9 months later…
Here we are today. Plans are the same but different. I’m still working on the original plans, but instead of modifying the old body, I bought a new one that is already painted!
The website Guitar Fetish sells imported guitar kits and guitar parts (bodies, necks, etc). They had a sale recently and I dropped the hammer. A pink sparkly hammer.

Here is a quick video showing the sparkles
It looks cool with the neck too!

The next step is to take a router to that beauty.
