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Murrell Thixton on Dec 16th 2011 News/Events

Changes, Changes, Changes…


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.

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Murrell Thixton on Dec 16th 2011 Banjo

Walnut Vintage 35

We just received a beautiful new Sullivan Vintage 35 Walnut.   Equipped with it’s standard Vintage 35 tone ring and Sullivan Old Growth rim this banjo is a powerhouse!   These banjos are responsive up and down the entire neck and filled with that special sound usually reserved for those instruments with many years of seasoning.  The walnut banjos are a special lot in that their tone has characteristics of both a maple and a mahogany banjo and it’s a beaut to boot!

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Murrell Thixton on Dec 16th 2011 Banjo

Sullivan Classic Bardstown

We just received a beautiful new Sullivan Bardstown.  

This banjo is crafted of the finest materials, from it’s Honduras Mahogany neck wood, quilted Mahogany resonator, hardrock maple woodrim and classic Sullivan tone ring it is not only a thing of beauty but a powerful banjo indeed.  Even though it’s brand new and right out of the workshop this one is impressive!  Give us a call.

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Jeff Sullivan on Dec 16th 2011 Banjo,News/Events

Storefront Congregation on WHAS Great Day Live

Many times when you call in for ordering, with requests or questions the voice you hear answering the phone is that of our very own Murrell Thixton.   Murrell is the banjo player for the group Storefront Congregation, a four piece band from Louisville, Ky  that performs bluegrass and acoustic music.  This weekend they will join  Kyle Ramey, Kati Penn and Newtown, and 9 time IBMA fiddler of the year Michael Cleveland in a concert  to benefit 3 local charities The Salvation Army, The Center for Women and Families, andThe Home of the Innocents.   If you’d like details on how you can attend you can find more information about the concert here.

This video clip promoting the upcoming event is from a broadcast of Great Day Live a local morning show on our ABC affiliate WHAS television.  We’re proud of Murrell and his group for their support of these most worthy charities.

We hope you enjoy the clip, Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

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Murrell Thixton on Nov 18th 2011 Banjo

New Vintage 35 Maple

We just got a new Vintage 35 Maple  and it is beautiful.  Beautiful figured resonator and neck, a real dandy.    The Vintage 35′s all come with Old Growth rims and a Vintage 35 tone ring.  If you’d like all the specs you can click  here and you’ll be able to see all the details.

Give us a call and we’ll get you in the drivers seat.  800-635-2021 x126

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Jeff Sullivan on Oct 20th 2011 News/Events

Fretmentor’s 3rd Annual Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin and Fiddle Workshop

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

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Murrell Thixton on Jul 29th 2011 Banjo

Sullivan Bardstown Classic just arrived!

Looking for that great mahogany banjo? Well look no further, we just received a brand new Sullivan Classic Bardstown. This one sounds great and is a beauty! Give a listen and give Murrell a call!

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Murrell Thixton on Jul 27th 2011 Banjo

Sullivan “Prototype 2″ Arrives at First Quality Music

We’ve just received one of the last remaining Sullivan Prototypes of the Vintage 35. This banjo has the Sullivan old growth wood rim, the Vintage 35 tonering, the standard V35 inlay pattern in a very dark Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. This is a mahogany version of the V35, the resonator has concentric rings. An excellent banjo, priced to move at $2999.00

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Murrell Thixton on Jul 22nd 2011 Banjo

First Quality Music received a Sullivan Vintage 35 Mahogany and Bardstown Classic

We just received a Sullivan Vintage 35 and a Classic Bardstown from Sullivan Banjo Company. These banjos are crafted of the finest Honduras Mahogany and have the now famous Sullivan Banjo tone rings. If you’re in the market for a new banjo drop in and see us and get you hands on a Sullivan. You’ll be glad you did.

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Murrell Thixton on Jul 13th 2011 Banjo,Consignment/Used Instruments

Vintage Sullivan Banjos

We recently picked up a couple of Vintage Sullivan banjos and boy are they beauties. Both of these early Sullivans came to us from one of our long time customers whose decided to concentrate his time on his guitar playing. One banjo is a first generation Festival with the torch on the peghead and the simple dot inlay pattern. The other banjo is a highly flamed curly maple Greenbriar. The customer ordered both these banjos in a natural blonde finish and both were made by request with highly figured necks and resonator. Both banjos have Price straight line tailpieces and are in excellent condition (the armrests do show slight wear). Give us a call and we can discuss, they surely won’t be here long.

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