The First Quality Music Blog

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.

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 we’re showcasing JC’s favorite guitar: the Taylor 35th Anniversary Armrest Cocobola. Like the other 35th Anniversary model’s we’ve featured, there are only 35 of this guitar in existence. It is unique in that, combined with some of the most beautiful cocobola we’ve seen, it features an edge bevel on the bass side of the guitar (AKA The “Armrest”). Inspired by luthier Grit Laskin, this treatment offers players the “coolest, most complex binding treatment you cna get on an acoustic”, as Bob Taylor describes it. This guitar has a Sitka spruce top with CV bracing, an abalone rosette, Gotoh tuners, and the Taylor Expression Electronics package. Check out the video below, or come in to take a look at this beautiful guitar!

You can learn more about the Taylor 35th Anniversary Armrest Cocobola Guitar here or by giving JC a call at (800) 635-2021 Ext. 7124

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 we’ll be looking at something a little unique: The Composite Acoustics Legacy Performer. This guitar is made completely out of carbon fiber, meaning that there is no wood on the Instrument. This frees you from dealing with neck bend and humidity: You could theoretically play this guitar in a rainstorm and remain in tune! (Your electronics package, however, may argue). This is the same stuff that next generation racing bikes and yachts are made out of, making your instrument practically impervious to the wear and tear of touring. This particular model is packed with a Fishman Prefix Premium Blend electronics package, making it perfect for the musician who wants their Guitar to perform on demand.

You can learn more about the Composite Acoustics Legacy Performer Guitar here or by giving JC a call at (800) 635-2021 Ext. 7124

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.

We’ve got another Taylor this week: The Taylor GS6 Acoustic Guitar with the Taylor Expression electronics package. This guitar features beautiful curly maple back and sides, with a solid sitka spruce top. Keeping in line with the GS5 we showcased last week, it has a light sunburst  that really makes it pop visually. This guitar sounds great, with the balanced tone that Taylor is known for – check out the video below to hear it yourself!

Give JC a call at (800) 635-2021 Ext. 7124, or click here for more information!

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.

The new Hummingbird True Vintage is a tribute to the icon of Gibson’s square-shoulder dreadnought acoustic line. While the original Hummingbird has evolved over the years to reflect critical advances in acoustic guitar making, the Hummingbird True Vintage is a throwback to the way the instrument looked and played in 1960, satisfying the demands of even the most discriminating vintage guitar buyers.

You can learn more about the Gibson Hummingbird True Vintage Acoustic Guitar here. (LOTS more information there, including detailed specifications and pictures of some ‘extras’ that come with this Guitar)

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.

Last week, we showed you a very special Gibson F-5 Mandolin signed by the late Charlie Derrington. This week, we decided to pull a Guitar out of the vault, the Gibson SJ-200 True Vintage. Gibson’s master luthiers in Bozeman, Montana set out to recreate the legendary SJ-200 that helped define the American music scene of the 1930′s, and we’re pretty impressed with the outcome. This guitar features deep, well-balanced tone and the powerful sound we’ve come to expect from the Gibson Super Jumbo line.

You can learn more about the Gibson SJ-200 True Vintage Guitar here.

The 2009 Gibson Acoustic guitars are starting to arrive. In the last couple of days we’ve gotten the SJ-200 Studio and the Songwriter Deluxe Standard. Nice guitars to say the least, but JC is absolutely crazy about the new 2009 Songwriter Deluxe Standard. He loves the new inlays and the flamed maple body binding. And the sound – WOW! It was amazing straight out of the box!

I just read on the Gibson website that they’ve added a ‘new compound radius fingerboard for electric guitar-like playing.’ That’s the best of both worlds – the easy play of an electric with the incredible sound from the Fishman Aura system and the classic beauty of a Gibson acoustic guitar.

And did I mention the way this guitar sounds? Gibson went ‘old-school’ and used hide glue to install the red spruce tone bars and it completely paid off! You won’t believe how great it sounds.

Both of these guitars will be on the First Quality website soon. Call JC if you have any questions about the new Gibson Acoustics. (800) 635-2021 extn 7124