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Hey everyone, I had a question on guitar building and overcoming something of a mental hurdle that I have. Quite awhile back I had access to a CNC machine and routed some Stratocaster bodies which you can see in the pictures. I was mostly pleased with how these turned out, but there are a couple of issues. On the cherry bodied guitar, the seam is off center and I had some blowout at the upper horn location, which caused me to try and cut/reglue a piece there which turned out rather poorly (I could redo this). The cherry body with maple stringers is alright, but to me the maple was not oriented in an aesthetically pleasing fashion. There is also the extra material around the neck pocket which would need to be addressed on both of them, but that's not so much of an issue.

Here's basically my problem. I've been loothing for about 18 years or so, and my initial plan was to build guitars exclusively. This plan changed and I now repair guitars full time. Part of the reason for this was I feel like if I made a guitar that wasn't perfect, or had defects such as the bodies of these two guitars do, then it's not worth it to proceed with completing them, because I'd be left spending a lot of time and money only to end up with something that was not sellable. I've built about 6 guitars in my life to this point, I think all but one are either in pieces or I scrapped. I suppose my question is where do you stand on this? Are either one of these bodies worth completing? I'm also someone who doesn't want or need any more guitars, and so if I did complete one or both of these, they'd be taking up space and I wouldn't know what to do with them. I wouldn't feel that they're worthy enough to sell, even if there was an offer. Any thoughts here? Thanks!

-David