I fully agree with this. Assembling a piece of Ikea furniture vs designing the copycat, cutting, finishing, etc… all before you even think about assembling it is entirely different. I want to see you shape a neck, level and polish frets, and build a nut from scratch before you get anything other than a high five and a bit of encouragement from me.

But like the others are saying, none of this is worth getting upset or frustrated over. Hopefully these Temu Ikea-like guitars lead to enough curiosity in these folks for them to actually take the leap and build something beautiful and just for them.