5 - THE HAND GUITAR
A friend named Tom Cannalonga built guitars and had a business called
"Custom Ax". I gave him some guitar equipment and in exchange,
he did the building of this guitar. I traced my hand on grid paper to
use as a guide and we expanded the scale to the size of the guitar body.
Tom used mandolin frets and made a neck extension going up to the 37th
fret. He pinned a moth under glass - still can't figure out why the
thing hasn't turned into dust yet. When my little cousin Valerie asked
me if she could paint the fingernails (she was about 5 at the time)
I couldn't say no. I left the nail polish on the guitar to always remind
me of my little cousin that I love so much. (She's not so little anymore
- she's in her 20's and about 5'10")
Tom Cannalonga is an amazing guy. He expanded his guitar-building gift into making sports equipment and accessories for people with physical challenges - check out his website...
