Method for making body that matches screw holes of a neck

[killemall8]

So i want to make a few bodies to sell that fit pre made necks, like jackson/ esp, knock offs.

The only thing i cant think of how to do is how to drill the holes in the neck pocket that match an existing neck's screw holes. Any ideas?

[curtisa]

Get a nail that just slides into an existing screw hole on the neck without wobbling around. Cut the end off just proud of the bottom surface of the neck. Remove the nail and chuck it in a drill press. With the press running grab a mill file and shape the exposed end into a point. Repeat for the remaining neck screw holes. Re-insert all the little nail/pin/stubs into the neck screw holes and fit the neck to the body. Where the stubs are pressed against the neck pocket floor they'll leave little dimples that you can use as markers for drilling the screw holes through the body.

[killemall8]

That is literally the ONLY thing i could think of as well. I have a feeling this is probably the only real option. Thanks for the reply.

[bassplr19]

I used a sheet of plastic cut to fit in the neck pocket, measured and lined up the holes accordingly. Drilled through the plastic, checked to see that they lined up. Finally transferred the hole pattern back to the guitar to drill.

Otherwise, I was going to do a variant on curtisa's advice above.

[Prostheta]

Doing things backwards like this starts to build in tolerances. Whilst there are few ways of avoiding it, recognising that issue at this stage is useful. Hope it turns out okay.