Boy I couldn't have said that any better at all. Every word is true to the bone.
And I never did, and still don't, consider myself a real craftsman, or really have any -talent- to speak of, at this.
All I did to get where I am is practice, practice, practice. And read. I buy books and read them ( ) about finishing and other things...
And in the end, I do this for fun and that's it. I enjoy it. That's the primary motivator that moves me to build a guitar, because it's fun and it's a challenge to myself. There are no strings attached ( ), no deadlines to meet, no expectations to live up to, total and complete freedom to build whatever comes into my pointy head.
I LOVE that!
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have you ever read The Foutainhead? It not about guitars, but what youu've said in this thread sound,oike they came right from the mouth of the main character.