Actually Jeff, I did in fact trade an electric guitar, a fairly nice one (Heritage Prospect) for a Loar Era Snakehead A Jr (SR# 79191) and a 20s Banjo/Mandolin with no cash/straight up at a guitar show/flea market that took place in a fairgrounds.
They are still out there, and you can find them in the darndest of places. The same is true of Bamboo I’d guess, but I haven’t been looking for that as long as I have the instruments…