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This guitar was created for the Gibson Centennial celebration. It is a Custom Shop version of the Gibson J45 with fancy pearl fingerboard inlays and abalone purfling around the top inside the binding. The guitar has a AAA Sitka spruce top and rosewood back and sides.

Gibson’s famous J 200 Jumbo flat top guitar. This guitar has a flame maple back and sides, a true thing of beauty.

This beautiful Gibson Custom Shop Guitar is curly maple back and sides with a three piece curly maple neck. Made in 1994 in conjunction with Gibson’s Centennial Anniversary celebration, is truly a beautiful guitar and a great sounding jumbo. This would be a great one to add to your Gibson collection.

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.

Long a staple of many guitarists the Martin guitar remains one of the most coveted instruments by professionals and amateurs alike.  We have restocked and have them set up and ready to ship into your hands.  All HD-28′s come with Indian Rosewood backs and sides, Sitka spruce tops and scalloped braces.  Each one has been inspected and comes with the Martin molded 640 style case.  Give a listen.

We have received our first DRS1′s.  Wow what a great guitar at a very affordable price point.  Solid Sapele back and sides, A braced Sapele top, Stratabond neck, complete with a Fishman Sonitone pickup system.  Tony gives a sample of it’s sound.  Call us at 800-635-2021 and we can get you in the drivers seat.

We’ve just recently received a great group of Martin guitars and we picked out a couple so you can get a little sample.  In the video below, Tony and Murrell will show you two of the new HD28V’s.  Both are fresh in from the manufacturer, inspected by our quality control staff and set up personally by Tony Wray.  Please give them a listen on the video and then give us a call for pricing details. 800.635.2021

We took in a couple of guitars on trade and wanted to share them with you.  The first is a Larrivee D-09. This beautifully constructed guitar has rosewood back and sides with a spruce top and is in good condition.  Second, is an awesome Gibson Songwriter Deluxe. This guitar is in good condition and also has rosewood back and sides with a spruce top. Please make sure you check out the video below where you will find Tony picking a little picking sample of of each guitar.  Give us a call if you’d like to discuss more details.  800-635-2021.

The Taylor 514CE Spring Limited Acoustic guitar is one of several beautiful guitars Taylor has crafted for there annual Spring Limited series. This guitar, known as the Tasmanian Blackwood 500 Series, features amazing Tasmanian Blackwood back and sides with a Sitka Spruce top and a tropical american mahogany neck at 1 3/4 scale. Its sound is accented by forward shifted bracing patterns and features the patented Taylor Expression electronics package.

You can learn more about the Taylor 514CE Spring Limited by clicking here or by giving J.C. a call at (800) 635-2021.

The Taylor Road show visited First Quality Music last Tuesday, May 25th. Taylor Representatives Barney Hill and Mark Seal brought several amazing Taylor instruments to showcase and let attendees try out. The day was littered with guitar demonstrations, question and answer sessions, and a Baby Taylor giveaway! We’d like to congratulate the winner of the giveaway, Joey and his daughter Emma, and thank Taylor for putting on another great show! We had around 85 people drop by for the event and had a great time – if you missed the Taylor Road Show, check out http://www.taylorguitars.com/roadshow/ to find the next appearance nearest to you.

Check out some pictures of the event below – for more video, check us out at http://www.youtube.com/FQMSVids.