159 RSW Englehart Sagging Bass Top Improvement

[@glyniss7912]

Never a dull moment in the Rosa String Works. Thanks Jerry. Always enjoy watching you work miracles.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Glynis Seiderer thank you my friend.

[@dalepal]

Great job fixing the sagging bass top. I always appreciate your ingenuity in coming up with methods and custom tools to get the job done.

[@jeffgrier8488]

Nice work Jerry, i'm sure the customer will be more than pleased.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Jeff Grier thank you my friend. He was very happy.

[@thomastommy1192]

I truly don't know what to say. I have never had any experience with an upright bass. I as always. It's a good and educational video. Thanks for sharing. I hope you have a blessed week.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Thomas Tommy thank you sir

[@scotthennis9527]

another great video, i do setups for a violin shop and have found that a spring grabber through the end pin hole is great for setting sound posts. laminated wood is a bugger to move!

[@RosaStringWorks]

scott hennis thank you my friend. You aren't kidding. Laminated wood doesn't like to change it's mind. lol

[@mikecurtin9831]

Great job, Jerry. Thanks for showing us this.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Mike Curtin you are welcome, thank you!

[@baeghursty]

hey Rosa enjoy your videos and really impressed with the work. you can tell you really know what you're doing and take pride in what you do. it shows!

[@RosaStringWorks]

DUB BLE DIPPED thank you very kindly my friend.

[@jonahguitarguy]

I haven't been asked to do this sort of work yet and after seeing this I'm pretty glad. Good job though Jerry, rock on

[@RosaStringWorks]

Dane Nichols thank you very much Dane.

[@arthurogle7581]

Jerry: The Englehart bass I owned was called the Englehart LING upright by the seller. It was blond or natural too.

[@RandySchartiger]

Amazing what a little water in the wood can do! I've got some old guitar tuners I made a jack like you have out of plastic, I made mine from plexiglass for gluing cleats in places impossible to reach. 15:28 lol I make that moan too when I stick something into a hole! :P Good video Jerry!

[@RosaStringWorks]

Randy Schartiger yeah it is great for putting in cleats. I do my best work in a hole. Thanks for watching.

[@rockabillymike9398]

Awesome luthier

[@HBSuccess]

Hey Jerry it ain't "pristine" if it's a saggy Maggy lol. Had to fix- a hole under the foot is invisible- good fix.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Tioga Fretworks thanks

[@mmccoy577]

Good Job

[@RosaStringWorks]

Reel McCoy thank you.

[@34672rr]

while you are the luthier version of macgyver anyway, if you came up with that contraption yourself, mad props

[@edouardtellier3472]

Hi Jerry,what's happen with the 137 video about the Martin guitar? Thanks for all your videos! Sorry about my english,i am french!

[@lrstaf6]

Hi Jerry; Adding a strengthener inside the top seems like a great idea, however; I have a question. Won't that plate inside the top interfere with the sound post? Perhaps if you ever have to do something similar in the future, you could put in about a 6" treble bar similar to the bass bar, but much shorter. In bending the thickness, or height is more important than the width, so a bar may work better and still be over just far enough not to interfere with the sound post.

[@HBSuccess]

Hi Jerry what was the symptom of this sag- string buzz? I mean some of these plywood basses a student player etc wouldn't even notice a dip unless it made the bass unplayable. And half the time they're off 1/2" from the factory.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Tioga Fretworks it was an older man that on this bass and it was just very obvious how bad it sagged down.

[@HBSuccess]

Jerry did he have the bridge jacked up to stop string buzz- or did the sag not impact the bridge? I see that bass had an adjustable bridge.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Tioga Fretworks yes it was that much higher. After the fix, I was able to drop the bridge way down.

[@tihomirkolarek]

Howdy Jerry...another perfect project! i have asked few people about dear antlers...our laws are so complicated,and so expensive,that it just isn't worth messing with ...i would pay over 200$ for single antler,and all the paper work and shipping...it is just so expensive i had to say no... Sorry my friend...i wish it would be easyer,but my country is special in many ways... BTW-have you thought about making T-shirts with your amblem,and selling it on site?

