Many of us dream of ditching our desk jobs in favor of a workshop. Working with our hands, crafting something out of wood or some other material. Something physical, something real.
Seth Lee Jones worked at Whole Foods for 6 years while on the side building up his business as a guitar maker. Eventually he had to leave his day job because he had enough people beating down his door with requests for guitar work.
He now builds builds 25 to 30 custom instruments a year and a handful of acoustic guitars.
The journey to becoming a full time luthier or guitar maker, is not an easy one.
Today, we are happy to share with you Seth Lee Jones's story as the latest episode of Small Business War Stories.