Unlike others, I have zero interest in working on my guitars. Every hour spent on that is an hour I am not playing.
I would take the $600, add a few hundred more, and look for a used LV03. (I'm assuming you like this specific model.)
My main stage guitar is an ebay LV03R that I got for $699 shipped. The seller had removed the pickup and left an open control cavity. That likely turned off potential buyers. (Not me, I always replace factory pickup systems anyway, so they just saved me the cost of removal). It plays and sounds great and I recorded an EP with it last year.
So, is your aim to get back to playing sooner? Or is it to pick up some understanding/skills around guitar construction and adjustment? Past a certain point, these goals are not very compatible.
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1978 Larrivee L-26 cutaway
1988 Larrivee L-28 cutaway
2006 Larrivee L03-R
2009 Larrivee LV03-R
2016 Irvin SJ cutaway
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