The neck being glued and clamped to the solid body.
A shot of the basic structure being carved.
A shot of the finished item lying on the floor. Nice carpet. Not!
And here's a shot, with the knee braces and chest piece in place. And the carpet painted out in a rather amateur fashion!
You can also see the prototype preamp and equalizer on the back in this shot - it has since been replaced with a rather neater looking unit. Which probably doesn't work quite as well, but does not eat batteries at quite the same rather alarming rate as this original unit did!