Now, these guitars are being made again, as the value of the originals has skyrocketed. After being wetted, the sides were bent to shape on a hot iron pipe. Then small strips of mahogany called kerfing is glued to the sides. Kerfing creates a much larger glue surface to join the pieces together.
Clothes pins are a guitar makers best friend.
Well that's just about it. The cones are removed through an oval hole in the side. The handguard and tailpiece are made from solid Ebony. The inlays in the fingerboard, headstock and tailpiece are Abalone. Here's some shots of the finished guitar.