I had the same idea on learning how to play music. I saw my buddies with all these chords, scales and no real rhyme or reason (so to speak) I had the aha moment once at work, then I was real disappointed in my buddies for not trying to explain it to me. The thing with building a guitar (or even the car I one attempted) is not to see the whole and getting overwhelmed but to see the construction as a series of small steps. Once you see the order you will need to make them it is just going through the motion of doing them well. I have talked to people and they say I don't know how you looked at that piece of wood and made what you made (not necessarily a guitar). No, you work backwards. This is what I want, now what do I have to do to get it. At least that is how my mind sometimes works.
__________________
Fred
|