Science Channel visits First Quality
A recent edition of the How It’s Made program, broadcast on The Science Channel, focused on the banjo – and how it’s made.
To film this segment, the producers and crew visited First Quality Musical Supply in Louisville, KY where The Sullivan Banjos are made. This led to a roughly five minute piece on the show which follows the construction of a banjo from rough wood cutting to final assembly and set up.
The First Quality folks have made the video available on YouTube for anyone who missed the show last week.



I don't know if anyone has noticed, but YouTube has begun allowing not only high(er) definition video, but also is now supporting native 16:9 format.
To test it out I uploaded another of our IBMA 2008 videos, this one is an interview with Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent, followed by a performance...
Mike Bucayu of First Quality Musical Supply in Louisville, KY has announced that Bill Sullivan, who founded the company nearly 40 years ago, passed away this afternoon. Anyone who plays bluegrass music - at any level - has quite probably done business with First Quality. They have been strong supporters...
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This one is an all-family production, filmed and edited by members of the Cherryholmes clan. Somehow...
If you missed last week's episode of Wife Swap on ABC - which featured bluegrass family The Stockdales as one of the participants - don't despair. As might have been expected, the show has appeared on YouTube, broken into five 7-10 minute segments.
These clips don't appear to be authorized, so they...
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Compass Records has launched a YouTube channel to promote the many fine artists who record for the label. They intend to feature music videos, concert footage and even funny moments with Compass artists.
The first video is a live performance from this May's StringNation festival in Camden, NJ featuring...




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