsmanship and attention to every detail made right here in the good old USA."
Terry Shelton, guitarist for Billy Ray Cyrus

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Compression-Set Captive Neck Joint

                        VXtreme shown with flame maple top
                   and multi-ply binding in cherry sunburst
US Masters has taken the V and Set-neck guitars to a new level, applying our design principles along with additional innovations to achieve sound quality and performance that truly set this guitar apart. This is a full-size V with sleek, long legs and a neck joint that allows access to the entire fingerboard without the heel or body getting in the way. The output jack is in the upper leg - far more functional for running either cable or wireless. Available in a wide variety of options.

                            Brand New Avada shown with
                    flame maple top in tobacco sunburst.
U.S. Masters proprietary Advanced Set-Neck™ structure, 2" thick chambered mahogany body with a ¾" flame maple top. Weighing in at only 7-3/4lbs and it's comfortable under your forearm - the contours are specially designed so they don't cut into your forearm. US Masters proprietary MapleCore™ Neck with a thin mahogany skin maintains the classic set-neck appearance but provides the acoustical, dynamic, structural/mechanical and expressive performance.         
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