My Post-Apocalyptic Job

You have got to be ready for the apocalypse. I am a firm believer that everyone needs to prepare their post-apocalypse job. This is especially relevant for those of us in the computer world. There'll be no Microsoft help line to call - the lack of electricity or phones will make that irrelevant. So, I am a firm believer that each person needs to prepare their role for the post-apocalyptic world.

So years ago I took up woodworking. I was particularly fascinated by hand tools and spent countless dawn hours combing the flea markets of Northern California to bring home good quality hand tools well used by someone's grandfather. I spent many an hour learning to sharpen and use hand planes, spokeshaves and the internet. Unfortunately, there is not a lot of wood here in the Holy Land - lots of camels, sand, rock, stone and gravel, but not a whole lot of hardwood trees. Space is also at a premium, so when we moved here I had to trade in my lovely naturally lighted, double car garage woodshop, for half a basement. So I became a luthier (amazingly enough, the Firefox spell checker has not heard of "luthier" and decided I need to become a "Lutheran" or a "Gautier") and started building guitars. Guitar's take up a lot less room and use a lot less wood than sideboards. I am, of course, assuming that sufficient guitars will be incinerated in the apocalypse to keep blackfamilyo fed.

So there you have it. The answer to the often asked question "Why do you build guitars?"