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A very rewarding challenge. There are online courses but you will find out that you are going to need some tools that you currently don’t probably have. I shaped all of my own necks, made all of my own fretboards, slotted and installed all of the frets, routed and installed all the truss rods, Routed the neck joint pockets and set all of the necks. Mounted of the top X bracing and shaped the braces. Routed and installed all of the bindings and the sound hole purfling. Back then you could use wood lacquer for finishing, On and On and on. If you have the right tools it is fun. if you don’t it can be very challenging. I still have that 1st acoustic guitar build and was so proud after finishing it. It does have a great tone but i look at the quality of the work and cring.
Each build did get better in quality and performance but dealing with customers was not my strong point so I stopped building. If you do it right the amount of hours needed to build a guitar will shock you.
It is a wonderful challenge and I encourage you to approach it with your eyes open and know that there is a heck of a lot of work involved , especially if you build from scratch. Kits are much easier but they still require a great deal of patience.