We thought we’d take some time to share what’s going on at First Quality these days. Over the years folks who’ve been to our showroom have always commented when coming through our front door about how the place has changed from visit to visit. That continues to be true as we find ourselves embracing even more changes both in the products we will be selling and the overall look of our physical location where we do our business.
As everyone knows the name Sullivan is synonymous with five string banjos. Our founder Bill Sullivan began this business in 1970 as a hobby in his home and some 40 years later we find ourselves in our current location where we still build banjos and do custom work.
The Sullivan Banjo Company shares our Trade Port Drive location and will be one of the areas where folks will be noticing some changes. We’ll be enhancing the current banjo room and adding some additional production space devoted to the banjos we build. Enhancements in our production capabilities with the addition of more CNC technology and a greatly improved and enlarged spray booth will increase our productivity while maintaining and improving quality.
On the retail side here at First Quality we have decided to return to our bluegrass roots. In an ever changing market, we tried to broaden the scope of our business to include a wider inventory and found after some time that the right thing to do would be to focus our resources on the foundation that the company had grown upon. The Sullivan Banjo will be the core along with going back to a broader selection of Martin guitars along with mandolins. Plans are to give the customer a wide selection of price points in the guitars and mandolins and have those instruments on hand in our showroom so the choices will be there for our customers. We are in progress on making the necessary changes in our showroom to make this a reality during the 1st and 2nd quarters of 2012.
We’ll be passing along updates over the upcoming weeks on the progress of these changes, if you find you are in the area stop in and see us.
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.
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.
Hello everyone! We’re excited to announce a big giveaway here at First Quality Music with Martin Guitars! We’ll be giving away a Martin LX1 to one of our followers on Facebook and Twitter. Entering is simple, just click on the banners below and become a fan of First Quality Music on Facebook and a follower on Twitter! On November 4th, we’ll pick someone at random from our followers on the two sites (Yes, this means that if you’re following us on both, you’ll get two chances to win!).
We got a great trade-in yesterday: A 1999 Martin HD-28V in excellent condition. We don’t often list our used instruments in the blog, but this one is an exception, and we’re offering it at $1,799. It’s truly a great deal for anyone in the market for a great Bluegrass guitar. We’re primarily offering this deal via our Blog, Twitter, and Facebook feeds. This one won’t be listed on firstqualitymusic.com! Give JC a call at (800) 635-2021 ext. 7124 if you’ve got any questions.
Click “Continue Reading” for the specs on this HD-28V, and check out JC giving it a test drive below.
The much anticipated Eric Clapton Limited Edition 00028 Madagascar Martin Guitars arrived at First Quality Music yesterday. This edition size of 461 total pieces was an instant sell out at the 2009 Winter Namm show. Each guitar’s label was personally signed by Eric Clapton himself. Part of our allotment of these fine guitars were pre sold but the final two, (one Natural and one Sunburst) hit our showroom today. Please visit the First Quality Music Website for detail information and specs. For those who wish to watch a video, First Quality’s very own Murrell Thixton does a brief demo for you to enjoy. For additional information feel free to call First Quality Music at 800.635.2021 and ask for Murrell, JC or Jeff.
Cliff and his friend Alan Tompkins were visiting family in Southern Kentucky and drove up to hang out at the store for a visit.Cliff took a moment to check out the Martin 000-18 Authentic in the Vault and I talked him into sitting down and pickin’ a tune with me. You can check out Cliff’s banjos at his website.
This is me, Cliff, and Alan picking the Fire Ball Mail.
