I find the 30th Year Catalogue from Elderly to be irresistable reading! Even on my budget for 2001/2002 I have found a few tempting items but I gotta ask; Who knows something about the Nechville Banjovie? Elderly is offering a banjo kit for $72 (assembled it costs $106).

They describe the instrument as a high strung banjo, tuned to C. It has an 8" pot and a fifth string that terminates at the head with the others, but is spiked at the fifth fret for proper tension. Sounds kinda intersting.

It sounds kinda interesting. Has anyone heard/played this thing? Any comments??