The next step in building your dream guitar would be to drill all the holes (about 18). It was extremely difficult to drill these holes perfectly straight by hand so I used a small version of a drill press. However, the guitar is not flat so I had nothing to rest the unit on. Therefore, I made a small contraption to lay an adjustable 1"x 2" across the guitar so I can rest the press on it. You really have to think ahead about what needs to be drilled because there is no going back once the final paint is applied. Out of all, the hardest one to drill was a 1ft. 1/4" hole on a specific angle going right through the middle of the guitar! I'm not going to lie, this actually gave me nightmares because one flinch and the project would be destroyed since there would be a bursting hole on the top. Thankfully I did it. This hole is where the wires from all sections of the guitar will be running through to reach the volume and tone knobs at the other end.
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