You, sir, are truly the 'Wizard of Wood'. Your respect for that medium clearly shows through. I can see that you love old instruments, but you don't worship them. They are marvelous tools. I appreciate the knowledge that you have given me, along with the humility that I feel with every video.
Thank you Mrs Rosa for helping Jerry get these videos edited for us . It really makes my day when I see Rosa video pop up on my tablet. And Jerry thanks for sharing your kraft with us . Stay warn and keep that central boiler feed , I have one myself so I know they eat . God bless.
Been bouncing around on all the videos but a suggestion ole Strad used to do is place the stem of a tuning fork of the note he wanted to achieve and carved to the optimum volume.
Oh yeah! I seem to have kind of an absolute ear. And yes, the first one is an exact Bb, but the second one is between A and Bb. ;) Thanks again for another awesome series that I'm following right now. :)
Great & Epic video. Every time you tapped the tops, I rewound and listened to the notes for a few times. They sound great. Thanks for sharing as always. You are a great luthier and great instructor, Jerry. Can’t wait for part 2 and on. Please take care of your hands and fingers.
There's another trick I've used. Have you ever used the thumping trick to pick a melon? When it's perfectly ripe, there's a slight delay as the vibrations transfer through the melon to the opposite side where your hand is located holding it. I've tried using that technique to some luck. Granted, I haven't made anything anywhere near the quality of Mr Rosa.
I'm only a few minutes in whatching you carve the FLA top, but let me give you a quick little tip I've come up with while blistering myself with those very same little baby planes. When you start to feel the skin sensitivity from too much use, that's when I put on a small band aid on that spot. Make sure the little pad is where the pain is. It acts like just enough padding to keep the abrasion from being much worse. A little weird to try and feel the plane the same way, but if you have callouses on there from other things already, it's not that much of a loss. It will help keep you from getting actual blisters, which I have done. Guess we both just need to spend more time carving tops, eh? BTW, yours is the ONLY channel I subscribe to. Keep up the great work, and tell the Mrs great editing! She's doing really well.
Wow! Jerry, more masterwork, beautiful! Having experienced building a mandolin, I have gained a tremendous amount of respect, for the multiple and very precise steps to be achieved.
I have never seen the top-carving process before I watched this video. I can see how the holes in your template help you determine when the contours are right. Sort of like excavating. Really interesting. Editing looks great!
The Axe Heaven guitars are getting pretty big... They sell them on Amazon at Guitar Center and seem to be expanding... That is a great gift! That is cool that his daughter customized it for you.
Thank You Jerry For Another Great Video! I learn every time, but this time, I actually have a small bit of advise for you: maybe one of them cheapie "Snark" tuners that simply clamp right on and read vibration would help you figure the tune of your tops.
Great jobJerry as always, 2 superb mandolins coming up, the amount of work you put into these projects is insane !!!!, amazing job cant wait to hear these played with one of your cool songs. Peace and Love from Bonny Scotland.
THANK YOU, Jerry! I'm sure that, for many of us, this is a lesson in instrument construction at the hands of an expert luthier. It's fascinating to me to watch a mandolin emerge from raw wood as you "remove anything that doesn't look like a mandolin" (Michelangelo). Might you someday consider creating a guitar or a lute? I think that a lute would be especially fascinating.
Just love this, I’m right at this point of my build and I was wondering if I was suppose to glue the top to the side before carving the braces. Every thing is going great, thanks for the video encouraging
Beautiful work, Jerry. I'm a new subscriber but have watched quite a few of your vids. I have watched some of the older vids with your music in them and I have been quite impressed with that as well ( this coming from an old hard rock/metal musician, btw ). Love the channel, love the work, and I hope you are not in the same deep freeze we have out here in western Canada.
We got about 6 in of snow or at least that's how much when I went to bed last night haven't looked this morning. And it's been colder many days than it was in Fairbanks Alaska. LOL
As always great work by both Jerry and Mrs. Rosa! Jerry, if you want to get the note better, do you think a contact mic will help? You wouldn't have any ambient noise to distract the tuner.
Nice video. I am curious about the gauze and it's effects on the sound of the top. I would like to hear a sound tap test without the gauze followed by with the gauze but without the braces.
Great video as usual! Question for you, I have lots of trouble getting the book match joint to work without any gaps. I'm using a mostly a couple of small planes to do so but I'm having trouble with getting it perfect. I find that even when I clamp the two sides together and plane them, I'm shaving unevenly in all direction and axises. Any tips and tricks to get the perfect book match joint?
