Welcome back to another Vault Friday! Each Friday I’ll venture into the Vault with one of our instrument specialists to showcase some of the cool stuff we’ve got hidden away in there.
This week Murrell is playing a used 2005 Gibson F-5 Master Model Mandolin signed by Danny Roberts. This is a consignment piece that was purchased from us a few years back and is still in great shape. It recently went back to Gibson for a fret replacement and sounds great!
You can learn more about this Gibson F5 Master Model Mandolin by giving Murrell a call at (800) 635-2021 Ext. 7156
We’ve decided to start a new weekly feature here on the First Quality Music Blog: Vault Fridays. Each Friday I’ll venture into the Vault with one of our instrument specialists to showcase some of the cool stuff we’ve got hidden away in there.
This week, we’re taking a look at a very special Gibson F-5 Master Model Mandolin signed by a late friend of ours, Charlie Derrington. Charlie was instrumental in bringing about the standard of excellence in the modern Gibson Mandolin, but was tragically taken from us in a motorcycle accident in 2006.
Just wanted to share a little clip of the Weber F5 mandolin that a customer traded in to FQ. The mandolin has the following specs…
Adirondack Top
Bound F Holes
Maple Binding with Black and Ivory to create a thin black line
Yellowstone Fretboard
MOP/Abalone
Antique Tobacco Sunburst
Gold Hardware
The mandolin was built by Bruce Weber as the prize to the winner of the mandolin contest at Winfield, Ks. Give us a call if you’re interested, a really great sounding and great playing instrument.
The girls of Gold Heart and Dad Trent stopped into First Quality while on their way to the Bluegrass Festival in Henderson, Kentucky. Wow!!! Can these girls pick and sing!! It’s Analise on mandolin, Jocelyn on guitar and Shelby on fiddle. We appreciate Analise pickin’ a tune on our Old Growth Gibson Mandolin, I’m pretty sure she liked it! Heck they even let the me pick a tune with them before they had to go (I appreciate it). Thanks to the Gold family for sharing their wonderful music with us. Hope you enjoy the videos, be sure to check out these girls when they’re in your area you’ll love them.
Have you ever wanted to get a Gibson Mandolin, but wanted a little wider neck? A little larger frets? Maybe a scooped fingerboard or a pickguard added. For our banjo playing friends maybe a Granda Flying Eagle but in a Tenor or a Plectrum or maybe a Walnut neck instead of Curly Maple. Now you can! Gibson Original Instruments have opened up their Custom Shop and now you can custom spec your favorite Bluegrass Instrument. Give us a call and let us help you build the instrument of your dreams. Ask for Jeff or Murrell at 800.635.2021
Tim Finch and the Eastman Road Show arrives a day early to get everything set up for the First Quality Music / Eastman event. This is sure to be one heck of an event. We thought Tim was only bringing 50 instruments but he showed up with 85! Tim has brought with him an array of instruments that he takes to shows. We cannot post our sale pricing on our website but will have the inventory listed on firstqualitymusic.com and you can call for the details.
For those that can’t make it to our store on Saturday be sure to check out our website to see the full product list that will be available during our Eastman Day sales event! Sales prices will be available by phone for one-day only. First come first serve, make sure and call early to get our one-day prices before they are all gone becaue at 5:00 pm they head off to the next show. Phones open up at 10:00 a.m. 800.635.2021
WoW! what can we say! Mark Wilson and the fine folks at Onboard Research have done it again with an awesome little tuner, the PT10 Mini. We have seen the prototypes and they are great. The good news is that they will be available in just a few days for immediate shipment here at First Quality Music. I got with Mark and asked him to share with us how they came to the new design, here are Mark’s comments:
Competition keeps progress flowing, and we have greatly benefited from the influx of lowcost tuners that adopted the clip-on approach to tuning. We at OnBoard have gotten feedback over the years from thousands of PT1 users who described the features and capabilities that they liked, as well as the little things that did not like. So we decided to design a tuner that was small and compact, very lightweight, with a very bright backlight, a clamp that won’t loosen up and fall or get knocked off an instrument, and nestle it snugly behind the instrument’s headstock where it can be seen by the musician but not be distracting to an audience.
Plus, while we were at IBMA, someone approached us with the idea of a light that would change when the string went in-tune, and suggested this approach would make tuning faster because the switch in backlight colors could be seen in peripheral vision, allowing the musician to stay in better contact with the audience during necessary tune-ups. We implemented a design that glows red when out of tune and snaps to green when the string goes into tune, and the effect is stunning. It really does make tuning easier and faster.
Lastly, although many people prefer the Intellitouch arrow display, we heard from other people who expressed appreciation for the traditional needle style of display. Therefore, for the Intellitouch PT10 Mini. we are tipping our hat to the needle displays of the world and offering what we believe is the best one available.
Of course, the PT10 Mini comes with OnBoard’s exclusive Lifetime “No Questions Asked” Warranty\ that will apply anytime, for any reason for anyone.
Tight accuracy, durable, lightweight, attractive, snug, with a lifetime warranty and priced right: the Intellitouch PT10 “Mini” from OnBoard Research
The PT10 Mini Tuner by Onboard Resarch has a Retail Price of $39.95 First Quality will offer them at $29.95.
The new Sam Bush 1934 Limited Edition Fern has arrived at First Quality Music.Just a limited run of 25 instruments will be hand signed, the mandolin was inspired by Newgrass master mandolin player Sam Bush and created under the watchful eye of Gibson’s master luthier David Harvey.Gibson created a marriage of the Gibson Fern and the now famous Sam Bush model mandolin.This mandolin features many of the same appointments as the instrument depicted in the 1934 catalog, including the figured maple body chassis with a red spruce top, the mother of pearl block fingerboard inlays and the Fern peghead inlay made from genuine abalone pearl. The instrument’s stunning nitro-cellulose lacquer finish — painted in a ’30s Iced Tea burst color — is also faithfully recreated, giving the instrument its alluring vintage patina.You can check out this beautiful instrument on our website, and if you in the Louisville area be sure to stop by our showroom where we’ll be happy to let you see (and pick) it first hand.
I’ll be heading up to Beanblossom with some special discounts on Friday the 18th.I’ll be at the Plate Mate, Tone Ring Mate booth with our friend Mitch Meadors.Drop by and say howdy if you can and pick up our 2009 First Quality Music catlaog and a discount coupon just for our Beanblossom buddies. Hope to see you there!
