The First Quality Music Blog

Looking for that great mahogany banjo? Well look no further, we just received a brand new Sullivan Classic Bardstown. This one sounds great and is a beauty! Give a listen and give Murrell a call!

We’ve just received one of the last remaining Sullivan Prototypes of the Vintage 35. This banjo has the Sullivan old growth wood rim, the Vintage 35 tonering, the standard V35 inlay pattern in a very dark Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. This is a mahogany version of the V35, the resonator has concentric rings. An excellent banjo, priced to move at $2999.00

We just received a Sullivan Vintage 35 and a Classic Bardstown from Sullivan Banjo Company. These banjos are crafted of the finest Honduras Mahogany and have the now famous Sullivan Banjo tone rings. If you’re in the market for a new banjo drop in and see us and get you hands on a Sullivan. You’ll be glad you did.

Received a beautiful Sullivan Vintage 35 Maple today. If you find you’re in the Louisville, Kentucky area stop by and see us and give it a test drive. If you live out of the Louisville area just give us a call at 800-635-2021 x126

We just received a beautiful Kentucky KM650 Mandolin. This mandolin was manufactured in the early 80′s during what many consider to be a period of prime production for the company. This mandolin is in Very Good condition, very nice sound and great fit and finish. Maple back and sides and a spruce top.

We currently have on consignment two beautiful Taylor Guitars in VERY GOOD condition. First, a Taylor 710-CE with a rosewood back and sides and a Sitka spruce top. Very little playing wear, sounds great. Second is an 810 LTD. This guitar also has a rosewood back and sides and a Sitka spruce top, it is bound in beautiful maple. Great condition with very little playing wear.

While doing some inventory “house keeping” we discovered we still have two Recording King Bill Sullivan tribute banjos in house. Both are brand new, come with a hard shell case and have been set up by our in house luthier Tony Wray. These special instruments were designed by Greg Rich and produced by Recording King as a tribute to his friend and our founder Bill Sullivan. The tributes have mahogany necks and resonators (the resonators have two concentric rings) and they have Granada style engraved armrests and tension hoops. They are numbered instruments, #2 and #34.

We recently picked up a couple of Vintage Sullivan banjos and boy are they beauties. Both of these early Sullivans came to us from one of our long time customers whose decided to concentrate his time on his guitar playing. One banjo is a first generation Festival with the torch on the peghead and the simple dot inlay pattern. The other banjo is a highly flamed curly maple Greenbriar. The customer ordered both these banjos in a natural blonde finish and both were made by request with highly figured necks and resonator. Both banjos have Price straight line tailpieces and are in excellent condition (the armrests do show slight wear). Give us a call and we can discuss, they surely won’t be here long.