would it be expensive making an electri guitar?

[lauren22]

the idea just poped into my head that i wanted to make one. i dont want to spend alot of money. i live in australia, so how much in aussie dollars would it cost

[suppaenitetere]

Aussie dollars i have no idea but probably in the neighborhood of 3-400 dollars for a pretty basic bolt on strat style guitar. You can buy kits where all you have to do is assemble them for about $350. Its going to cost about the same to build it from scratch because you need neck/tuners/body/pickups-electronics/jack/bridge/nut. Id recommend you buy the neck just because they're no fun to mess with making... thats going to cost about 80-120 dollars depending on the neck. 50 for a body blank to carve (maybe cheaper, but i saw body blanks for 50 somewhere). 25 for tuners and as much as you want on pickups, lets say 75. Then 30-50 (depends on hardtail or tremelo) for the bridge. You're already near 300 without any finishing, thats assuming you have the tools and the neck is prefretted.

[lauren22]

would i be better off just buying a guitar that is already made.

[suppaenitetere]

Unless you're just curious about the process and are interested in that the yes. Its certainly not more economical, the major builders buy materials in bulk so its quite a bit cheaper for them. Its also a hell of alot of work.