Here you see the Jig I made for this. I then marked where the two holes for the bridge go. I used two faces tape to hold the body to the base. I then clamped the aluminum template to the base lining up the center line on the template to the center line on the body. I then drill out the holes. After drill the last hole and remove the template. I noticed my first serious malfunction. Evidently the body of the guitar shifted in the jig after the 3rd hole. So the 4th hole is off. Talk about being bummed. The very last serious hole I had to drill in the body.
So what I did was buy a 1/2 plug cutter. Cut out 4 plugs from scrape maple left over from the top. Glues the 4 plugs together. No the hole I need to plug is 10.8 mm. The plug I made is 12.7mm. As you can see i put the plug into the drill. Ran it at slow speed with 120 grit sand paper I made it 10.8. I then glued in the plug sanded smooth and re-drilled.
Here you see the damage. I don't think its going to be that noticeable after staining and the tail piece in installed.
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