building a Diddley Bow and need some advice

I've got a small Sweet Tin, a couple lengths of wood, a machine head and a pair of Piezo's on the way and I'm not quite sure about how to do this.

I have made a Diddley Bow before, it had a very short scale length, must of been no more than 15 inches, and it featured a P-bass pickup and an E string held in place with three nails and was honestly a little rubbish, so I intend for this to be an improvement, so I have a few questions.

1. what kind of scale length should I work with on this, I was think of a Strat 25.5 scale and then use a Strat neck as a guide for fret markings?

2. what kind of string clearance should I have between the wood and the string, so it doesn't affect my playing?

3. which string should I use, I was think a d string or a String tuned up or down to d or would something else be more practical?

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Permalink Reply by JL on June 28, 2016 at 1:22am

The oversimplified version is the next fret is about 5% closer to the bridge than the last fret. 

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