I have both a table saw and a band saw. Actually I have a lot of da*m saws. If you are going strictly luthiery I would push you towards the band saw. If you are doing general woodworking, the tablesaw is probably a better investment.
I bought this saw from Grizzly last fall and am pretty happy with it:
http://www.grizzly.com/products/14-Deluxe-Bandsaw-Anniversary-Edition/G0555LANV
They normally have 20%off coupon codes, if you can not find a code, check out lumberjocks.com and they sometimes share them.