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.
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. 😊👍
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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 UA-cam! 😂 I love it Mr. Jerry.
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.
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.
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!
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 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.
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.
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
Wow, I'm happy I found this video. I'm not getting all of my UA-cam 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.
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.
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
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 .
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.
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!😁
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.
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!!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!
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.
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
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
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.
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...
Thanks Jerry, your videos are always educational. As I start my third guitar build, have learned so much. Thanks for sharing your great craftsmanship. Victor
Hi Jerry, excited about your new build! I have a dumb question... why is the front of the guitar made from 2 pieces of wood but the back is one piece. Does it have something to do with the way it produces sound? Thanks... always a pleasure watching you work!
It's a nice saw. not in the shop so I can't remember the number. But I have to say I like it much better after I put the Carter products blade guides on it.
Beautiful work....but I have one question that hope you answer...is there a reason you use flat bottom braces on your tops instead of radius bottom braces like St@× M@< sells?
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.
These are the best...Love having a coffee in the Am and watching you work! Thanks Jerry!
Amazing! I never knew what was "inside" a guitar! It's both a joy and an entertainment to watch you work.
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. 😊👍
Prayers for you
@@RosaStringWorks Thank you 😊
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.
Stoked when Jerry starts a new build!!!
What a joy that would be to see your own RSW custom guitar being made.
Check out some of his old videos, he has made a few, and they are all awesome.
jthonn I have watched many of his videos. He is so good.
It's also nerve racking as well .
"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.
No matter how good it is... I always want it a little bit better.
@@RosaStringWorks It's always great!
Crushing it again Jerry. I am always happy when I see a new video from you.
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.
"That can't be good!!" and then that look............ what a sense of humor....thanks Jerry
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.
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.
Waiting patiently for Part II! Nice looking guitar!
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.
You're gonna have to setup an assembly line pretty soon Mr. Jerry! Haha. Another awesome project. Cant wait to see her come to life!
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!
lol, I know what you mean, I always used abc's myself.
Most relaxing channel on UA-cam I could watch you all day. (Truth be told I have done that 😉)
Hey, me too.
Been spending time outside Jerry? Hands are pretty tanned! Great start to the series.
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.
Some great progress there Jerry.
Thanks for posting.
You are a good hand at putting on the scalpel blade. And don't worry the doctor doesn't put on the blade usually it is their assistant.
Great news! Excited to see it come together.
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!
That sounds awesome!
Seen that Colleen, gorgeous, simply gorgeous!
Looking and sounding great Jerry 👍🇬🇧
You are an absolute Rembrandt of lutherie! I guess that is better than being a Salvador Dali of lutherie.
Yay....New guitar series. I've watched through the last two several times. Thank you!
Jerry, FYI Drs don't put blades on or take them off. LOL The nurses or scrub techs do! Another great video!
Fantastic video Jerry I love mels Editing she's very good cant wait for next video thanks
Jerry, you have way to much fun doing what you do. And I get a kick out of watching. So rock on...
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 UA-cam! 😂 I love it Mr. Jerry.
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.
Look forward to your episodes...
Just watched the last 2 builds in their entirety!! I’m so pumped about this!!
Unbelievably amazing as always !! Thank you for sharing your wisdom Master .
Great sounding top - lots of tone and sustain - that's going to be a treasure :-)
I was so high on adrenalin when you cut the groove for the rosace!
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.
I tell ya, Mr. Rosa, you work wonders with that micro plane of yours! Looking forward to seeing another great custom build come to life!
Another series love it.
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!
Three dislikes? 🤦🏻♂️ What’s not to like with Jerry’s content? It’s a great and thoughtful video content thus far and always, Jerry! ❤️
Fascinating as always Jerry, and great work.
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 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.
Watching on my big Big screen today,
Jerry In large view loving this one
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.
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
Wow, I'm happy I found this video. I'm not getting all of my UA-cam 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.
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.
Excellent as always Jerry. I can hear a huge difference after you carved those braces down too.
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
You are so close stop in sometime
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 .
And here we go!!! Nice, looking forward to the next video!!!
