Anybody have any experience building guitars?

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

8. I can only imagine how much work goes into building an acoustic!

Electrics are a little simpler.

I'd really love to assemble the guitar myself, and I would if I knew anybody who could help me out (in person, as in hover over my every move to make sure I don't screw things up). It's probably better that stuff like setting the neck and drilling the holes for the electronics (I don't like Warmoths default configuration for the body I want, and they don't do custom jobs) is better handled by somebody who knows what they're doing.

Also I've never used a soldering iron before so that's just an accident waiting to happen. It would probably end up that when I use the pick-up selector the windshield wipers activate and when I turn the volume knob the toilet flushes.

And the finish really worries me. I want the top of the body to be transparent red and the rest black, and I'm worried Warmoth will either not do it or charge a fortune.