Oh boy.. from the beginning i was afraid to tackle that step...
...and i hardly mean putting a ruler on top of the body...
no, rather that one... taking a drill and destroying that wonderful surface.
The ruler is to show me the correct angling, though the other option of having the controls straight up unangled would be ok also, but i like it better that way
starting with the tiny 2mm from front - will i hit the cavity?
a hole or two
phhhhhhh, very much where i want those
after that bad bad breakout drilling the headstock a short prayer and let´s go
i don´t dare to clean that up and see the result.... so let´s take pictures
going bigger from the back for the switch. Remember to mark which hole you want to get bigger!!!
hmmm
not too bad
of course i left far too much wood there so there needs to be more drilling... and that drill works "best" if the tip has a place to settle
but we are not going for a beauty contest inside the back cavity
that hole is wide enough after filing
looks good to me... let´s test some
yieeeha
and the volume one..... i don´t do tone pots ... so useless for me. My standard design would have no volume pots also, i´d just use the middleposition of the switch as "off" position, but for that setup i just coudn´t sacrifice the option to have the HB and P90 on at the same time.
more drilling
and chiseling
and filing
a tad short
that will do, yay
and the jack hole... a lil off center - totally gives me the creeps, i had measured a lot of times precisely and i had used a drill with a ultrasharp tip - how did that happen? there i really have no explanation. Just gotten lucky that it´s not worse. In the end absolutely no problem cause it has got to be a lot larger for the final result and i am gonna do that by filing and it´s end up in the exact middle. Still a mistery.
That has only taken me 90 mins and was a lot more straightforward than i was fearing.
The one hole missing there for the ground i will drill when mounting the bridge.... oh there might be 6 more holes missing then, but we will see.
I didn´t destroy it. I got holes. Very happy.