Professional Guitar Neck Shaving and Profile ReshapingA guitar neck should be chosen based entirely on what best fits your hands, not an arbitrary standard. If your favorite electric, acoustic, or bass guitar feels an impediment to your playing because the wood profile is too thick, our shop can trim down the back contour to your exact specifications. For $135.00 plus return shipping, the Haywire Custom Shop will meticulously re-profile your instrument’s neck to a thinner, more comfortable depth. After shaving the wood, we apply a smooth, premium clear finish to preserve the neck, seal out ambient moisture, and prevent wood warping.Comfort Dictates True ToneThere is an old luthier debate regarding the tonal qualities of a fat neck versus a thin neck. While a thicker neck adds slight acoustic mass, the overwhelming majority of your high-gain electric guitar tone relies on your direct playing technique, amplifier, pickup configuration, and speaker enclosures. If a neck contour causes hand cramping or physical fatigue during a live set, it directly limits your playing ability. Shaving a guitar neck down to a slim “C” shape or custom profile allows your fingers to move effortlessly, maximizing your comfort and precision where it matters most.How to Get Your Neck Cloned or Custom-ShapedIf you own an instrument that feels perfect, we can clone its dimensions exactly using precision digital calipers. Simply take measurements at the center of the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 12th frets, send us those metrics, and our custom shop will replicate that identical feel on your thick neck.To get started, you can ship just the unbolted neck or send the complete guitar to our Conway, SC facility for a full setup. We work on incoming custom profiling jobs immediately upon arrival, maintaining a turnaround time of 2 days or less.Ship Your Instruments To:
Rick Mariner c/o Haywire Custom Guitars Inc.
2007 Lees Landing Circle, Conway, SC 29526
Simply send a check for your guitar neck shaving ($135.00) and/or setup ($45) plus return shipping per guitar/neck back so you will get guitar neck shaving done to a thickness more comfortable for you. If you’d like a setup, then send the whole guitar and detail what you’d like done as far as shaving if you know the measurements. We’ll also replace the finish on the back to help preserve the wood and keep it smooth and beautiful. Best of all,
no waiting. We work on the neck as soon as it gets here. the turnaround time is 2 days or less from when we receive it”.
What would help immensely, if you can do it, is to identify a neck that you just love and measure it.
Measuring a neck that you like:
Using a pair of digital calipers.
Take measurements from dead center of each fret section.
1)- Move the strings off the fretboard
2)- Measure between the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 12th frets
3)- Record and send me the measurements of your favorite neck and we’ll duplicate it for you.
Send your desired thickness in between the frets on the 1, 3, 5, 7, 9th and 12th frets and we’ll fill in the blanks. I want to assure you it will be in good hands here in the Haywire Custom Shop.
Shipping to us:
“We are musicians working for musicians” Send your neck or guitar to us here:
Rick Mariner c/o
Haywire Custom Guitars Inc.
Haywire Custom Shop
2007 Lees Landing Circle
Conway, SC 29526
http://haywirecustomguitars.com
843-347-5742