When I was looking for a custom bow, I didn't have any thing like the tradgang. As a matter of fact, I had never even used a computer. I watched Alen Altiezer kill a buck in "Whitetail Eye to Eye" with a widow. TBM was a relatively new magazine, and the Black Widow advertisement jumped out at me, and I recognized that it was the bow that was used on that video!!, So I called up BW, and spoke to Ken Beck, and we put together the specs for my SAII I shot and hunted with that bow for 14 years.
I just got my new PCH on Friday, and its a sweet shooting bow. And if I could figure out how to post pictures, I'd post pictures of the Robin Hood that I shot at 20 yrds with my PSR.
With that said, you really have to see whats comfortable for you. All the upper end "Name" bows are going to be $$$, but you are paying for quality. Its still cheaper than a top of the line compound!