[@RosaStringWorks]

Tihomir Kolarek Long ago I had shirts for my band. Maybe I'll try that again after the channel gets bigger. Thanks for the idea and for watching.

[@tihomirkolarek]

Rosa String Works status about saw-mill?

[@RosaStringWorks]

Tihomir Kolarek it will be awhile on the sawmill. I'm making progress but the progress is very slow.

[@tihomirkolarek]

Rosa String Works take your time with it,it's easyer to set i right then to change it later! Good luck with it Jerr ! 👍👍👍

[@ThePuertoricanBeastJonathan]

hey man have you eve installed a roller nut? I installed one really badly and think I have to take it of and fill the gap with wood filler and cut it again 😕

[@RosaStringWorks]

The Puertorican Beast Jonathan Ayala no, that's a new one on me. Thanks for watching.

[@jeffreyowens1718]

Hi Gerry what accoustic guitar would u recommend I buy for about 400 quid for good sound thanks jerry

[@rodparker4514]

Tuff one Sir .

[@audiotechlabs4650]

You know Jerry you might think about doing for a living, you're pretty good at it! LOL! If Jerry can!t fix 'er' nobody can fix'er! I have seen the area around the F holes on fiddles, mandolins, and guitars where the wood is not level with rest of the top, whether it is the o part or the inside pointI thought it was how the top was made, or it changed naturally because of the arch of the top.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Audio Tech Labs thank you for watching. It is a fairly common problem. But this one was pretty severe for a nice, relatively new bass.

[@lrstaf6]

Audio Tech Labs: I made a cello top once where the lower points of the F-holes curved up a little on purpose. Never got the rest of that cello done, as I developed an allergy to the mold in my basement and couldn't work down there anymore. I still have that cello top in my current garage. Rosa String Works: Loved your fix Jerry.

[@YeetMeyer]

how do i get guitars to you

[@RosaStringWorks]

Dayne Meyer I get them shipped in via UPS or FedEx all the time my address is on my website www.rosastringworks.com. Thank you for watching.

[@thomboy54]

awesome

[@RosaStringWorks]

thomboy54 thank you for watching

[@GarnettM]

On your little board make a tablesaw cut the lenth of the board glue a hacksaw blade in then you have a straight meter -- your board should`nt bend , Just raise the ends protected on felt or cotton ; Just about get away using the metal fiddle string note tuners for various lifts in a section at once use an old martin guitar head to mount them on .

[@RosaStringWorks]

Garnett M thank you for watching.

[@phooesnax]

Betting building ships in bottles is not your hobby:-0) Nice work Jim

[@RosaStringWorks]

phooesnax thanks for watching.

[@colinricgmailcom]

See what I meant about locking machine heads?

[@RosaStringWorks]

You also have to remember that I'm doing this for customers. If they don't choose those kinds of tuners what can I do about it. In fact I actually bought those locking tuners for a customer and tried to put them on his guitar and he made me put the originals back on. So I have a brand-new set in stock that I haven't been able to get rid of.

[@colinricgmailcom]

@@RosaStringWorks No accounting for taste... Probably a wall hanger... changing a string on stage, especially when accompanying a cabaret artist. I'll tell you a story about that when our keyboard player missed the ship we were working on which left a bass player, a drummer and me having to accompany the cabaret or a live TV broadcast.

[@howardwhite9773]

this looks like building a ship in a bottle kind of exercise

[@RosaStringWorks]

Howard White kind of sort of... thanks for watching.

[@galmagen7696]

i love watching you but the sound quality is unpleasant so i play the video without sound :)

[@RosaStringWorks]

Thanks for watching.

[@BoudreauGuitars]

I think I'll stick with electric guitars thank you very much. LOL

[@RosaStringWorks]

Boudreau Guitars we all have our niche! Thank you for watching I appreciate it.