278 RSW Gibson Guitar From England Rebuild Well Almost P1

This is the first video in a multi-part series. This was a huge job. I left in a lot of the decision making process. Hopefully you will find that interesting rather than boring.
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[@WOKINTUSD]

Beautiful vintage Gibson acoustic guitar 😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Phlipjames]

Well said Rick! There is just no comparison with the melodic and lyrical genius of the Beatles! The older I get the more I recognise how far ahead they were of the curve. Thanks for the content!

[@kenhughes4715]

Wow, RSW to the rescue! I love these old Gibson’s and can’t wait to see all the videos. Thank you for posting the procedures. Ken hughes

[@oldskoolfool141]

Thankyou for keeping your ramblings in and not taking it for granted that everyone knows what you mean, a noob like me learns so much from hearing your train of thought

[@robdilley5976]

Hi Jerry great video looking forward to pt2 cheers rob

[@Wade6242]

LMAO...You always talk yourself into going the extra mile. Amazing work my friend.

[@tomkirk6942]

Jerry, you have created one of the best channels on KZbin in my opinion. You deserve a million subscribers. Cheers to you and your family.

[@carstenvalentina]

By the way, you are one of my favorite KZbinrs!

[@dirkg7062]

He is one of my favorites also.

[@unohagdahl1841]

@@dirkg7062 Mine too, says a true fan in Sweden !

[@crazydave911]

My favorite in the guitar business, being the exact age and temperament of my luthier best friend also helps lol

[@justingreen2172]

Another killer video. All your jibber jabber while you're working is awesome. I've learned a lot watching your videos. A lot of people post videos and don't explain things nearly as well as you do.

[@csnelling4]

Great video Jerry , thanks.👍🇬🇧

[@rockyBalboa-ku4th]

Jerry youre the man ! Jerry Im a fan ! Jerry fixing guitars like noone can ! Thanks from Sweden !

[@hansjuergenification]

In the end it´s all about to learn how to think like a incorruptible luthier would - and You are such a great teacher!

[@JohnCarey1963Jag]

It's great to watch and learn from a long time professional. Thank you for taking the time and effort to share your knowledge with all of us. Great work on the neck removal!

[@AMStationEngineer]

To go through the rigmarole necessary to package, document, and ship a prized possession 'across the pond, and to another continent' for repair, is just about the nicest compliment one could receive. Heck, Jerry, that's the equivalent of winning a Grammy!

[@aaahtex902]

I have learned so much about guitars just watching you repair some than I ever thought possible = THANK YOU SO MUCH SIR! God Bless You

[@micheloderso]

It is good to see a virus-free action. I wish you and your family a healthy time. I think this corona-pandemie is a real big challenge for the whole world. Thank you for the excellent diversion. Greetings again from Schwarzwald/Germany

[@L5Rocks]

I agree my grandpa had a Weller soldering gun. I bought a Weller gun to it costed more than a pencil soldering gun but so much nicer.

[@lanceehansen]

So far I have watched all of your vids on instruments. Love your stuff...

[@INDYOSKARS]

Round 3 with me.

[@jameschristiansson3137]

One of your best video series this guitar.

[@shartne]

I will be ready for part 2 when it gets here. Thanks for posting.

[@Wade6242]

Your the best Jerry

[@donaldholman9070]

Beautiful old instrument

[@Zone1242]

Fantastic work as always Jerry! Looking forward to the next chapter...... Cheers, John

[@mikecurtin9831]

I just came back after watching all 3. Thanks very much for this. I'm about to deal with 2 bowed tops, one on a Yamaha and one on a D-35 Martin. Your info is a tremendous help. I hit "like", so another troll bites the dust.

[@drews879]

Another great job, Jerry! Love your show!

[@SaccoBelmonte]

Oh my lordy.....that trick with the pot and the basketball nozzle is brilliant. wow man, you're a giant.

[@larrythecomputerguy]

Have the SAME Weller soldering gun! Mine's about 45 years old and still works GREAT! Appreciate your enthusiasm on such a fine tool! Love watching you work and problem solve!

[@martb8022]

Part 1... chop guitar up into a million pieces... Part 2.. coming soon! You're killing me with the suspense Jerry! I'm sure it will look and sound like a million bucks when you're done. Great no-nonsense channel Bud. It's like watching golf on TV. It should be boring, but I'm hide glued to the screen. Keep up the good work!

[@RosaStringWorks]

Parts two and three are now available you should be able to find them.

