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

*updated February 13, 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; body
  • S/N 029 – Telecaster Thinline: test cutting fingerboards

Items Recently Received

  • D’Addario EXL158 (13-62) Baritone strings
  • Master Grade European Spruce soundboards
  • Gaboon Ebony fingerboards
  • Bocote back and sides set
  • figured Chechen Rosewood back and sides sets
  • Ziricote back and sides set
  • Master Grade European Spruce soundboards

Items On Order

  • Palo Escrito back and sides set
  • Palo Escrito Premium back and sides set
  • snare drum hardware
  • striped Indian Ebony fingerboards
  • Macassar Ebony back and sides sets
  • bear claw Sitka Spruce soundboards 3A
  • Leopard Ebony fingerboards
  • Malaysian Blackwood fingerboards