Keep them coming. Love watching the master at work. That guitar is going to sound awsome.
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.
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!😁
are you related to Mark Blanchard ?
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.
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!!
Great start to a wonderful series. Looks great mr. Jerry
Linen would be pretty strong. Thank you for sharing.
I'm betting this is going to be another awesome sounding guitar!
This will be a fun journey. I'm looking forward to this!
Nice build, it's called a bench hook 👍😉
yes I had heard put that on the screen. guess you missed it
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.
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!
Great instructional Video. Learned a bunch Buddy.
Great video Jerry! And real people get the jokes. The folks who need the explanations are space aliens who won’t appreciate them anyway.
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!!!
I believe I have shown that before in other bills. But you are correct
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.
Yes! A new build video! Love the work!
What a brilliant numbering system for the braces Jerry, I always start at a 1000 and work downwards,
but I'm now considering changing to your method.
I like the grain runout - makes it a bit more interesting.
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.
I’ve never used that wood. Of the woods I’ve used, Black Limba is one of my favorites.
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.
Jerry, I’d like to see how you cut the notches for the x brace and how you went about carving into the brace intersection.
Amazing as usual, thanks
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.
Saves glue as well!
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!!
For me it's just a sound thing. And it's hard to beat the sound of the Martin style guitar.
I'm confused about you're brace number system. Is it 1 and 2 or I and II?
Is there any advantage to radiusing the top plate as apposed to making it flat?
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.
Dang! You have a really good wife if she asked you that! Lol. I'd love to see Mr. Jerry build a 12 string.
I have built to 12 strings. I have a commission to build a 3rd which will be coming up before too long
@@1980bwc I have Ordered the 12 String and i Hope that all who see it will enjoy the Build.
In place of the fabric patch at the intersection of the X-braces, I've used epoxy putty. It lends that intersection a brilliant and strong null point.
Hello Jerry, could you use a small bit of Ebony? It measures 3/4 inch square by 6 inches long. Regards, Edgar
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
@@RosaStringWorks Thanks Jerry !
AWESOME!!!..So many Dreads on the market..O size is the guitars to make..
No the guitar to make is the guitar the customer orders.
@@RosaStringWorks WOW!...Im O.k. down here....where you just put me...lol..I stand corrected..
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
Love your posts, tip, put a #64 rubber band on you glue-bot body to tuck cap under while using. cost you 12 cents. :)
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.
I am not familiar with that at all. I'll check into it
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.
What drill bit did you use to cut out the sound hole?
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...
Hi Jerry, wondering if your go bar system to glue the bracing is for a dead flat top or did you build a slight radius into it? Victor
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Thanks Jerry, your videos are always educational. As I start my third guitar build, have learned so much. Thanks for sharing your great craftsmanship. Victor
Hi Jerry, excited about your new build! I have a dumb question... why is the front of the guitar made from 2 pieces of wood but the back is one piece. Does it have something to do with the way it produces sound? Thanks... always a pleasure watching you work!
For me it's simply the width of the boards I can't find the paduk in the wide enough boards to make a 2 piece.
How do you like your Grizzly bandsaw ? What model did you choose ?
Thanks for your channel. I love it :)
It's a nice saw. not in the shop so I can't remember the number. But I have to say I like it much better after I put the Carter products blade guides on it.
@@RosaStringWorks ... thank you sir :)
Hi Jerry, have you fixed your weifes lawnmoar ? Hihihi.... Thank you for those lovely videos... Greetings from Denmark......
yes its fixed
Why don’t you have a piece of aluminum or plexiglass for the pattern for the sides?
That would just be too easy.
You can tell paduak is a very "resinant" wood !
Use your coping saw on the Osage Orange
Very cool. How old is the wood that you are using?
I should have asked....The wood that you are using how long has it been drying?
Beautiful work....but I have one question that hope you answer...is there a reason you use flat bottom braces on your tops instead of radius bottom braces like St@× M@< sells?
It's very simple I build flat top guitars just like Martin
@@RosaStringWorks ok...I never knew that about martin, everything you do is absolutely great, I know they must be fine guitars....