Well I cheat and use a jointer. And then where I see highspots I lay sandpaper on the jointer and run the high spots over that. I am able to obtain a joint every time that you cannot see any daylight in and it only takes me a couple of minutes.
Typically I would repair it but I'd have to see it. And possibly I would use a cleat if there was stress on the joint and I couldn't get it glued and clear well.
Thank you Jerry. Interesting about the note and sustain when you tap the wood. When you were measuring the Loar mandolin, did you tap the top and add what you heard to the measurements?
Thanks for taking us along on this build, Jerry! It's really interesting watching 2 mandolins being built at the same time!
You, sir, are truly the 'Wizard of Wood'. Your respect for that medium clearly shows through.
I can see that you love old instruments, but you don't worship them. They are marvelous tools.
I appreciate the knowledge that you have given me, along with the humility that I feel with every video.
Thank you very much.
Thank you Mrs Rosa for helping Jerry get these videos edited for us . It really makes my day when I see Rosa video pop up on my tablet. And Jerry thanks for sharing your kraft with us . Stay warn and keep that central boiler feed , I have one myself so I know they eat . God bless.
Twin mandolines!! This is gonna be very VERY interesting!
Been bouncing around on all the videos but a suggestion ole Strad used to do is place the stem of a tuning fork of the note he wanted to achieve and carved to the optimum volume.
Awesome Jerry, amazing keeping the tolerances that close with hand carving.
What an awesome amazing job you are doing here. I wish I had your talent. God Bless You, My Friend.
I think the carving of the tops and backs are the coolest part of your builds. Fascinating stuff.
Oh yeah! I seem to have kind of an absolute ear. And yes, the first one is an exact Bb, but the second one is between A and Bb. ;)
Thanks again for another awesome series that I'm following right now. :)
Great & Epic video. Every time you tapped the tops, I rewound and listened to the notes for a few times. They sound great. Thanks for sharing as always. You are a great luthier and great instructor, Jerry. Can’t wait for part 2 and on. Please take care of your hands and fingers.
There's another trick I've used. Have you ever used the thumping trick to pick a melon? When it's perfectly ripe, there's a slight delay as the vibrations transfer through the melon to the opposite side where your hand is located holding it. I've tried using that technique to some luck. Granted, I haven't made anything anywhere near the quality of Mr Rosa.
I'm only a few minutes in whatching you carve the FLA top, but let me give you a quick little tip I've come up with while blistering myself with those very same little baby planes. When you start to feel the skin sensitivity from too much use, that's when I put on a small band aid on that spot. Make sure the little pad is where the pain is. It acts like just enough padding to keep the abrasion from being much worse. A little weird to try and feel the plane the same way, but if you have callouses on there from other things already, it's not that much of a loss. It will help keep you from getting actual blisters, which I have done.
Guess we both just need to spend more time carving tops, eh?
BTW, yours is the ONLY channel I subscribe to. Keep up the great work, and tell the Mrs great editing! She's doing really well.
Wow! Jerry, more masterwork, beautiful! Having experienced building a mandolin, I have gained a tremendous amount of respect, for the multiple and very precise steps to be achieved.
It is interesting to see how you make these thanks for posting.
Always good when I see another RSW video pop up. Thanks Jerry!
I have never seen the top-carving process before I watched this video. I can see how the holes in your template help you determine when the contours are right. Sort of like excavating. Really interesting. Editing looks great!
The Axe Heaven guitars are getting pretty big... They sell them on Amazon at Guitar Center and seem to be expanding... That is a great gift! That is cool that his daughter customized it for you.
Waiting to see how you build the garland for those two nice works of art. Chuck
Great editing! Thanks for letting us follow along.
very cool seeing 2 at the same time being carved, great work my friend!
I'm thoroughly enjoying your projects and especially this one. I've lost count of how many trolls I've killed by liking these videos.
Like my old uncle always tells me, you have the patience of Job.
Like the in depth video on how you build great mandolins. Great work sir.
Lovely set of twins Jerry. Great video as usual.
Again, I learn from you. Gracious thanks for all you are sharing with us!
As always a true gentleman and a truly great educator
Absolutely amazing, great work and video.
Loving watching these twins develop.
Thank You Jerry For Another Great Video! I learn every time, but this time, I actually have a small bit of advise for you: maybe one of them cheapie "Snark" tuners that simply clamp right on and read vibration would help you figure the tune of your tops.