[@Peasmouldia]

Looks like your UK fanbase is growing Jerry. We just love the way you don't give in. Like your shirt says"These colours don't run". Look forward to pt.2.

[@budallen1376]

Whew! That neck had you on the ropes for a second there, Mr. Rosa... But patience and dogged determination won the day. You can learn a lot from watching someone; their thought process, certain hazards that only years of experience can foresee, and their plan of attack... It's an education; watching you work, my friend... Now... I must go... I have a rosewood fretboard, begging for a drink of boiled linseed oil... HA!..

[@apollomorelos727]

I can't wait for the finish product.

[@daveogarf]

When you told us to fasten our seat belts, I distinctly heard Bette Davis deliver her famous line from "All About Eve", "Fasten your seatbelts; it's going to be a bumpy night." You're the best, Jerry.

[@richardcooper38]

Hi Jerry. You could set up mirror to view the tablet. That will bring everything back to normal. Left is left, and right will be right. Hopefully that'll help.

[@thedoc1210]

Jerry you are amazing... that steam tool is cool as

[@The1queencollector]

Top tips as usual, hi from the UK..

[@elenin.3228]

Yes, I do like to hear your thoughts on how to proceed. I learn a lot and it helps me "sharpen" my eye. Thank you.

[@ovash1]

In regards to what Dave Barry said, I binge watch these videos too. And I was watching another video and he was having trouble with the angle of something, I don't remember what it was but he described it by saying, "it's just in the perfect angle to suck!"That was truly inspired.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Guilty

[@spawnman73]

Jerry great video! Keep up the great work!

[@Samalyzer45]

That looking milky white indicates that there is significant moisture under the finish.

[@stevenedwards4470]

Battle of The Titans. I was a'scared. Very interesting. Good one.

[@arboristo4407]

Wow, what a struggle 😳 you are tenacious with a cool head❤️

[@davidcurry7801]

Hi Jerry, I have big hands too and it is really hard to get inside some of these guitars. I enjoy working on guitars too like you I started with building a mandolin then went to repairing violins and guitars. I'm living in the Philippines now and working on getting. Visa so I can bring my wife back to Oregon where I have a good work shop. While Im here I have built a very small work shop about 8' x 10' snd have been buying used guitars and repairing them. Because I need to keep building my skill or I'll lose it. I can buy some tools much cheaper here. So I'll be shipping some things home. Thanks for sharing your skill. I have got a lot of ideas from watching your videos. I still use my wife's old iron to heat and remove bridges. 😊

[@joemcgraw5529]

I recently saw another luthier from Canada use the neck jig method ,makes alot of sense as long as you dont go to far with it ,very nice jig think I will make 1,wow that neck was really a pain almost thought there was a bolt or something holding it but you finally got it very nice judgement there jerry not forcing it off and knew you wouldnt

[@martb8022]

In my head "Grab the callipers and measure those blades".... 5 seconds later... "Lets measure these with the callipers" ahahhaha You're the best!

[@johnnybx3254]

Great work! 👍

[@waynedavies3185]

Had to chuckle a little bit over this video. Had the very same problem getting the neck off my "Vantage 12 string". That neck was sure stubborn to remove. It took time, but after working at it steady, it finally came loose, with next to no damage done by the removal, although I did find the dovetail lacking it's tip on the neck side, once it was removed. Where the tip is, is beyond me. It just wasn't there at all. About a half inch of tip was missing, when the neck came off... just disappeared. Everything else was in real good condition, both on body and neck. Also found around the neck block on mine also needs work, getting it solid again, and the first brace between the neck, and the sound hole was broke in 3 places, so I removed it and have made a new replacement. I also had to cut the fret board to remove the neck, but I plan on replacing the fret board on mine, with a new one. Should look good when finished.

[@mmccoy577]

You do amazing work

[@corneliuscrewe8165]

Oh my God, you’re right, those clamps DO sound like a turkey call!

[@RickRomanelli]

I have a guitar that I wish I could have you do this same thing on. You are very good at this.

[@lrstaf6]

Hi Jerry; At 32, 13 we can see steam coming out of your teapot. Looks like a very workable apparatus. I suspect at this point that I would think they may have put some kind of pin between the neck and the end block. At 45, 50 to me the open crack in the center of it's length would indicate it's caused by the belly in the top. Perhaps if you could put down pressure on the top it would close, just saying. Ha;that's just what you did later in the video. (When I put the times, that's where I'm paused when I make the comment.) I love watching you work. I think I can say with surety that your top repair will come out great.

