Rick Mariner - Owner, founder and CEO of Haywire Custom Guitars Inc. and a member of The Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans (A.S.I.A.) as well as a guitar player and professional musician. Rick holds a bachelors degree from University of Md.in Industrial Arts Education and a Masters degree from George Washington University in Psycology. Haywire developed an 8 - Point "Gig- Ready" guitar process that allows for Custom Guitars that are "GIG-READY". With many years of development and guitar set-up experience, our Custom Guitar shop "Builds satisfied players... one Haywire guitar at a time".