Hi Jerry, I'm back to having health issues but as I try to mend I'm watching your older videos. I really enjoy watching you build, fix, create, anything to do with musical instruments. I really enjoy your comments, your singing along with your mandolin and other instruments. Those scalpels are so dangerous to use, I've cut myself just looking at them! I love your comment about labeling the braces 1 and 2 and so on, so creative! Haha! It troubles me that you occasionally get negative mail, you're such a kind man, it pains me when I hear you speak of it. Thank you so much for the wonderful entertainment. God bless you Jerry.
That paduak wood looks just like rosewood, I know I couldn't tell the difference. I see there is going to be another high end guitar built by the master. Fantastic job on the rosette, and even going to have an ebony pick guard. No way would Jerry put a piece of plastic that will shrink and crack his soundboard, on his guitar. That is one of the great traits to you building instruments, you build them to last, from your experience you know what to look for and how to do it. When you make a mistake you know how to deal with it and you pay attention to detail. I can't wait to see the finished product.
I just built a desk for my son for remote learning. He chose padauk, purple heart, and maple for the top (kid's got good taste!) That color is incredible!
Yet again, you spread your wisdom and knowledge of luthiery! I never imagined numbers could be used in such a fashion! I've only used them to make sure I have all my fingers after using my table saw!
I haven't been able to comment on any videos for the last 6 weeks due to breaking by back in two places. I'm now in a rehabilitation home in Oxford UK and slowly getting the use of my legs back. Looks like I've got a lot of RSW videos to catch up on, well I have plenty of spare time now to do so 😊. I love the new builds, so this video is a great place to restart from. 😊👍
Jerry I love your sense of humor, I got the numbering joke right away (before your elaboration)😉This is what I teach my students in lab: always number and label your test tubes and slides! You may think you can remember what each one is, but all it takes is a moment of distraction and you have made mistakes that require you to start all over again.
On fitting a blade into the scalpel.. peel the wrapper back about half wan on both sides of the blade.. then leave the blade in the wrapper while you fit it onto the handle. The foil will protect your fingers from inadvertent cuts..it also gives you a little more control sliding it into the handle.
So far the top sounds great a really nice tone and i love the rosette you did too, A really good bunch of useful tips in there too Jerry, Well Done My Friend.
Marty Stuart claims his show on RFD is the fastest 30 minutes on TV. Well, this was the fastest 55 minutes and 24 seconds on RU-vid! 😂 I love it Mr. Jerry.
"It's a perfect fit, well not perfect but close, it maybe too small but we'll see." I love how Jerry goes back and forth with every single measurement or color of stain, or cut of wood or sanding of a part or surface or carving. "Perfect, well not that perfect". It always looks fantastic. It is always perfect. Jerry is the best at what he does.
I also reinforce my soundholes the same way as you do. It's the way we were taught at the London College of Furniture by out teachers who were primarily traditional classical builders. For me this method seems so much stronger than the strut method. Enjoying this and the mandolin build. Keep up the good work.
Wow wow oh WOW! That is some guitar. It not only looks beautiful, but sounds beautiful. You have the right to be proud. Watching you for the past two or three I have grown to appreciate the art and science of luthiery and know what separates good guitars from great guitars. I wish I saw your videos before writing my book about a luthier then my novel woild be a lot better. I'm really looking forward to you finishing that 12-string. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and love of instrument making.
One of my customers gave me a board that was about 8ft long. It was very dark and I thought it might be some type of rose wood. When I resawed it it was orange colored... Padauk! Burns your nose too!😁
Hi from the UK, Looks like you might have scribed the mark across and then placed the pattern at the edge of the wood, and not the mark. I would blame having to fetch the tape between the two stages. Anyway, I love the work as always. You are the best.
Voicing the Soundboard! It's getting a deeper in tone as you go. Final sanding the outside of the top will thin the edges also. I never used go bars like you do and some classical guitar builders do also. Seems totally secure without over stressing or over tightening with steel clamps can do. I glued my ebony pick guards to the top, they hold up very well, but I lacquered over them. Standing for round 2.
Recently, I was aiming unsupported at a target through a .22lr rifle scope. Loopty loop shaky! lol I used to be able to hit squirrel unsupported but not now at 61 Gonna be a fine guitar, Mr. Rosa
Hello i have been watching your videos ,you are certainly a master of your Trade ,the skill and the love and care you put into your work ,plus the thousand of an inch that matter and you aim for make your Instruments a work of art , Great work and videos.
I do love paduak. Word of the wise, don't try to do a mandolin with it. I don't know how many pieces snapped while trying to bend the sides. Even the long side wanted to snap when heated. But, it went in perfectly cold and dry. The guy I was apprenticed to had never seen anything like it before. It was more cooperative in bending cold than warm!
I make bows from Osage orange. It changes color with time and gets much more beautiful. It’s the most dense wood native to North America and takes century’s to rot away exposed in the elements. Super cool wood.
9:09 man do I ever know what you mean! I shake so bad sometimes I'm not able to do many of the jobs I used to do. I've got a beefy sound system on this computer and could really hear the tone when you were tapping that top, awesome work!
Take up welding, Randy. I found that the shaking actually helps with my welds. Gives my stick and mig that "look of dimes" everyone is trying to produce!!
Always thought I'd hit the mark on owning the guitar of my dreams when I got my Taylor , now one of Jerry's custom builds is the dream guitar darn it 😫 On a side note the jigs and methods you clamp with like the way you clamped the bracing fascinates me .
