236 RSW Madeira Sagging Top Fix

[@stuarthossack7906]

I live in the UK but if I lived next door, I'd be 'round your place all the time, sat in the corner just watching ...................... creepy huh?? - Bloody interesting stuff, and a lovely artisan channel, respect to you.

[@scottnorman408]

Another excellent job and ingenuity. Ma- deer- ah....is how we said it in Madeira Beach, Fl. Now i'm in Murfreesboro, TN. outside of Nashville.

[@Ron_A._Bolton]

Love hearing the full song, never thought to ask that, thanks to who ever made the ask.

[@joelmccoin9727]

I sure enjoyed the music, When I herd a mandolin for the first time, I was 10 (64 now) I felt then and feel that way now..A mandolin is the sound of Angels wings....Thanks Jerry, I enjoy your Videos.

[@phillwilkes7764]

It's also a very popular sponge cake here in England like a lemon cake without the lemon.

[@kevincozens6837]

I pronounce it like the name of the wine. Thanks for playing the intro song and including the story behind it and for playing more of the outro song in this video. It was interesting to see how you used the tool you made to fix this mandolin.

[@kevinpaul1719]

I love making my own tools for special jobs. Very creative mind pal!

[@BobPegram]

Thanks for playing the entire intro song. I really liked it, especially with the account of when you wrote it.

[@petewalton8085]

Very very nice functional fix on an inexpensive instrument. Good job and exceptionally creative on the tool.

[@arocketgal]

LOVE the music! The repair work was great too.

[@philbrown6787]

I’ve got some nice artifacts I’ve found but just recently my step-son explored a creek for the first time that I’ve been searching in for 20+ yrs. Came home and showed me a perfect point as long as your hand. Don’t know the technical names but dang it was beautiful (he never offered to give it up lol) Good job on the mandolin

[@HBSuccess]

Cheap plywood Mando - it’s never gonna sound like a Gibson Loar F5. What you did was exactly the right fix.

[@63vetteman]

Great job, patient lives to play another day!! Way to go Doc, would be proud to own!!

[@MrDparker69]

As always you never let us down. Another great video. Thank you. Made extra special by your music.

[@TheCookofthehouse]

Hi Jerry. I think I may have already told you this but, the way my brains "turns" after the stroke is not the same anymore and I can't remember having written it down so, here it goes. Madeira is a Portuguese word. It means timber or wood. in Portuguese the way you should read these two symbols produces a single sound just like the English pronounciation of an "a". It's that simple: just read the word "Madara" with the English way and you'll get the exact Portuguese pronounciation for the word that means wood in Portuguese, exactly like we say it (not the Brasilians who use a corrupted way of speaking my language). best regards.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Thank you. Merry Christmas to you.

[@andrewreynolds2647]

Another cracking repair, i think this mandolin sounds really nice, Jerry you could get a great tone out of a fence post. Great job thoroughly enjoyed this video. Peace and love from Bonny Scotland.

[@georgetempest9627]

Yes, pronounced just like the famous sweet, fortified wine that comes from that little Island.

[@springy-2112]

Lovely pair of videos Jerry always a great way to relax after a red hot day at the power station..☮❤👍

[@jeffgrier8488]

It certainly sounds decent for what it is. I also have to agree that Bill Monroe was certainly great!

[@micheloderso]

Nice idea as always done. I hear a little overtone, but i think it is the kind building of this instrument.

[@DavidMFChapman]

It’s got quite a bark to it! Good job!

[@tablature6121]

My grandfather, named Ira, was born in 1888. Nine months prior, my great grandfather and great grandmother MADE IRA, which is how I'll choose to pronounce it from now on. LOL. Great job. Giving the customer exactly what he wants (a "playable" mando) and then some (sounds great on this end) gets a big ol' thumbs up from me, every day, all day.

[@BobPegram]

Good Job! Especially good invention of the tool, so you could fix it. I wasn't all that fond of it's sound. That makes me really curious as to what it would sound like with the posts moved above the bridge. That idea makes me think of other things that probably would need other RSW inventions! Just to explain my impression on its sound: 1) I did not hear the mic get over driven, so it's not a loud Mandolin. 2) It didn't sound pretty or nice to me, somehow it was just a touch harsh. Remember, the last time I commented on the sound of a repaired instrument, I ended up saying I should never do it again!

