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Custom Guitars, Guitar Modifications & Expert Guitar Work At Haywire Custom Guitars

“Custom Guitars & Expert Repairs: Handcrafted to Play Exactly the Way You Want.”

Haywire Custom Guitars — Built for Players. Modified for Players. Made to Be Played.

A great guitar isn’t just a collection of parts.

It has to work for the person playing it.

At Haywire Custom Guitars, we build custom guitars, modify existing instruments, perform professional guitar setups and tune-ups, repair guitars, and help musicians get the most out of the instruments they already own.

Located in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area, Haywire serves guitar players who want more than a quick adjustment or an off-the-shelf instrument.

Whether you’re looking for a custom-built guitar, considering buying a guitar, or wondering if your existing guitar can be made better, we’re here to help.

Sometimes the answer is a new guitar. Sometimes it’s a modification. Sometimes it’s simply a really good setup.

Our job is to help you figure out which one is right for you.

• Every guitar gets our signature 8-Point “Gig-Ready” Setup.
• Ultra-lightweight, ergonomic bodies available to eliminate shoulder pain during long gigs.
• Custom neck replication and shaving tailored precisely to your hands

Thinking  About Buying a Guitar?

Talk to Us Before You Buy.

Before you spend your money, talk to someone who understands guitars from the inside out.

Maybe you’ve found a guitar you think you want. Maybe you’re looking at a used or vintage instrument. Maybe you’re trying to decide between several guitars. Or maybe you’re wondering whether a custom guitar is really the right choice for you.

We’re happy to help you think it through.

After decades of playing, building, repairing, modifying and setting up guitars, we’ve learned that the most expensive guitar isn’t necessarily the best guitar for a particular player.

Sometimes the guitar you’re considering is exactly right.

Sometimes it needs a little work.

Sometimes there is a better choice.

And sometimes the guitar you already own can be modified into the instrument you’ve been looking for all along.

Our goal isn’t to sell you a guitar. It’s to help you make a good decision.

If you have questions about a guitar you’re considering buying, ask us.

We’ll give you our honest opinion based on the instrument, what you’re looking for, and the way you play.

If we think it’s a good guitar for you, we’ll tell you.

If we see potential problems, we’ll explain them.

And if we don’t think you should spend the money, we’ll tell you that, too.

That’s what we believe a guitar shop should be:

A resource for musicians. 

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Looking for a Custom Guitar?

Let’s Build the Guitar You’ve Always Wanted.

Have you ever played one guitar and loved the neck, another and loved the pickups, and another because of the way the body felt?

What if you could put all of those things together?

That’s the idea behind a Haywire custom guitar.

We build instruments around the player, combining the features, specifications and characteristics that matter to you.

Depending on your needs, a custom guitar can include choices involving:

• Neck shape and feel
• Scale length
• Frets and fretwork
• Body shape and weight
• Pickups
• Custom wiring
• Bridges and hardware
• Tuners
• Electronics
• String spacing
• Weight and balance
• Finish and appearance
• Playing style and tuning requirements

The result isn’t simply a guitar that was built to a specification sheet.

It’s a guitar built around the way you play.

Already Have a Guitar You Love?

Sometimes You Don’t Need a New Guitar. You Need Your Guitar Made Better.

You may love the body but hate the neck.

Maybe the neck feels great but the pickups don’t give you the sound you’re after.

Maybe you’ve always wanted a lighter guitar.

Maybe the electronics don’t give you enough flexibility.

Maybe the frets are worn.

Maybe the guitar simply doesn’t feel the way you think it should.

These are the kinds of problems that custom guitar work can solve.

At Haywire Custom Guitars, we can modify and improve existing instruments with:

• Neck shaving and reshaping
• New or replacement necks
• Custom fretwork and refretting
• Pickup replacement and upgrades
• Custom wiring and electronics
• Neck straightening and repair
• Custom guitar setups and tune-ups
• Bridges, tuners and other hardware
• Upgraded components
• Lightweight custom guitar bodies
• Guitar refinishing and restoration
• Custom modifications and much more

Sometimes the best guitar for you is the one you already own.

