I'd be very surprised if Merrill Guitars has
disappeared altogether since I know someone who is
buying a Woodbridge model from them and spoke with Jim
just a few days ago.
Dan
I'd be very interested if you could find out more, Dan. His phone is
disconnected and he no longer owns the merrillguitars.com domain name. We
gave him $500 to have our 2nd Merrill built, if there's something going on
we'll need to drive up there and pillage $500 worth of something :)
But seriously, I would like to know what's up.
I'll bring this thread to the attention of my friend
who has been in touch with Jim Merrill.
Dan
Dan
John
> I know that the Merrill Guitar Company was going
through some problems
> regarding their shop building. It was up in the air
whether or not they
> would be able to stay in the building.
>
> When I talked with Jim Merrill last week he said that
they were now in
> negotiations to buy the building and stay where they
are. He said he
> felt good about the way things were going.
>
> I think that any phone or web site problems are
probably due to the
> problems with the building ownership and the
possibility that they might
> have had to move.
>
> When I talked with Jim last week he was in great
spirits regarding the
> company. In addition to his brother, Dave, working
with him in the
> shop, his sister is doing some work in the front
office and his son has
> started to work in the shop with him.
>
> Jim told me that he has never pushed his son learn
about guitar building
> (I think his son is now 14 years old). One day
several months ago his
> son asked if he could work with him in the shop this
summer. Jim was
> very pleased, but still asked his son, "Why do you
want to do that?" to
> see what his motivation was. His son said, "Because
I want to learn how
> to do what you do, and I want to be with you."
>
> I'd say that the Merrill Guitar Company is alive and
well.
>
> Dan Miller
> Flatpicking Guitar Magazine
>