Larry and I think about three different guys at different times did this crap to the guitar. That cutout on the side of the control cavity was done for an varitone. They used one of those hole saw with a bit to cut that out.
Gotta love this shot.
With that being bondo and epoxy, it will get cut out. Larry has digital machines that are so exact that it gets to 1/10 of a hair on our head. Granted it's not easy to match, and putting it in and looking good are difficult. We will have to add a tad of Mahogony and redo the wire channel in that mahogony. It will be a Mahogony/Maple sandwhich