[@steveharris2589]

Great job Jerry!!!!!!!!)))👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😊

[@dutchmiller7778]

I sure enjoy and appreciate efforts. Keep it up.

[@keng3744]

Great video & great musics as always. 🙏 Jerry.

[@davidkaiser810]

Another great video Jerry, I admire your candor....

[@RosaStringWorks]

Thank you very much. Now if I only just knew what that is. LOL

[@davidkaiser810]

It means you tell things like they are. You don't try to make anything look anyway other than what it is. I really appreciate this about you. Along with your skills in maintaining and repairing stringed instruments. Truth be told, yours is the first site that I found regarding the subject and my opinion is yours is the best. I am speaking with candor here

[@elenin.3228]

It's Portuguese."ei" is met very frequently in Portuguese words and is pronounced like the "a" in cake. Madeira actually means wood, apart from there being an island in the Atlantic ocean named this way.

[@sjp52047]

Absolutely correct. and the Madeira wine comes from there, not Portugal proper. I've worked there, and loved it. Another great video Jerry! Regards, Solomon

[@maialopes7352]

Madeira is Portugal.

[@georgetempest9627]

exactly!

[@realtodd1969]

I have a Fender A style FM-52E that I bought for $150.00 at Guitar Center a few years ago and the top is sagging, too! I'm going to try what you did but put the pegs in front of the bridge like you thought might make that mandolin sound better. Since this is my, "try it, what's the worst that can happen", mandolin.....I'm not worried what happens to it. 3 years old = 50 bucks a year.......I'd say I got my money's worth! I only use it for making demos for songwriting, since it has a pickup in it and it's easier/quicker to record ideas than getting out the mics, headphones and recording my "real" mandolin. As always thanks for the videos and your knowledge!

[@donaldholman9070]

You play it so well! thank you.

[@mikequenzer9100]

My 6 string guitar that I still play is a Madeira from 1975. Just found out it’s the same model that Bob Marley played and Guild is producing a special edition A-20 Marley!

[@AMStationEngineer]

I enjoyed the hell out of this video, great music!

[@mmccoy577]

I think it sounds pretty good.

[@todhollo1961]

Sweet

[@RandySchartiger]

funky name pronunciation either way lol good work once again brother!

[@rrrosecarbinela]

Definitely playable!

[@waynebrown1609]

nice job.

[@ijosef]

Remember that mouse that chewed the hole through the old fiddle in RSW 209? I bet you could hire him to crawl in there and glue those braces back up for you!

[@TheCookofthehouse]

Hi my Friend "Madeira" is a Portuguese word that means "Wood". I would guess that the mandolin is Brasilian or, most likely, Chinese. I love Brasilian music since my early teens and have been to Brasil on Musical rides several times. I have never heard or seen a Mandolin in Brasil but, I may be wrong it may of course have been made in Brasil or Portugal or, as far as things are going, it could have been made anywhere else. The brand on the other hand is a portuguese word, not Spanish nor Italian or even Romenien . All the other Latin based languages I know apart Italian. In Italian wood translates as "Legno" and in Spanish "Leña". In French its a total different word of local origins, its called "bois" and in Romenien "lemny". Finaly in Latin, wood translates as "Lignium" which results in the Portuguese word "Lenha" that also means Wood , Timber or lumber. I suspect the brand has been named in China by someone born in Macau, a Portuguese colony in China until 10 years ago. So, I bet on a Chinese origin for this Mandolin.

[@jamiej14544]

I had an inexpensive Ibanez where the top sagged which made it unplayable. That happened because the top was not carved but heat pressed. With changes in humidity, as we have in Florida, the top can sag under the pressure of the strings. ALWAYS buy a mandolin with a carved top!

[@jonahguitarguy]

Sounds good to me, aside from making the tool seems like a pretty quick fix.👍🏼

[@usualsuspect5173]

Good video..

[@williamlouviere3395]

Awesome song!!

[@SaccoBelmonte]

Thumbs up.

[@donaldholman9070]

I think that Madeira was Guilds second brand like Epiphone to Gibson.

