The guitar and bass world has gone insane. Prices have gone crazy. An old instrument is far too pricey for most musicians and can only be acquired by a collector. Fender will sell anything to anyone...including pretend "road worn" guitars. We have big-box stores for guitars where you can find 15 price levels for exactly the same model guitar. I could go into Sam Ash, the closest of these and find 100 Telecasters and not one will have a forearm contour, like McCreed puts in his.

The beauty of the DIY guitar is that you can experiment and get progressively closer to exactly what you want, get it set up the way want and have it sound the way you want. There is more creativity on the forum each month than you ever see in most of the giant guitar stores. It may be that nothing I build will sell for what I think it's worth. Got knows they're not perfect. That's OK. Hopefully one day I'll give them to someone who will appreciate them for the unique instruments that they are.