NUTS!

[phavriluk]

Just got an email from LMI, they're wrapping it up.

[irvine]

I got that email too. That's very sad indeed, I ordered several times from them in the last eight years

[Bob Womack]

At the same time I've noticed that StewMac has been bowling me over with ads, price reductions, and sales. Hope that isn't a sign. Perhaps the transfer business from LMI will bolster them.

Bob

[Skarsaune]

Saw that on instagram.

Odd, because they were running social media ads right up until they put that up.

[redir]

Yeah that's too bad. May they move on to greener pastures. 30 years is a good run. It says they started in 1994 but I would have sworn I bought wood from them earlier then that. First guitar I made was '92 and I thought I bought from them at the time.

[Treenewt]

Super bummed about this. Such a great resource, not to mention fine people to do business with. I hope someone will pickup Royal Blackwood, because I’ve really come to like that as a bridge/fingerboard material.

[John Arnold]

1994 would be the date when they incorporated (Luthier's Mercantile became LMII).
I have catalogs going back to the early-1980's.

[Bruce Sexauer]

LMI was originally owned by Todd Taggart and Tom Peterson who bought the business from Bill Lewis who called it Bill Lewis Music Supply (more or less). I did business with Bill, and briefly worked for him, since +/- 1970. The beat goes on!

[Carey]

Originally Posted by John Arnold

1994 would be the date when they incorporated (Luthier's Mercantile became LMII).
I have catalogs going back to the early-1980's.

There were a lot of good articles and tips- and a nice DIY feel- in those
early catalogs. I recently got (again) one of them on ebay from the
mid-80s. Nice.

[Bruce Sexauer]

Originally Posted by Carey

There were a lot of good articles and tips- and a nice DIY feel- in those
early catalogs. I recently got (again) one of them on ebay from the
mid-80s. Nice.

I always thought that there was enough information in the early Lewis/LMI catalog for the self motivated would be luthier to build successfully, and without the store-bought crutches that have directed so many modern builders down what looks like a rabbit hole to me..

[Carey]

Originally Posted by Bruce Sexauer

I always thought that there was enough information in the early Lewis/LMI catalog for the self motivated would be luthier to build successfully, and without the store-bought crutches that have directed so many modern builders down what looks like a rabbit hole to me..

Hear, hear.. I am looking forward to your book, BTW.