[@tryintobesoquiet]

I wish my “left” hand worked as well as yours. 😊

[@johnnybx3254]

Great song you wrote! Great fix on that mandolin!

[@pdppanelman5889]

M Caldeira lives on Maderia if you go to his site you can hear how its pronounced. Its Portuguese rather than Spanish

[@NJEsperantist]

I still lack experience, but my 'Aha Moment' with installing soundposts came after I saw an instagram clip of one going into a cello from the inside.

[@jamesrobinson9494]

looks like you didn't have to break this one before you fixed it like some people say you do so you will just have to break the next one twice. jk. good work thank you

[@Necrolatrist]

is not spanish, it's portugese, and you pronounce both the e and the i. Great video and nice repair, thanks.

[@patrickjaroch5084]

the note clarity is good but theres not much resonance the decay is instant

[@sewing1243]

Would it be possible to get glue on the two loose braces and clamp them in place with your new tool through the f-hole? If yes what would you say the odds of a successful repair would be?

[@RosaStringWorks]

Anything's possible. The customer just didn't want me to try that. Cuz he didn't want to spend any more money.

[@michaelhermsmeyer2155]

I have an Aria F-style Mandolin with the same problem. Could you give me a ballpark figure on what this type of repair would cost? I know every job is different of course. I could probably do it myself but I don’t want to have to design a special tool! Lol!

[@RosaStringWorks]

Roughly an hour to an hour and a half. Parts & shipping are extra. I charge you $60 per hour.

[@michaelhermsmeyer2155]

Rosa String Works That’s awesome! I live in Branson and I think you’re close to Rolla, MO? Maybe we can set up a time where I can bring it to you and sit and visit while I watch you work! Lol! Probably won’t take very long now that you have the cool new tool! I assume I’ll find your number on your website? Did you use standard spruce violin soundpost stock?

[@davidsims1329]

Madeira is a Portuguese island by the Azores

[@kenrich4327]

Hi Jerry Very nice repair so you dont have to glue in the posts? Friction is enough just wondering is all. Thank you for the vid!!!! I have a 1975 Conn classicial model 31 guitar It needs some work. How can i contact you??? Would you be interested???

[@RosaStringWorks]

It's best to contact me via email. [e-mail]

[@kenrich4327]

Rosa String Works Ok thank you so much!!!! I diffently will thanks Jerry

[@bjm2762]

Is it usual not to put glue on the posts?

[@RosaStringWorks]

Sound posts in violins are never glued in or at least they should never be glued in. They are held in place by friction. Therefore using that same technology I use the same method.

[@billsutherland2128]

After some time has passed, would the location of the posts show on the top or bottom as imperfections on the surfaces?

[@RosaStringWorks]

I don't think so. All violins have sound posts. They don't show.

[@danmerrill7589]

When you put the separating tool inside to lift the top does the back bubble or bow out as well? I don't work with wood very often so I was just curious.

[@vegane_athee]

I think it's yesterday, I was wondering if this intro music was playing and/or composed by yourself. Since I like it, I said to myself that I should search for it to hear the all of it and voila... Also, I always was curious to know why in the classic radio station they used to say titles song with, for example : "in D minor". Why? Is it to help people who wants to play it or is it that some people will say : "oh I prefer this peace in E minor"? Is ti possible too that the "in D minor" is part of the title? Hehehe. Really hope to have answer from anyone who could help me on this.

[@brocluno01]

What the player hears and what the audience hears are always different ... It might not sound great to the player, but it sounds OK out front :)

[@thomastommy1192]

I truly have nothing to say.

[@LegsON]

Hello, Jerry! Is it hard to glue loose brace? My guitar has a buzz in one region of the top, and it's summoned when I pick sixth string on the middle and higher frets of the neck.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Assuming the brace is what's causing the buzzing it should be fairly easy to fix.

[@jipes]

Either you change the settings on your camera or this instrument is not very loud because most of the time you saturated the mike

[@robertpace9923]

Hi Jerry, loved the video but personally I would have spent the extra 350 and had it back as good as can be got. Sounds a bit dead. (No disrespect intended). Finances dictate. At least it's not a permanent construction so he can have it popped and re-glued at a later date. Love your work sir. X

[@yoheff988]

Why is it that a sound post is a must on violins and not on Mandolins? if a sound post suppose to upgrade a certain sound it wouldn't mind if you call the instrument a violin or a mandolin. I would even try it on an acoustic guitar, who knows.

