Scunched around just a little bit:

Those lines are just drawn in freehand - in the real deal the holes will all be centered along parallel lines. Looks nice and tidy that way.  
 
Hitting the drill on this today.
 
The stuff on the fingerboard is what I cut and paste in Photoshop so it's at least a very similar scale.

Suite.
 
Any chance you could score a nice sexy photo of the back of the body/neck?

Well, no drill - apparently I didn't have the best view of the cavity, so Bob drew it on the front for me!
 

 
Had to tuck them in a little closer to not hit the cavity, especially on the LED switch. You think I'd have figured these things out by now!
 
Waiting to drill until we confirm with you.

Ha!  Just for you and Oolong, the back pics:  

 

  It's even cuter than a bunny with a roll on his head.

Flamealicous!!
 
All maple?  That sucker is gonna have some snap!

Mica,
 
Sorry I missed your call today!  We were walking the dogs at the park.  Gotta enjoy those last few days of no rain in Seattle before the 6 months of no sun starts.  
 
That new layout looks great.  Totally works for me.  Drill away!
 
I'll call you tomorrow just to further confirm that I've seen this and everything is cool.
 
Thanks for everything!

That makes me exceedingly happy to see.

Brian,
That neck is just beautiful!
Are you having the satin finish treatment on the neck done?
-Rich

All maple is gonna sound deadly and crisp.  
You know, I still think that body shape would be excellent for a guitar.
Jazzyvee

My 91 Essence is all Maple .    Every one who I have played with loves it. I love it too !

I too have an all maple Essence.  It was the inspiration for this one.  The tone kills.  It's light weight and minimal controls (but not limiting) make it ideal for live situations.
 
After playing my existing one almost exclusively for a year (at gigs anyway) I started to really miss a few things.  The master bass control and 35 scale being the big ones.  It would have been easy to add a master bass control to the existing one - would have been much harder to make the scale longer.  So the idea for this bad boy was born.  After thinking about it for a good month+ while running I finalized the options and called The Mothership.
 
I'm not 100% sure what I'm going to do with my existing Essence when this little monkey is complete.  Might use it as a backup - might sell it.

Is The Blackness happening yet?
 
Inquiring fruitbats want to know.

Blackness?
 

Could we get a few update pictures?  Assuming of course that round 2 of The Blackness was/is successful.