that's a great idea, bernard! maybe even add some pedals!but seriously....i'm just wondering if you couldn't make some kind of mode work from a reversed fingerboard, perhaps with a dulcimer capo? what is the pattern you've got there, exactly?
or if that doesn't work....there's always the if-it-doesn't-make-a-tune-hit-it-with-a-stick approach.
~'nut