Joe, Im not gonna lie, its scary for the first time. but totally worth it

If you have access to a drill press. use it. I bought a $30 drill "guide" from Ebay. which is just okay, I've drilled about 4 string throughs with it so far. check out my build diary for my TLA-1R for deets.

Whatever method you use, practice on a bit of scrap pine at LEAST 10 times, or until you get it perfect. If you do that it will be in line.