Remember over winter in Athens when I met Christian who travelled Europe on a bike with his DIY fold up guitar? – see this post
I need to show you what he’s up to now, 9 months later. Me and Finn were in Leipzig and went to visit him. He’s an inspiration…
He left a message on the van
The umbrella is his stamp
We went to his house. He lives in a tent
We spent the night by the lake and cooked dinner on the fire
We visited him at work the next day
He’s a luthier. He makes and repairs guitars
But first he had to make the workshop
And then he had to make the tools
And then it’s over 300 hours of work to make one guitar
It’s a lot of work
So much precision, care and patience goes into every little part
This stamp goes on all of his stuff
It will be difficult to look at a guitar the same again
So he lives in his canvas tent and works full time as a luthier. Christian has to be one of the most resourceful, funkiest, diyest guys I’ve met.
It was so cool to hang out in Germany with two of the friends I met at two completely stages of my travels – Finn from last summer in Hungary and Christian last winter in Athens. We reminisced about the good times we had over winter at the Jedi academy – see this post if you missed it.
Stacey 