thebird

Right now, I building because I want to build, I want to be able to say and feel proud of the guitar I built. I have no special shape, no specific sound, although that will come. I just want to be able to say, yeah man, I built that guitar. I know it's not cheap, I know it's going to cost me a lot more than just buying another guitar, but I wouldn't be able to say I built it.

I know I definatly don't like strats, I guess I would say I'm more a prs/lp kinda guy. If that makes sense, although I've only played a strat once, I really just don't like the look of them

I never thought of what I really wanted I guess, it was more of an attempt to work on building the guitar, once I was comfortable with my first build then I could really try and narrow down what I wanted. The type of music I play is melodic rock, I guess. Along the lines of incubus, hoobastank, lost prophets. I don't play blues and I don't play metal. I have a PRS a Hamer and one of my first guitars that I hardly ever play(I'm trying to re-finish it now) a Kramer Striker. What type of woods in your opinion sound better for certain styles of music

Thanks for the help everyone, I started looking on ebay for wood. I think while I wait on the wood, I will try and refinish one of my other guitars

So i've been reading for wuite a while now and just registered a name. I think the time has come to build my own guitar. I've been taking mine apart and putting them back together/installing new pick-ups things like that, so I am comfortable in that sense. What do you guys think is the cheapest and easiest wood to work with for a beginner? I know I am going to screw up and would like to not blow through a ton of money on wood in the beginning.