I want a new guitar, I've been to music shops trying out different models. And recently have started looking at guitar kits. Now here's my dilemma: do I buy a guitar or build my own?
Pros of building:
higher quality for less or equal money
Pride of building it myself
Get exactly what I want
Cons:
Never done it before could mess up
It takes months or longer to build

Pros of buying
Play immediately
Know it's made right

Cons
Less guitar for the money
Can't get exactly what I want (without spending 2 arms a leg and my boy)

A few things to know, I've never done any woodwork other than building a few chicken coops. But I'm a fast learner and will be purchasing 2 books and a 6 hr DVD on building guitars. And I'm leaning towards building the guitar only thing holding me back is the fear or messing up and wasting $5-700 plus in wood, and hours put into it. Not to mention the specific tools required to do the work, if I'm not capable of building ill be stuck with tools that I can't use.