Building a guitar

[Laplace]

I quite fancy a Telecaster but I also fancy building up a guitar myself. Trawling through ebay there are plenty of necks and bodies available and all the hardware is easily sourced from across the net.

Having never done this before are there any pitfalls I should look out for or any reason why I really shouldn't do this and just buy one off the shelf?

The way I see it is most of these parts are machined to varying standards, so say a body with a 56mm gap for a neck with a 56mm heel should bolt together nicely then just add the hardware. I guess there may be some hiccups and problems to overcome along the way.

Oh and please post up some pics of your self build guitars, if any.

Cheers

[Laplace]

Thebodies I've been looking at are all pre drilled, i don't think I fancy doing any of that work quite yet as 1 dodgy hole could ruin the whol body I guess.

Again with the necks I've been looking at have a nut already installed.

What do I need to consider when matching a body and neck with regards to scale length that you mentioned?

[Laplace]

Hmm maybe I should beat a hasty reatreat.

I don't for a minute underestimate the skill invloved and years of practice taken to build a quality instrument.

I guess I thought that if I had a body say for instance like this one and a neck all finished with frets and nut installed etc then I could build from there piecing together the hardware and with some care and guidance along the way have a playable instrument.

So I guess from the comments that even having a these "ready" components there's still a lot which could go wrong applying the hardware?

Thanks for the advice so far.