Precision Meets Passion. Handcrafted Tone Solutions by Musicians, for Musicians.
Montances Guitar Wiring is a boutique guitar electronics brand specializing in handwound pickups, custom guitar wiring, guitar pedal design and modifications, audio electronics, and amplification upgrades. We bring together the art of music and the science of engineering to help guitarists unlock their true sound—whether through pickups, pedals, or amps.
At Montances Guitar Wiring, we believe that tone is both an art and a science. Our mission is simple: to help guitarists express themselves fully through their instrument.
We specialize in:
- Handwound guitar pickups engineered for clarity, balance, and character.
- Custom wiring harnesses and modifications tailored to your specs.
- Guitar pedal design and modifications, exploring circuits that shape distortion, dynamics, and effects.
- Audio electronics and amplification projects that bridge theory and tone.
What makes us unique is our engineering-driven approach to guitar electronics. We don’t just wire guitars—we study how coil geometry, magnet types, and winding technique influence tone, and we dive deep into how pedals and amplifiers—with their switches, transistors, tubes, and circuit topologies—add color, harmonics, and character.
Founded by engineer, professor, and guitarist Mong Montances, the company began as a personal tone quest inspired by a vintage Japanese Stratocaster. Today, Montances Guitar Wiring is a trusted name among hobbyists, session players, luthiers, and gigging musicians across the Philippines and beyond.
For us, every project is more than solder and wire—it’s a chance to turn the tone in your head into reality.
Your tone journey starts here.
Hello, tone lovers! I’m Mong Montances, founder of Montances Guitar Wiring.
My love for mathematics, electronics, and guitars began back in high school. I naturally found myself excelling in math, and at the same time, I fell in love with the guitar—eventually forming a band with friends where I first experienced the joy of creating music. Around the same period, I was introduced to electronics through a simple school project, and that early spark of curiosity set me on a lifelong path of exploring how circuits shape sound.
I pursued BS Electronics Engineering at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) and later earned my Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering at Mapúa University. Those years gave me the solid theoretical foundation I needed, while countless audio electronics projects with friends and colleagues sharpened my practical skills. What began as an interest in high school and was reinforced during my master’s studies eventually grew into Montances Guitar Wiring—a way to unite passion and engineering into a craft and business.
The actual turning point came when I acquired a vintage Momose Stratocaster by master luthier Masayuki Takaesu. Like many guitarists, I had gone through the usual phase of trying out different guitars and gear, always searching for the one that truly matched my playing style and tonal preference. When I finally played the Momose Strat, its tone characteristic immediately stood out—it felt like the sound I had been chasing all along. That experience sparked an obsession: What makes great guitars truly sing? From there, I began studying and reverse-engineering boutique and high-quality pickups, tone circuits, and guitar electronics, which eventually led me to master the craft of handwound pickup building.
Today, I teach Electronics and Computer Engineering at De La Salle University–Dasmariñas, focusing on Analog Electronics (with emphasis on audio), Digital Signal Processing (the same DSP that powers modern amps and effects), and Machine Learning (like how neural networks model guitar audio effects). This balance of academic rigor and practical guitar tech fuels everything I do at Montances Guitar Wiring.
In my free time, I explore guitar pedals and amp design, experimenting with how each component—from resistors and capacitors to tubes and transistors—shapes tone. The most challenging and magical part of my work is understanding the sound inside a guitarist’s head and translating it into something measurable using engineering principles. That pursuit excites me every day.
For me, Montances Guitar Wiring is more than a business—it’s a dream come true. A way to combine my love for guitars, mathematics, audio electronics, pedals, and amplification, while putting the Philippines on the global map of high-quality guitar gear.
Let’s build your tone together.