A piece of my past may be on it's way ... east???

Go ahead and laugh. It..... IS...... laughable... but I used to play the 5 string banjo. Is the tune to Deliverance going through your head? It should be!! The story:

My Mother's side of the family were southerners... come on.. "Puckett" ? North Carolina to be exact. I think blue grass is in her blood. She bought a cheap o banjo in the late 60s and plucked a bit. I showed interest, not promise, but the folks set me up with lessons. I really was never very good. But I loved to play. It was a difficult time (they divorced) but I got this alvarez out of the deal.

I picked my banjo up off an on for many, many years and played, but I haven't played for at least ten years now & I have quite seriously forgotten everything I ever learned.

It is currently worth close to $600. They made this particular model for only 2 years. I am going to let it go for $325 to LDS ( Low Down Sinner) on the bike forum I frequent.

LDS is out of work. He races motorcycles. As a matter of fact, he is racing this weekend. He is about my age. He plays guitar, drums & jams with friends often. When it comes to motorcycles and music & instruments , LDS knows a lot. So when he talked about having just picked up the banjo, I pm ed him with a price but he wasn't interested. I told him what this banjo going for on E bay, but I doubt that he believed me. This was the beginning of January.

He e mailed me yesterday, the same day I picked up a money order for a set of crash bars for my vulcan ..divine providence? Or just a coincidence. Either way, I confirmed my asking price of $325 (unless shipping costs me more than $60) , and that I'll sell it to him only if he promises to play the hell out of it. He told me it will be in good company among his other assorted instruments & that he wants picts. Crafty fucker.

So, the picts. are in his inbox & within a few days I will know how the races went & whether or not the Low Down Sinner wants my beloved alvarez.

FlashG