That is a *very* neat way of doing it. Β Neat, and precise. Β It's like a proper engineering solution!
I guess the problem is "drill bit wander" - ie the bits don't drill through perfectly perpendicular to the top?
To counter that - and it doesn't sort the problem, but it does hide the issue - the other way I've used in the past is to drill the outside holes (ie upper & lower E strings) all the way through, front to back. Β Accept that the bit might have wandered a bit.
Then draw a line to join up the centres of those holes and measure positions of the holes for the other 4 strings. Β Drill from the front, just over half way through the thickness of the body, then flip over and drill from the back, again, just over half way through. Β
The holes will generally meet up in the middle of the body, at least enough for the strings to pass through the hole.
That way you have a neat, straight and equidistant, line of holes on both the front and back of the body, even if they're not all in exactly the same positions. Β You'd never spot the positional differences just be looking at them.
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