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 made a neck extension going up to the 37th fret using thin mandolin frets. 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 years old 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 40'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...