If somebody wants to build yet another burst clone from scratch, go ahead while I yawn. To me it's like Fender "relics". At one time a beat up Strat meant something and it was really cool. Now that vibe has been killed by the inflation of that look. It's no longer special. That's how I feel about these faux bursts, conversions, whatever.
What bugs me is when original guitars get converted, issues or not. Especially today. I really think it's wrong, and in the long run, it will be seen as an unfortunate fad.
I respect your views. But I don't believe that the Burst is the primary motivation for Conversion buyers. *
If the GT belonging to forum member Ed A ever came up for sale there would be a queue halfway down the street.
The motivation is that the most desirable guitar on the planet is a fifties Gibson Les Paul with PAF pickups. There are two ways to achieve that. One is very expensive. One is not so expensive.
If your budget only runs to one real PAF - still worth doing. The winders on both sides of the pond are producing work now which is outstanding.
* I accept that it probably was 30 years ago.