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Welcome To Haywire Custom Guitars where you can get: Guitar Necks Shaved, New Necks, New Pickups, New Guitar Wiring, Guitar Repairs and Neck Straightening, New Frets, Custom Guitar Set-ups, Upgrades, Feather Light Guitars, Loaded Guitar Bodies and Used Guitars.

Haywire Guitars offers Premium custom guitars and guitar modifications. Furthermore, all of our guitars and basses are true players instruments. We put decades of the best technology from the past together with innovative building techniques of the present, and as a result you have an outstandingly appointed instrument that is “Gig-Ready.” What does “Gig-ready” mean? It means that your guitar will be perfectly set up for you and ready for your gig the moment that you take your Haywire guitar out of its case for the very first time!

How Will Your New Custom Guitar Look?

We are a full-service guitar shop, and what that means is this: We build guitars that combine all of your favorite elements of all your favorite guitars into one unbelievable instrument! Especially relevant, if you love the guitar that you’re currently playing, but always wanted it modified in one way or another to make it perfect, we can take care of that too.

If You’d Like We’ll Modify Your Existing Guitar

Professionals world-wide rely on instruments made by Haywire Custom Guitars. As a result, customers enjoy guitars and modifications to their exact specifications with upgraded quality components at a reasonable price. In addition each Haywire Custom Guitar is put through our exclusive “8 Point Gig Ready Process” to make sure that every Haywire Custom Guitar sounds great and feels just right!

Get: Guitar Necks Shaved, New Necks, New Pickups, New Wiring, Guitar Repairs and Neck Straightening, New Frets, Custom Guitar Tune Ups, Special Hardware, Upgraded Components, Feather Light Custom Guitar Bodies and more.

Custom Guitars to Your Specs!!

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Testimonial Clients

High level luthier

I have been a professional guitarist for 21 years. I have very high standards for the instruments I play. I’m also very particular about how I like those guitars set up and additional modifications. I have found Rick to be a high level luthier who is capable of any requests and willing to work with a perfectionist such as myself…not always an easy task! If you are looking for high quality guitars matched with high level courtesy and customer service, Rick is your guy. He’s made a few guitars for me and we still collaborate on how to make various improvements as my gig needs change. Lee Barbour

Lee Barbour

LEE BARBOUR > MUSICIAN*TEACHER*PRODUCER

Guitar from Haywire-Etraverzo

Guitar from Haywire-Etraverzo. I purchased a guitar from Haywire Custom Guitars in 2016 and man it’s got to be one of my best guitars going forward. I especially love the way it sustains the treble volume when the volume knob is brought down to any number 3-10. This is awesome option to have if you play blues or SRV music. Must have! The neck action is comfortable from the first fret through the 21st. I mean low action all the way through. Finally, the 6th and 7th toggle switch adds to all the other wonderful sound this guitar makes. I give it 5 stars ***** and, Rick from Haywire is a very friendly and professional guy. Very guitar smart as it relates to sound and set up. Sincerely very happy Customer!

Etraverzo

Haywire Tele-Takehiko Muto

Haywire Tele-Takehiko Muto: Hello Rick, sorry for my late review. I’ve come back to the US today and received my Haywire Tele without any damage or problem. Let me say “PERFECT TELE” I’ve ever played. I really love the shaped neck and overall the balance of play-ability is really amazing. 6100 fret, 24 fret neck thinner neck, American bridge, and Seymour Duncans! I can say these are in perfect balance. Just played 2 hours and It’s so nice and comfortable. I can never part with my Tele. I have a great playing guitar that plays EXACTLY how I need it to play comfortably as a guitarist.

Takehiko Muto

I got the guitar-John

Get an instrument you can grow with. I got the guitar yesterday and yes she’s a beauty. Also, I love it. The guitar is everything I hoped it would be, the set up is perfect. Thank you for the phone calls and friendly conversation. You need to be complimented on your customer service and for assuring that everything was as I desired. My satisfaction with doing business with you is complete. I look forward to purchasing one of your custom builds in the future. Finally, Thanks and Merry Christmas to you and yours-John Adams.

John Adams

Pete Novelli Tele

Pete Novelli Tele-Custom Humbucker Tele

I play guitar professionally around New Orleans and tour. Rick Mariner built a custom tele for me in Dec 2011. On phone we were able to identify all of the details I wanted in the guitar. Rick did a great job of communicating and then delivering on what we discussed. And fast. It’s a beautiful natural alder tele with a Warmoth compound radius neck (never had one of those before, it is great) and a humbucker at neck and “hot-rail” humbucker at bridge.

The guitar was set up lower than I actually needed. I raised action. Intonation and other adjustments were perfect. I’ve gone thru a LOT of guitars and this one should be the last one for me, except maybe a spare just like it. I play mostly in a trio format so I like the thicker sound of a humbucker tele, but I still can get that tele “twang” if I want to. Sustain is enormous, the tones are articulate and I guess the guitar just has what I would call “Presence. If guitarists feel good about their guitar then there will be less roadblocks to their success as musicians.” Thank you, Rick.

Pete Novelli

Tommy Berntzen Guitar

Tommy Berntzen Guitar: I bought a midnight blue Telestrater from Haywire last year, and it is truly the most magnificent guitar I have ever looked at and played! it is a true beauty in the full sense of the word.I have never played a guitar with pickups with such a rapid response and such great clean tone. Both with and without distortion it sounds great. I am also extremely pleased with the neck, it makes it so much easier to move my fingers around and it has an incredibly good feel to it.

Most of all, I really couldn’t tell you enough how impressed I am in regards to your work at Haywire. I have looked through your website and at the other guitars. Consequently, I can clearly tell the difference in terms of quality and play-ability compared to guitars. Much better than a regular music store, it is really great. so keep on going! If guitarists feel good about their guitar then there will be less roadblocks to their success as musicians.

Thanks

Tommy Berntzen

Wendell Matthews: Pro

Wendell Matthews: Pro, I felt fortunate to discover Rick Mariner after I moved from Nashville to South Carolina. I was so impressed with the craftsmanship and sound of Haywire guitars. I used them almost exclusively on my last recording project. If guitarists feel good about their guitar then there will be less roadblocks to their success as musicians. As a result, after playing a Haywire guitar in the studio, one of my session men ordered a customized one for himself. No big sales pitch was necessary. When you see and hear a Haywire, you’ll know why. They are musicians working for musicians, therefore they’ve been where we’re going as players.

Wendell Matthews - Singer/Songwriter

Murrells Inlet. SC

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