For what it's worth, I did make my own Harley Benton in the past, with a kit like this:
https://thmn.to/thoprod/115992?offid=1&affid=1771
It's really cool to make and I gotta say you learn a lot by building your own guitar.
And tbh the quality of HBs now are insane for the price... I'd recommend that to anyone who wants to start or needs a cheap guitar on the side (travel etc).
It's not Fender quality of course, but it's still pretty, pretty good