Instrument details: Les Plumridge - Electric guitar

Joining the quilted maple top

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Gluing the maple and mahogany splices of the thru neck

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The body is assembled with the cap glued on last

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The control cavity - a small section is routed deeper to mount the slide switch

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Installing the frets

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Routing the pickup cavities

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Drilling for the recessed jack socket

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Les starts by applying black dye to the edges to give a burnt look to the final finish

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The red stain is then applied and oil applied

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Les' re-assembled guitar

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The back view showing the thru-neck construction

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Les playing his new guitar

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