[@TheDuckcarver]

Jerry..Thanks for not editing out any of the verbiage, So far as I'm concerned I'm learning a lot more in this manner. and enjoying the vids more as well. It's also satisfying when I find that we're are "playing in the say key," so to speak, in the methods and possible solutions. Having busted up the dovetail block trying to get the neck off a junker specimen, I see where I needed less muscle and more brain power. You're my guitar hero :>)

[@apollomorelos727]

so much work.

[@jonlennon3348]

You should name the clamps "Gobbler Clamps" LOL

[@mikehelton697]

This whole time I thought the trick to getting rid of a belly bulge was diet and exercise. What a relief - thanks! :D

[@andrewreynolds2647]

Wow that was a tough one Jerry, i know when you get this all back together this will be a superb guitar. Peace and Love from Bonny Scotland.

[@naturecoastmedia9505]

Makes me glad to own a Taylor with the NT neck.

[@awabbievet]

Thanks Jerry for another great video. I would like to fix my belly bulge that easy, but diet and exercise is what I need to do. I love killing trolls, so you always get a big thumbs from me.

[@waynedavies3185]

Jerry, I wrote you the other day, about the bridge plate tool remover. and asked if you might remember the video you used on in. Well Sir, This is the video, and the tool I was asking about. Now I know the tool can be bought through Stewmac. It was this tool I need to remove the old chipped away bridge plate on my 12 string. Thanks for the help you provided, Jerry. I'll go to Stewmac.com, and order the tool. The bridge plate on the 12 string is thin layered plywood, and is a bit to small as well for the job it needs to do . I'll have to remove the old one, and make a new more solid one, and install it. I'm surprised I was able to find the info I needed so fast, with all the videos you put out, but luck was with me, and I found it.

[@stirlingarcher2141]

Excellent work as usual :-)

[@aaahtex902]

Love my WELLER GUN!!!

[@paulfischer6573]

At 50:03 trying to use the camera, if you made a small bracket that would hold the camera with a short leg off of it then use hot glue to mount the camera for a good view and positioned right, go in and do your work then heat a small piece of metal that you could go in and melt the hot glue to be able to removed the camera. It would hold the camera steady and turn your hand loose for working.

[@Bun_Can_Do_It]

Just a thought... What about adding a wrist strap to the Stew-Mac bridge plate puller? Instead of repositioning your hand to pull, you can pull against the strap with your wrist, while keeping your fingers on the cleat/brace. Love your work Jerry!

[@bldallas]

If you build a new jig, for pulling the neck, I would recommend constructing one that pushes against the heal, vs. pulling from the top. A large C clamp (w/ different cauls for different style necks), incorporated into the jig, would allow you to wiggle the neck while adding pressure to the bottom of the heal.

[@chrisofnottingham]

For the neck puller you were sent, my guess is that it sits on its feet on the table and the guitar is placed upside down on top of the puller. Then you can push down on the neck and there is space for it to move down toward the table.

[@overthetarget9401]

Exactly what I thought.

[@elsizzle2000]

@@overthetarget9401 same here. Not too hard to figure out.

[@ajmiller7102]

Just a thought, but, those battery powered tools with a vibrating blade attachment which is offset yet parallel to the tool may extend in far enough to reach the bridge plate or could be extended to where it would.

[@lanceehansen]

thanks again.

[@carstenvalentina]

Denmark Street was the only place to by instruments back then!

[@allensheldon6610]

One thing that might help with the reverse chisel tool positioning would be to use a neodymium magnet to hold it in place after you use your fingers to position it.

[@flatbrokefrank6482]

Have you ever considered a wallpaper stripper as a steam generator, they produce lots of quite dry steam and run off a kettle element, just a thought - ATB

[@danogle9927]

Main Street Music store been gone a long time I used to go there when I was a kid.

[@MaineGeezer]

Re: the plate for the neck puller. A lot of guitars (most, these days) are built with a slight top radius, around a 28 foot radius is common, so the guitar top is NOT flat. Presumably the "feet" on that plate are there to accommodate the top radius.

[@LegsON]

Come on Jerry, don't be so harsh on the fingernails! The man just wanted some scalloped fretboard.

[@edwardpetersen4309]

Great job! Very interesting to watch and hear the way your mind works, Jerry. Do you feel like we're all there with you or do you feel like you're talking to yourself when you make these vids. BTW I think those remaining cleats are holding that seam separation open. Too bad they're in there. Don't really need cleats on a repaired seam separation IMHO.

