Welcome to Monkey Guitars: A custom instrument build, repair and service shop in Thunder Bay.

*updated February 05, 2026

1963 Hofner

Notes

  • *I DO NOT service or repair guitars for Backstage, Crossroads or Music World*
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Ongoing Projects

  • S/N 050 – Ramirez modern, left handed – started on January 31, 2026; bracing
  • Solo Music left handed Telecaster kit – finishing body
  • Hofner project – TUSQ end pin
  • S/N 029 – Telecaster Thinline: test cutting more necks and fingerboards

Items Recently Received

  • Solo Telecaster kit – left handed
  • Angelus dyes
  • D’Addario Prelude J810 4/4 violin strings

Items On Order

  • Palo Escrito back and sides set
  • Palo Escrito Premium back and sides set
  • boat plates for Stratocaster jack
  • Alpha metric 250k B split shaft potentiometers
  • Alpha metric 500k A long shaft potentiometers
  • Gaboon Ebony fingerboards
  • Bocote back and sides set
  • figured Chechen Rosewood back and sides sets
  • Ziricote back and sides set
  • D’Addario EXL158 (13-62) Baritone strings
  • snare drum hardware