Based in Burlington, Ontario, Exotic Woods carries a wide variety of beautiful and unique woods that are hard (or impossible) to find anywhere else. Whether it is a solid blank for an electric guitar or tone wood for an acoustic, you can find it at Exotic Woods.

Ohio based supplier of luthier tools, parts for all types of stringed instruments and various other supplies. The tools I have bought from Stewart-McDonald have made the job of building guitars much quicker and easier. Fast mail order delivery.

Mike Turk is from Bracebridge, ON and builds Vintage Style replacement single coil and humbucking pickups. Designed along the lines of the original Strat, Tele and Les Paul pickups, they would be an excellent addition to any guitar. Mike's pickups are custom made by hand, they are very high quality and they sound fantastic. Mike is currently on Hiatus.

Schatten Design is based in Kitchener, Ontario and specializes in the design and manufacturing of pickups for acoustic instruments as well as manufacturing special luthier tools. Les Schatten has also published a couple of books on electric guitar wiring. His books are fantastic reference manuals that no guitar shop should be without. 

Specialty tool and machine store in Hamilton, ON. 90% of the tools and equipment I own came from Tegs. They are great people do deal with and their prices are fair. Huge selection of anything you could possibly need for your shop.

Lee Valley is a Canadian woodworking supply company with outlets all over Canada. They sell some very unique and time saving tools as well as some very interesting hardware. Whether you shop at the store or over the website, you always get fast friendly service.

Brett Pearson is a Canadian dude like myself who has a passion for all things amp related including mods and scratch builds. He is also now getting into stomp box mods. Check him out.

Nutech Electronics has stores in Hamilton, ON and St. Catharines, ON. They carry a wide variety of pots, mini toggle switches, capacitors and just about any other electronic item that you may need for building electric guitars - or any other electrical project.

All kidding aside, I have come across some fantastic deals on eBay for new and used parts. I would not be able to build affordable guitars if it weren't for the great deals I have found on eBay.