A fascinating variant on the ebay auction.

TOTAL PRICE IS $30,000
 
WINNING THIS AUCTION RESERVES YOUR PLACE TO PURCHASE THESE GUITARS ONLY. THE WINNING BID IS ONLY YOUR DOWN PAYMENT TO CONFIRM YOUR INTEREST. THE REST OF THE $30,000 WILL BE DUE IN PERSON/TRANSFERRED TO MY BANK IN PERSON  AT THE LOCATION WHERE WE DECIDE TO MEET.

was the ad taken down?  the link gives me a search of "cherry" Gibsons

Not worth it anyway unless you can get a second one as a back up...

Yes, it's gone. I'll edit the post.
 
I thought the best part about it was the description where it described 3 nice old Les Pauls as "important examples of the Norlin Era". That made me chuckle.

That guy actually has some other amusing auctions:
 
http://www.ebay.com/sch/trogly_ze_burninater/m.html?item=290920342849&pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item43bc342541&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
 
Atomic Green Dean Bass:
For sale is a 4 String Atomic Green Dean bass. I bought this from the original owner who wanted to learn bass and thought the bass looked cool. Unfortunately, he never used it, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I never used the bass either lol. Im a guitar player and bass is a bit too boring for me unless its funky stuff.

During my time of owning this cool bass I've had tons of complements on it and I added faux black binding done in sharpie. This sharpie will come off if you desire it too, but I think the bass looks 100x better than before with it on. The marker has faded where my hand has come to rest on it though, so you might have to do another touch up job.

All in all, the bass has been a trophy piece all of its life and would love to actually be played.
 
 
 
Washburn RS980 Rare sought after guitar!:
 
However, it has aired out for about 2 years now at least so the smell has pretty much faded away.
 
 
 

Somehow I managed to restrain myself from bidding on either...

I recently ordered some tungsten while working with my son to get his Pinewood derby car ready to race.  I found an online store that sold the supplies I needed that also had an ebay store.
 
The shipping if I ordered through their website was 7 bucks and $2.50 if I ordered through a bid on ebay.  Needless to say I bought it through ebay.

It's just about time for me to need more tungsten. 

OK … this is the way my son explained it to me (he is 10):
 
The rules set a maximum weight of 5.0 ounces.  At weigh-in, they use a balance with a precision to the 1/10 of an ounce so, the car can weigh a maximum 5.045 ounces.
 
The race itself is a simple gravity race or in other words, all of the energy the car will possesses during the race comes while it is accelerating down the ramp and at least to a first approximation, all the cars will accelerate equally under the force of gravity.  The weight of the car comes into play while the cars are decelerating on the flat portion of the track (i.e., momentum is a function of mass).
 
Tungsten has a density of 19.25 g/cm^3.  The other alternatives are lead (far easier and cheaper to work with but discouraged) and gold.  By incorporating tungsten in the design, you are able to streamline the car and get the center of gravity fairly close to the rear axles.  The car is 7” long and by getting the center of gravity towards the rear of the car, you essentially maximize the amount of time the mass is “falling” (falling is in quotes) before it hits the flat track (a good thing).
 
Maximizing the weigh is only part of pinewood derby car optimization.  For example, friction is more complicated ... involving optimization of the axles and wheels and aligning the car … and is probably more important.
 
My son took a 1^st at the Pack level amongst the WEBELOS, 2^nd at the District level and 10^th at the Council level (at the Council 1st through 10th are trophy places and the difference in time between 1st and 10th is about 2/10's to 3/10th's of a second).  We were very happy because we have only been competing for 2 years here in MN.  When we raced our first 2 years in NJ, the rules were VERY different so, the approach to building a fast car was quite different.  The Pinewood Derby is kinda’ like the Free Masons, people who build fast cars are very secretive, once you get beyond the obvious; you have to figure it out on your own.  Also, folks out here in the Midwest take this very seriously, to the extent that some of the parents have tracks in their houses (the tracks are aluminum and can cost several thousand dollars) … we used a piece of Masonite to tune our car.

quantumeffect
Tungsten has a density of 19.25 g/cm^3.  

Your 10 year old son knows THIS???!!!!????
 
I wanna party with him.