I’m not sure what exactly you’re trying to accomplish, but if you’re wanting to manipulate customizer controls until the customize_register
action has fired. So do something like this:
add_action( 'customize_register', function( $wp_customize ) {
$control = $wp_customize->get_control( 'header_text' );
if ( $control ) {
error_log( 'header_text control exists' );
} else {
error_log( 'header_text control does not exist' );
}
}, 100 );