[@j.mshrader4104]

Entertaining and educational as always Jerry! I’ve seen some funky bridge pads on vintage Gibson’s,some of them are too skinny to offer a whole hell of a lot in the way of support. One of the worst guitars I’ve had in for repair was a vintage Gibson,I forget the model as it was a couple years ago but it had a plastic bridge with some funky metal/plastic adjustable saddle and it was a string thru instead of being a pinned bridge. Guy wanted some top cracks fixed,normal pinned bridge and wanted a fret job and neck reset. Long story short,the last guy/gal who worked on it had the neck and bridge off,they used 2 part epoxies on the neck,bridge,nut and they tried to seal up a couple cracks with it too. It was a nightmare.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Yes I've seen a lot of those weird plastic Bridges. None of them hold up over time. Why they ever did such a thing I have not a clue. In my opinion the epoxy has very little use on instruments at all.

[@j.mshrader4104]

Rosa String Works. Jerry,I have nary even a guess as at why Gibson used such a crappy bridge and saddle design on other-wise nice guitars,well for a Gibson anyways lol I know they don’t bring near the money on the vintage market that a traditional bridge/saddle Gibson does. It was just a shoddy design as a whole. As for the epoxy,in my opinion it has no place on any proper woodworking project. That same Gibson that had all the epoxy in it also had a porly repairs neck/headstock break about an inch down from the break angle on the headstock repaired with epoxy. And it wasn’t even the good stuff like west systems or the likes. It looked like fast set permatex brand epoxy like you get at Walmart,homestore,hardware store ext. It was glued up about 1/4” off of the centerline of the neck. Wasn’t anything I could do to that guitar at all. I gave him his deposit back and apologized for the shitty work done by the prior person.

[@philgallagher1]

39:00 Customer: I can't get the neck off my delicate, 65 year old guitar. Jerry: Hold on, I'll get my HAMMER!

[@williamlee6358]

Thank you sir

[@DeepPastry]

So I'm at 49 minutes in... Just want to mention, you should be able to insert the camera into the body through the input jack hole. If the camera borescope head is the same size as most of those you can get off Amazon. EDIT: LOL, and 15 seconds later the text on screen mentions this very thing.

[@sideoutside]

Been binge watching your videos. (I'm a wanna be luthier myself, only a tech really though :P) And I must say, I hate the music, lol. Not a country fan. But even so I find myself loving the detail you put into your work. Really a step above the rest. Just wanted to say as much.

[@rodp2310]

Trying to work blind, upside down and back to front is awkward, hard and frustrating. Watching someone else do that is just plain painful to watch - almost felt seasick. I kept wanting to touch the screen to nudge things a little to help you out. LOL. Great work as always. Parts 2 and 3 coming up right now for me.

[@guygrainger7134]

The bow is put there to keep the top from caving in. Just like a bridge over a river. You put tape sand paper on the top to rub the bridge to match. My new martin hb vintage has a arch

[@HBSuccess]

Jerry - FWIW that era Gibson’s def had dinky little bridge plates. And I also have a Weller gun dual heat. I use pencil irons on delicate stuff but for cables and the like the gun is 10x better.

[@mandolinman2006]

I knew that wood! I have some mandolin back and side sets in the basement. Makes a good sounding mandolin but the sides are a pain to bend. Speaking of steam engines, have you been following the UP 4014 Big Boy restoration? On the bulge, I know I guy that was working on, I believe, was a banner Gibson. The braces were shot and a huge bulge. He had to pull the top and rebrace it as some were completely off. He had a large cast iron skillet he heated and put on there with weights to help bend the wood back. Put an oversized (maybe 2.5") bubinga plate and made it work out.

[@johnmisuraca7788]

Have you ever thought of making a Turkey box call? I bet with all the wood you have access to you can make some really nice ones. But yeah, it did sound like a Turkey call, problem is that its too big to try in the woods.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Yes I have built quite a few turkey calls. And they work really well.

[@sea-ferring]

If you can't afford the wonderful LR Baggs pickup system, the K&K system also adheres to the bridge plate rather than going underneath the saddle. It is super affordable.

[@jeffgrier8488]

You sure have a pile of work to do on this one Jerry, but I know it will turn out great!

[@mrhat6098]

Bolts were added to brides to forgo clamping in assembly. Hours saved.

