I had a can of red wood stain, so I decided to make a diddley bow that looked like Eddie Van Halen’s classic Frankenstrat. The body is a scrap piece of wood that I had lying around. I got the paint job and black and red lines as close as I could to the original. I used a “Cap-O-Tone” from C.B. Gitty and an Altoids tin to add a piezo and volume knob so it can be played through an amp. The bridge is held to the frame by a cabinet hinge spray painted black. Later I added some frets from white wire hangers, and fret markers from thumbtacks
The finished product You can see the fret wire and fret markers as my grandson plays it My son giving it a try Cabinet hinge Ready to play Altoids tin and bold make the nut Cap-O-Tone from C.B. Gitty
