Peter Hopkins is an archtop builder hailing from Penticton, BC, in the heart of the province’s Okanagan valley. His instruments are masterfully crafted of top-tier materials and are prized by players around the globe for their tone, meticulous build, and stunning looks.

This 2007 Hopkins Monarch Regal features a tone bar braced Sitka top and highly figured big leaf maple back and sides. The neck is figured eastern maple, and the board, bridge, and hand-made tailpiece are of ebony. Hopkins’ trim detail work is astounding, with perfectly mitred 9-ply celluloid bindings to the body, fretboard, and headstock; 5-ply mitred soundhole, tailpiece, and pickguard bindings, and perfectly cut pearl inlays. The pickup is a handmade Kent Armstrong Smoothtop humbucker with discreet pickguard-mounted thumbwheel volume and tone controls wire to an endpin jack that doubles as an anchor for the tailpiece hanger. Gold Grover imperial tuning machines, gloss sunburst lacquer throughout. The body is 17” wide with rims that are 3” deep.

Strung with flatwound LaBella strings, this guitar’s acoustic tone is characteristically mellow, dark, and smooth as would be expected. Plugged into the floating pickup the amplified tone is tremendously appealing, with a smoky, dynamic and woody response; a well-defined and choppy midrange, and open and warm fundamental. This guitar instantly evokes the great Jazz guitar recordings of the 1950s and 60s.

In beautiful condition and perfectly setup, this Hopkins presents perfectly. The frets were dressed in our shop and the action is set slinky and low with 12-53 flats. There are no repairs to note and playwear is minimal.

The neck has a comfortably round C carve with a 1st fret depth of .850” and a nut width of 1-3/4”. The scale length is 25”, and string spread at the bridge is 2-3/16”.

With Ameritage deluxe hardshell case.