[@RosaStringWorks]

I think the difference is the mechanics. The violin top is much smaller and doesn't vibrate in large waves like the larger mandolin top and a larger guitar top when you put the sound Post in there at that actually stops those larger tops from vibrating as much. On a mandolin for instance it typically makes them sound thinner and more tinny

[@dscdrkel5546]

Jerry** Great job! I was wondering if my violin aging system would produce a chiadni pattern on a mandolin top to show the best location for the sound post**DR KEL

[@SUNUNCONQUERABLE]

Mathe E ra en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira :)

[@papaw5405]

Why not put glue under the braces and set sound posts under them as close the end as possible? I have an Ibanez F style mandolin. The only thing wrong with it is, it desperately needs someone who knows how to play it. It sits in the corner and rings out on D and G notes when I sing. I thought at first I was hearing things but I put a Snark on it and it is real. I say rings out but it is probably more of a moan. You would moan too if you heard me sing!

[@kevinpaul1719]

They put all that car paint on them. I have my dad's Gibson from 1940s and the top treatment is thin and dark. The Ibanez I have is a good Mandolin but the tone and volume just isn't there. They have several coats of ? paint on it. Pretty yes, a good Mandolin yes. A great mandolin NO!

[@jime386]

I am not that old, but real country music died when Tex Ritter did

[@We_All_Seek_Truth]

Yes, agree. It sounds like a toy, not a real musical instrument.

[@TheCookofthehouse]

I'm only "betting"...

[@OlavSurlandHansen]

Madre mia! Hey, MADEIRA is a PORTUGUESE word, meaning wood, to be pronounced MAH-DAY-RAH. It is also the name of a sizable island in the Atlantic, with a few hundred thousand inhabitants, the most well-known of them being Christiano Ronaldo, the world's best soccer player over the last 15 years. It is NOT a Spanish word, although Spanish has a very similar word for wood, madera.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Several commenters have pointed that out I believe.

[@phillwilkes7764]

Madeira is a portugese island not spanish. Different language.

[@phillwilkes7764]

Isn't madeira Portuguese an not Spanish ? Different language !

[@budandbean1]

Hi Jerry, your explanation about your “Last Warrior” Song was very interesting. It might just be because I’ve heard it so many times here in your opening but I’ve really liked it and I think I’ve liked it since I first heard it. 😊 it’s a lot like some of your other songs, I’m honestly not much of a Bluegrass person but I do enjoy some of your songs. I’m curious if anyone else beside you ever recorded “Last Warrior”? and... does it have any words? Thanks, Buddy.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Thank you. No words to that song. No one has recorded that particular song. I have had a couple of other songs that have been recorded. Vine covered church was recorded by The Witcher Brothers out in California. Grandpa's old fiddle has been played by many people and recorded by a couple but no one famous as far as I know.

[@budandbean1]

That’s very nice to know, just to have a song recorded by others is a big deal to me. They don’t have to be famous. Nice Work!

[@TheCookofthehouse]

"Madeira" is a Portuguese word and not Spanish or Italian. It means "wood". I would guess this is a Brasilian made mandolin though it could be Chinese. Everybody knows how the Chinese love to "invent" words to brand their products bound to export and more than likely they misspell the "invented" words too… Madeira is definitely a Portuguese word that means wood or timber.

[@jime386]

I like almost all music except that hippy hoppy crap.. It is NOT music

[@robertpace9923]

Jim E hip-hop is not music, tis an invention of the devil. 😂

[@bminor8092]

You don't need to like it, but disparaging someone else's culture says more about you then hip-hop music itself. I'll get off your lawn now...

[@jime386]

No disparaging culture,. Just the crap "music"

[@GarnettM]

Does`nt sound like an azz kicked dog , Little more firmer sound .

[@jime386]

poor dog lol

[@We_All_Seek_Truth]

The commercials they are putting on your videos is driving me and my fellow believers AWAY from your channel.