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

Cheap and nasty if you ask me and no prestigious brand should be seen using this. Cheap guitars yes but Gibson never! Having said that though Gibson is now one of the worst guitar companies out there and with companies like Chapman and Asian and other European builders popping up I think Gibson should die and go the way of many other companies who rip of their customers and fail to just build what they used to be reasonably good at. I personally would NEVER buy a Gibson guitar ever again except for a used guitar that I know was built well. My Gibson M-III had so many factory fuck ups like string alignment issues that shouldn't of been present. I put all the flaws right but it cost me a packet. The only reason I did this is because I loved the look and sound of the M-III especially with the reverse explorer headstock and gorgeous Black nitro paint and arrow head inlays on the 1 piece quatersawn maple neck. Remember most LPs were built from plywood back in the day especially when people state those were the best sounding LPs ever made!!! Those guitars should of been solid timber bodies considering the prices they have always asked. I hate Gibson as many people now do and they know it yet they still charge massive amounts when almost every company building LPs build much better guitars...lol. Just look at the joints on Gibson necks..? some have even fallen off because the gaps were huge and then held on with not enough glue...just atrocious and utterly disrespectful. And don't get me started on the ugly flame tops they started offering to copy Hamer, PRS and Carvins exquisite tops with beautifully couloured tops also.

[@Curtislow2]

WOW!

[@giacomopandiani6290]

Have to be honest here, the turkey sound got me fall of my chair!

[@davidpeterson9281]

definitely agree on the clamps sounding like a turkey, I had just thought that before you said it lol , they maybe could use a shot of good ole WD40

[@stevesoldwedel]

Hey, Jerry. What I've heard (from such a luminary as Lindy Fralin) about soldering guns versus pencil irons is that they can de-Gauss the magnets in guitar pickups. I suppose it's no concern with an acoustic that has a piezoelectric pickup, but it's definitely something to worry about with electric guitars.

[@RosaStringWorks]

There's a ton of hype around stuff like that. Many people make those claims but yet when you do it it doesn't cause a problem. I worked in computers for years and never had a problem a single time.

[@MeansWoodshop]

So what is the purpose of a bridge plate? Just extra reinforcement against strong tension? I know how to play a guitar, but don’t know much else, so it may be a dumb question.

[@rayhammer3154]

Put some rubber tubing on the threads. That should protect the sides.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Sounds simple but it doesn't work on all the different size instruments that I clamp.

[@stu-j]

I work with super heated steam from massive industrial boilers and its invisible but I've seen it almost cut a engineer's arm clean off! It's definitely dangerous stuff

[@wayneshirey6999]

Great video. But I did notice when you were talking about the turkey call clamps you misused the subjunctive form of the pluperfect future present participle of the verb infinitive "to hunt."

[@ijosef]

I didn't think you could top the "Regal Wreck Restoration", but this guitar just might do it. That neck just didn't want to give up!

[@RosaStringWorks]

You can say that again

[@buggsy5]

You could buy some heat shrink tubing to put over those threads.

[@charlescurrie5301]

I am confused with the method of taking the bow out of the top. Does not the top have a radius and only flattens out just to the front of the sound hole? By using the flat board your getting rid of that radius? Not a luthier, just from reading on building one. Tough neck though. I have watched all your videos on utube. Thanks and keep it up.

[@charlescurrie5301]

Sorry Jerry, should have watched longer where you mentioned should have left small bow in the top.

[@RosaStringWorks]

I'm not sure if we're on the same page you're not. This is considered a flat top guitar there should be no bow whatsoever in the top. It should be completely flat. By Me putting a bow in the board, I was going to press it down even further to over compensate. So when it's sprung back it would be flat.

[@beak85]

Gibson, like Martins and most other steel string guitars have a radius built into their tops.The braces are sanded on the backs to that radius when building. That allows them to flatten out a bit when they get dry instead of cracking. I believe most Gibsons are a 28' radius. They are still called flat tops, as opposed to arch tops which are carved.

[@beak85]

It also sets up the neck angle geometry.

[@davidhigginbotham5451]

Here's my take... IF you had moisturized the inside of the top, then strapped that flat board to it, and put a 25W light bulb inside for about 30 minutes (repeat several times cooling and heating with the light bulb) THEN, you would have had a flat top to attach your plate and bridge to. ( I saw p2 where you still had an arch across the top).

[@larryhaynes3875]

Great video! My belly bulge was attributed to excessive amounts of gravy and bisquits.

[@gerthalberg9735]

Hi Jerry, if you just put the original neck puller on the table with the feet down and place the guitar top down on it wouldn’t it work?