I wish I could'a been there to see that. Leo Kottke--wow.

My experience with eBay: I only bid what I want to spend. So far I've bought a tenor banjo in sad shape that I converted to 5-string and restored, two sets of banjo tuners, neither of which I've used yet but they were the right price, and I just sent a check for a long neck Harmony reso-tone banjo (missing the 5th-string peg) that I got for at least $40 less than what almost all the other Reso-tones I've tracked had sold for. It hasn't arrived yet but I'll let you know when it does. I've had good experiences so far, pay by check by snail-mail, and don't pay more than I'm willing to part with. Oh, yeah, we bought a viola for $80 for my daughter. I guess it's worth about that much. You get what you pay for.

Jon W.