Minor detail, but thought I'd point it out...
There's an small unshielded area on the cavity wall by the neck tenon, and what looks like a tear in the tape along the top of the tenon.
You want to make sure you have continuity through all the segments of the shielding material within each cavity.
Hopefully the foil you used has conductive adhesive, otherwise you will need to connect all the pieces by a small dab of solder on each seam.
This can even be necessary with conductive adhesive depending on the quality of the shielding tape. So you'll want to methodically check continuity with your multimeter within each cavity, then recheck after they have been interconnected, then again after your hardware is installed to verify continuity between the hardware and shielding.
Edit to add:
Before anyone calls me out on it, I know gaps and holes are pretty much inevitable in guitar applications, but my personal view is minimising the amount holes and gaps doesn't hurt. And for me, it is more about continuity than "leaks" (and it makes me feel good). After all, a Faraday cage can be constructed out of wire mesh, which is literally full of holes.
There are plenty of opinions expressed online that shielding is a waste of time, effort and money. I am not of that opinion, simply based on experience, not because I have a deep understanding of electronics. I don't.
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