Professional Guitar Setup & “Gig-Ready” Instruments

A guitar can be expensive, beautifully made and technically functional—and still not be the right guitar for you.

That’s why setup matters.

At Haywire Custom Guitars, we look at the instrument as a complete system rather than simply adjusting one or two things.

Our approach to a custom guitar setup considers play-ability, action, neck condition, fretwork, intonation, electronics, hardware and the way the individual player uses the instrument.

We call the finished result Gig-Ready.

What Does “Gig-Ready” Mean?

It means your guitar should be ready to perform when you take it out of the case.

Not “almost ready.”

Not “good enough.”

Ready to play.

Every Haywire custom guitar goes through our exclusive 8 Point Gig-Ready Process so that the instrument is checked, adjusted and prepared as a complete player’s instrument.

Because a guitar isn’t finished when it leaves the workbench.

It’s finished when it works for the musician.

High-Performance Guitars Without the High Price

Our custom instruments are designed as working guitars.

Many Haywire guitars use a 25.5-inch scale neck, providing a familiar playing feel and useful string tension for bending, slide playing and lower tunings.

Our custom pickup combinations are designed to provide a broad tonal range—from warm, articulate neck tones to aggressive, balanced bridge sounds.

The goal is versatility without sacrificing character.

Clean rhythm.

Blues.

Rock.

Slide.

Driving leads.

Different players need different things from their instruments, and our custom guitars are built with that reality in mind.

These are true player’s instruments.

Why Have a Guitar Built?

A custom guitar isn’t necessarily about owning something nobody else has.

It’s about getting something that does exactly what you want it to do.

If you’ve spent years playing guitars, you probably already know what you like.

1-You know what kind of neck feels comfortable.

2-You know how much a guitar should weigh.

3-You know whether you prefer a certain scale length.

4-You know what your favorite pickups sound like.

5-You know what drives you crazy about some guitars.

That’s valuable information.

We use it.

Your experience as a player becomes part of the design.

Why Haywire Custom Guitars?

There are plenty of places where you can buy a guitar.

There are plenty of places where you can have a string change or basic adjustment.

What makes custom guitar work different is understanding why something isn’t working—and knowing what can be done about it.

Haywire combines decades of experience as guitar players, woodworkers, builders and repair technicians with a simple philosophy:

The guitar exists for the musician—not the other way around.

We aren’t interested in making a guitar complicated just because we can.

We aren’t interested in convincing you to replace something that doesn’t need replacing.

And we aren’t interested in selling you a modification that won’t make your guitar better.

We want your guitar to work.

Serving Guitar Players in Myrtle Beach & Beyond

Haywire Custom Guitars is proud to be a resource for musicians in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area and throughout the Grand Strand.

Our customers include working musicians, weekend players, collectors, professionals and guitarists who simply want their instrument to feel and sound better.

Some come to us with a guitar they’ve owned for decades.

Some come with a brand-new instrument.

Some come with a box full of ideas for a guitar they want us to build.

And some simply walk in and say:

“Something isn’t right with this guitar. Can you help me figure out what it is?”

That’s exactly the kind of conversation we like.

Your Guitar. Your Sound. Your Way.

Whether you need a custom guitar built, a professional guitar setup, guitar repair, a neck shaved or reshaped, new pickups, custom wiring, fretwork, upgraded hardware, a lightweight guitar body, or a complete modification, start with a conversation.

You don’t have to know exactly what needs to be done.

That’s what our experience is for.

Tell us what you’re trying to accomplish.

Tell us what you like about your guitar.

Tell us what you don’t like.

Tell us what you wish it would do.

We’ll help you figure out what makes sense.

Haywire Custom Guitars

Custom Guitars • Guitar Building • Guitar Modifications • Guitar Repair • Guitar Setups • Player-Focused Expertise

Built for Players. Modified for Players. Made to Be Played.

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