Wow, I'm happy I found this video. I'm not getting all of my RU-vid videos for some reason. Now I will watch the rest of part 2 of this video, lol. A really awesome great job. I know this guitar will sound great. I can't wait to see it. Jerry you should try to have more lights overhead while cutting the SOUND HOLE and the Trim around it. That has to be hard on your eyes. You are great at what you do. Thank you for posting your videos. Stay well & safe my friend.
Another beautiful guitar being born,I like the table hook that's a great idea.like I said I always learn from you.one of the best video's on u tube, looking forward to the next one!
I can’t wait to see how this guitar comes out! It’s gonna be great! I’d love to see a Rosa style parlor guitar or arch top. That would be slick. Awesome work as always.
My second favorite ‘Zen’ thing, scalloping braces! Jerry, I love your rosette layout. I’d bet that git will look as good as it sounds. And I could hear the tonal difference and resonance even on my phone’s speaker. 👍🏻👍🏻
I watch on my phone with subtitles 📱👀 so I guess I did Jerry!! 😂😂😂 I am so glad you have spread the load and brought in some help so you can get to building some of your fine stringed instruments, take care, Mark.
Damn, I've got parts/tool file drawers just like yours - Part of a file cabinet set (20) - The very best quality - Government surplus - Cheap - I thank Canadian taxpayer for providing these for me.
These custom builds are my favorite! I'm so excited to watch this series, Jerry. You're a master craftsman. I hope to someday save up enough money to get a spot on your build list, sir. Sending peace & love from Springfield, MO -Todd
Really great narration of this great project. I admire the fact that you can alternately work in both Metric and Imperial/ASA. As a 67 year old Canadian I am fortunate that when I grew up Canada was slowly metricating so I can also work comfortably with both systems. Technically, Canada has adopted System International (SI), which is the modernized metric system.
Hi Jerry; It's looking good. Just a thought on the fabric over the X-brace. It seems like the fiberglass tape they use for drywall might work well. It is like screen and I think it would conform well to the shape. It might take more than one layer though. It might be something you could experiment with.
Dumb question, why don’t luthiers use steamer boxes to help get the wood ready to bend? Love the videos. Wife keeps asking me if I want to commission one, but I would want a 12 string. Btw, love your wood choices. I have an Osage orange traditional longbow, and it’s one of my favorites.
One of the important part, before gluing the top is to straight them to mach with no light gap that can be seen when put together, right? Thats the secret... gluing it takes 5 minutes, mach the sides can take more than a hour for unexperienced ones (like me :-)) I wish you show this also. I really enjoy your work, learn allot... actually I learn and build my firs (and only for the moment) guitar that I am very proud. of. Thank you very much Jerry!!!
Jerry, as always I am going to enjoy this series. I always like seeing your creativity and amazing craftmanship skills at play. Just curious as to what effect does scalloping the braces have on the overall sound and sustain of the guitar vs building a guitar with non scalloped bracing.
You can put the red Glue Bot cap on top of the bottle to get it out of your way while you're working. You may have known this already but I thought I would try to help.
hey Jerry, theres probably some sound app that You could use to get a graph or something for a reading of the tone time and how long it rings! heres a few! The Two Best Free Recording Software Studios. #1) Garageband. #2) Audacity. The Rest. #3) Hya-Wave: The Extreme Budget Option. #4) Pro Tools First: Limited Access to the Industry Standard. #5) Ardour: Not Pretty But Highly Functional. You may have one or more of these! might be fun and educational...
Really great stuff, Jerry. Really like the scalloped x bracing; I’m a big Martin fan and love the tone that is produced by that style bracing. In addition to your excellent craftsmanship, it’s amazing how much time and patience goes into building an acoustic instrument. When you’re finished, I’d love to know many hours you put in and what your price is/was to your customer for the finished guitar.
Hi Jerry, I really enjoy your videos. I am not a luthier but i do work with wood and many of your comments and solutions to problems are applicable to my hobby work. So thanks for that. What i would really like to know is what are the pros and cons of the round shouldered Gibson style guitar and the much more common squarer shouldered style guitar. I like the Gibson style much more but so few guitar makers use this style. Why is that? I've never seen you make a round shouldered guitar. Why is that? Are there significant sound differences? Any comments you might have on this issue would be much appreciated. Thanks again for your excellent videos and your sound words of freely given advice!!
You need to get a hemostat! That will hold the sharp end of your scalpel blade, lock😊 and hold, than you can put the blade on the handle without risking slicing your fingers!
hello my good friend as always you doing a very good job congratulations. I have this question for you, could you recommend me a place to get oil varnish to varnish violins
I won't watch it 'cos there's only part 1, there'll be no closure and I'll just be left hanging Can't resist, Jerry's will demands it, weakening, Ok I'll watch it (55 mins later)... GODDANGIT...
Dear Jerry such a lovely project I love the rosette what a beauty ! I was wondering which type of wood you use for your braces are they maple as well ? Do you go to a hard wood and light ?
The top board is spruce and all the braces attached are also spruce. Hardwoods are only used on the backs insides with the exception of the bridge plate
Jerry, fellow luthier here, I was just curious if you ever use a fox style bender for your sides? I admire doing it by hand because you literally can feel the wood and it’s limitations so I can certainly see why you do it the way you do. I was more just curious if you ever use a shop built machine. My experience shows that both methods work really well, but sometimes I just like to use a machine instead. Call me lazy, but I think it’s a tad easier.
Rosa String Works it’s very simple. I use three 150 watt bulbs as a heat source. It works surprisingly well. When I learned how to do this craft, my teacher used such a device. If you’re really interested I would be happy to send you lots of pictures of the process and the machine itself as well as some rough dimensions. Just tell me where to send them.
