The First Quality Music Blog

Good Friend and creator of Fretmentor.com Dave Jakubiak is hosting it’s 3rd annual Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin & Fiddle workshop in Sunny Lake Worth, (Palm Beach County) Flordia. David had scheduled the workshop for January 28th and 29th 2012 to let all of us suffering from the winter blues to meet up in Flordia for some warm weather and some wonderful instruction. David is featuring Alan Munde, Byron Berline, and Jim Hurst… you can’t get much better than that. For more information on this event make sure and check out Fretmentor.com or you can email David directly at david@fretmentor.com

We recently agreed to help our long time customers Mike and Sue Gardner put up a portion of their musical instrument collection for sale.   Below are videos of each instrument so you can get a good look at each one.   We also have descriptive blogs on each piece where you can find additional details on the instruments.  You can use the item number to help locate the respective blog associated with the instrument you’re interested in.  As you scroll through the postings you will find the individual blogs in reverse numerical order from item 25 through item 1.

Item 1 – 1983 Deering Deluxe Custom Banjo

Item 2 – 1990 Deering Maple Blossom

Item 3 – 2002 Deering Maple Blossom

Item 4 – 1970 RB250 Gibson Banjo

Item 5 – 1976 Gibson RB250 Banjo

Item 6 – 1973 Gibson RB250

Item 7 – 1995 American Made Fender Stratocaster

Item 8 – Centennial Custom Shop Montana Gold 16 of 250

Item 9 – 1994 Centennial Edition J-200

Item 10 – 2003 Gibson Chet Atkins Country Gentleman

Item 11 – 2004 Gibson BB King Lucille in Red

Item 12 – SJ 45 Deluxe Custom Shop Gibson Acoustic

Item 13 – 2004 Gretsch G6120DSW

Item 14 – 2005 Gretsch White Falcon

Item 15 – 2005 Gretsch G6122 Country Classic II

Item 16 – 2002 D40 Richie Havens Guild Acoustic Guitar

Item 17 – 2003 Guild D40 CE

Item 18 – Larrivee OM Unicorn

Item 19 – 2006 Larrivee L-09 Bubinga Wood

Item 20 – 2009 Larrivee L-09 Quilted Western Maple

Item 22 – 1996 Martin MTV-1 Unplugged # 305 of 696

Item 23 – 1993 Rickenbacker 330 Fireglo

Item 24 – 1994 Taylor 510 Dreadnought

Item 25 – 1994 Taylor 910 Dreadnought

Careful acoustic research has resulted in the full, rich and warm sound of this popular model. Two single coil pickups on a full size body are accented by a traditionally shaped sound hole. The 24 fret Rosewood fingerboard is punctuated by dot inlay fret markers, with full double cutaways permitting access to all the frets. Standard output is monaural through a single jack plate.

This special run of Martins was created in 1996. A very unique guitar with the MTV logo in the MOP in the headstock under the CF Martin logo. The guitar is constructed of half rosewood and half mahogany, the neck is mahogany with a Sitka spruce top. Hybrid braced, mortise and tenor neck joint and 1 11/16 low profile neck.

A limited edition Martin Guitar, number 273 of 650. Unique Grand Ole Opry fingerboard with the WSM logo and a microphone in mother of pearl inlaid in the headstock. Rosewood back and sides with a Sitka spruce top.

Stunning Larrivee L-09. Made from quilted Western Maple this guitar has a beautiful fit and finish. The grain is spectacular and the guitar is in mint condition. This guitar would be an excellent recording guitar with it’s very even bright tone. Standard features are X braced tops, dove tail neck joinery, ebony fingerboard and bridge, high gloss finish on body.

Beautifully figured Bubina back and sides are the hallmark of this L-09. Standard features are X braced tops, dove tail neck joinery, ebony fingerboard and bridge, high gloss finish on body. This guitar has a very even tone.

OM Larrivee guitar with Unicorn inlay in the headstock. Highly figured curly maple back and sides with a mahogany neck. This guitar has a beautifully inlaid fingerboard. Very balanced sound, an excellent recording guitar.

The Guild D-40CE Standard is a dreadnought with cutaway shaped steelstring guitar that stands out due to its great playability and its full, balanced sound excellent dynamics. The top of the Guild D-40CE Standard is made of solid sitka spruce, the mahogany body is also solid. The mahogany neck of the Guild D-40CE Standard features a satin finish and a slim profile, the fingerboard is made of rosewood. The Guild D-40CE Standard comes with a D-TAR Wave-Length pickup system with adjustable volume and tone, that delivers a transparent and natural sound.

• Body shape: dreadnought with cutaway
• Top: solid sitka spruce
• Back and sides: solid mahogany
• Neck: mahogany, slim profile, satin finish
• Fingerboard and bridge: rosewood
• Fingerboard inlays: dots
• Frets: 20
• Scale length: 651 mm
• Width at nut: 43 mm
• Tuners: Gotoh, chrome-plated
• Pickup system: D-TAR Wave-Length with volume and tone control
• Pickguard: tortoise
• Finish: natural high-gloss

Body Style: Double Cutaway
Scale Length: 24.6″ (625mm)
Top: Arched Laminated Maple
Back And Sides: Laminated Maple Body, 17″ Wide, 2″ Deep
Neck: 3-Piece Maple
Pickups: 2 High Sensitive Filter’tron™ Pickups
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup
Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup),
Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup),
Master Volume,
3-Position Toggle Master Tone Switch,
Standby Switch
Width At Nut: 1-11/16″ (43mm)
Fretboard: Ebony, 12″ Radius (305mm)
Bridge: Ebony-Based Gold Rocking Bar Bridge
Tailpiece: Gretsch Bigsby B6G Vibrato Tailpiece
Hardware: Gold-Plated
Finish: Gloss Urethane
No. Of Frets: 22 (Plus Zero Fret)
Machine Heads: Grover Imperial™ Gold-Plated Die-Cast Tuners
Unique Features: Neo Classic Thumbnail Inlay Position Markers, Zero Fret, Simulated F-Holes, Double Muffler System, Bound Fingerboard and Headstock, Multiple Body Bindings, Gold-Plated Name Plate on Headstock, Gold Plexi Pickguard, Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs, Adjustable Truss Rod