I've tried that. I actually sell the snarks I have 15 or 20 of them in stock. They don't seem to really work too well for that purpose.
Always practical and always informative. Thanks again Jerry!
Great carving Jerry as usual these will be two wonderful instruments
Love the sound hole trick with the mesh I've saw many edges broken along the wood grain!
Great jobJerry as always, 2 superb mandolins coming up, the amount of work you put into these projects is insane !!!!, amazing job cant wait to hear these played with one of your cool songs. Peace and Love from Bonny Scotland.
Wow..really different sounds.
THANK YOU, Jerry! I'm sure that, for many of us, this is a lesson in instrument construction at the hands of an expert luthier. It's fascinating to me to watch a mandolin emerge from raw wood as you "remove anything that doesn't look like a mandolin" (Michelangelo).
Might you someday consider creating a guitar or a lute? I think that a lute would be especially fascinating.
I've already built a guitar on UA-cam. I will probably never build a lute unless I get a commission for one.
Just love this, I’m right at this point of my build and I was wondering if I was suppose to glue the top to the side before carving the braces. Every thing is going great, thanks for the video encouraging
Enjoyed the video very much. Thanks for sharing.
Really close, it's amazing!!!!
Thanks for the video. Got you an assembly line thing going on... :)
great classroom from a master.
Every body likes a double header...
Awesome! Ive always wanted to try doing one of these .
Beautiful work, Jerry.
I'm a new subscriber but have watched quite a few of your vids.
I have watched some of the older vids with your music in them and I have been quite impressed with that as well ( this coming from an old hard rock/metal musician, btw ).
Love the channel, love the work, and I hope you are not in the same deep freeze we have out here in western Canada.
We got about 6 in of snow or at least that's how much when I went to bed last night haven't looked this morning. And it's been colder many days than it was in Fairbanks Alaska. LOL
@@RosaStringWorks -20 C and blowing snow here this am. Stay warm!
As always great work by both Jerry and Mrs. Rosa! Jerry, if you want to get the note better, do you think a contact mic will help? You wouldn't have any ambient noise to distract the tuner.
It doesn't vibrate well enough to pick up with that type of tuner.
Nice video. I am curious about the gauze and it's effects on the sound of the top. I would like to hear a sound tap test without the gauze followed by with the gauze but without the braces.
Great video as usual! Question for you, I have lots of trouble getting the book match joint to work without any gaps. I'm using a mostly a couple of small planes to do so but I'm having trouble with getting it perfect. I find that even when I clamp the two sides together and plane them, I'm shaving unevenly in all direction and axises. Any tips and tricks to get the perfect book match joint?
Well I cheat and use a jointer. And then where I see highspots I lay sandpaper on the jointer and run the high spots over that. I am able to obtain a joint every time that you cannot see any daylight in and it only takes me a couple of minutes.
Thought this was going to be about some kind of double neck.
If you had a Manning with a crack in the f-hole how would you repair it, would use a clet?
Typically I would repair it but I'd have to see it. And possibly I would use a cleat if there was stress on the joint and I couldn't get it glued and clear well.
Oh how good it feels to be 1st
question: The gauze you use to add support on the inside. Does it hinder the sound at all?
It doesn't seem to. Lloyd Loar did it on his mandolins and they're the best you can get.
Thank you Jerry. Interesting about the note and sustain when you tap the wood. When you were measuring the Loar mandolin, did you tap the top and add what you heard to the measurements?
The top still had the sides and neck attached so it doesn't work the same way went all that's connected.
Rosa String Works oh I see. I thought you took the top off the Loar.
Jerry, another amazing video. Do you purchase most intricate tools from Stew Mac?
Some from stewmac most I bought long time ago
@@RosaStringWorks thank you Jerry.
dont want to sound silly but what kind of wood for top and back and neck thank you love your work
Adirondack Red Spruce for the top. curly red maple for the back sides and neck
Maybe it is easier to measure the note if you sing or hum it?
I do that quite often. Sometimes it's hard to hit the exact note.
Jerry, just curious. Do some mandolin makers ever carve the braces into top rather than gluing them?
Of course that could be done but the problem with that is that the braces run at a different angle than the grain does in the top.
Hay Jerry, I was gifted with a Kay solid top mandolin , what kind of string should I put on it? The one on it rusted
Ghs LS250 if you can't find them anywhere else you can buy them on my website.
Hay look like a great price, do you now what price shipping might might be.?
Stereo mandolins :)
Did you bite your finger?
Another dead troll and more stuff learned. Thanks much.