another great repair. I think I'm going to start looking around for an old damaged guitar and see what I can do with. once I found an old Dean A style mandolin in an antique shop. I bought it took it home and it needed some work done on it.I adjusted the neck and leveled the frets, put Martin strings on it and took it to show my friend that I played music with. he liked it so well he said it was the best sounding mandolin he ever played. He wanted to buy it, so I finally sold it to him for what I had in it. Then about 2 years later. he had a massive stroke and never came out of it. they had to turn the machine off on him.. Some of his family got the mandolin. never saw it again, but I still miss my music buddy
@conceptSde3 ай бұрын
I am German and my first guitar was a crappy Framus in the late sixties. I really appreciate anyone investing money and effort in these instruments to preserve music history. Here in Germany most of them have long been discarded and replaced by Yamahas and other Japanese or even U.S. guitars Sometimes you can find one on a flea market for 30 or 50 Euros in a very poor condition. Nobody would buy them. But I own an old sixties Framus tenor banjo with the laminated neck. Not a Gibson (as their guitars) but a decent instrument for Irish sessions.
@nicolen.96422 жыл бұрын
Considering what Willie Nelson's famous trigger looks like lol, this one is just fine. Bill you rock! Thanks Jerry for this delightful moment! 🎶🎶🎶
@michaelbell728 Жыл бұрын
Have you seen that StewMac video featuring Trigger?
@nicolen.9642 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelbell728 Yes, I have.
@brentwallace70962 жыл бұрын
I love old Framus acoustics. I bought mine out of a PX in 1972 when I was stationed in Germany. the neck is also bolted on like the one in the video. back in 1972, I paid just less than $30.
@rickbeardsley80572 жыл бұрын
Got a 12 string Framus bought used in 1964 and really like the sound. Really well build and good sounding instrument.
@garybrinker45222 жыл бұрын
I have the exact same Guitar..Bought it in Germany when stationed in Heidelberg in 71..
@bluesingmusic34432 жыл бұрын
Those old Framus guitars are built like tanks. Great job Jerry.
@ldaniel59152 жыл бұрын
Customer mentioned Chocolate. I haven't seen that one, so I watched it. That was amazing thing, getting that violin 're-assembled'. I understand going off the clock to make it look better. As mention by another commenter, Brown recluse spider also called violin spider and fiddleback spider. I seen the damage they can cause, I'll steer clear of them.
@jadeedmundson57152 жыл бұрын
Love the song! Get a stick! Such a cute doggie song🐶❤️ Nice playing there! Great repair job!
@MrDparker692 жыл бұрын
Bill you sang and played Great. Jerry I would love to hear you sing any Willie Nelson song, Take care. Danny
@brianjohnson34868 ай бұрын
Hi Jerry. Stumbled across this excellent video today! I have just done that exact repair regluing the top to the end block on a Texan I bought a couple of weeks ago with 5 guitars and a fiddle from a Methodist church in the UK! The one I am working on has been played to death for 40 years. Action was high so shimmed the neck. I refretted the fingerboard as the frets had deep grooves in them. Softest brass frets I have ever pulled out of a neck. It sounds interesting with a zero fret - almost like a resonator. Great plectrum guitar for bluegrass etc.
@richedwards96462 жыл бұрын
Hey Jerry I love this! The way you are- respectful and kind towards your customers like Bill is lovely to see and also that you always put your heart and soul into your work. Thank you ❤
@wallyrossow31412 жыл бұрын
My father was a cabinet maker and I inherited all of his tools among which were various sizes of hand screw wood clamps. I use them quite often to hold a guitar on its edge while I work on the repair. They work especially well on Les Pauls and other thin solid body guitars that are not very stable standing on their edge😎
@stu-j2 жыл бұрын
If you put wax on the tip of the glove finger it stops the ca glue sticking to the glove....
@jenniferwhitewolf37842 жыл бұрын
I just love it when the owner gets to play a tune after the Rosa touch.👍👏👏👏
@kenkohlhoff38712 жыл бұрын
I love the way those Framus guitar's sound
@minosvoutsinos2 жыл бұрын
Hi Jerry, wonderful video and amazing repair! I just wanted to give some information about the strange shape of the headstock: Framus created this design in order to avoid breaking the headstock in case the guitar falls back. The older Framus models had a classic style headstock and glued-on necks. Many of them broke because of the very fragile headstock to neck joint witch was caused by the trussrod channel. With this newer design, the Neck and headstock gets more resistant. The prove is that fender electric headstocks, who are similar to this Framus design, never brake when they hit the ground, contrary to Les Paul and SG models, who always break. By the way: You mentioned that you worked on a couple of other Framus guitars with a hook mechanism on the neck joint. Maybe you mean the Hofner guitars who had this rake (hook) mechanism, specially the 489 and 490 models. Framus had only glued-on and later bolted necks, but never a hook. Greetings fom Paris Minos
@RosaStringWorks2 жыл бұрын
You are correct about the hook and being a hoffner however I don't agree with the idea about the peg head shape. Because it is laminated any shape would be perfectly strong. it would not have to be flat to be strong in fact angled down would be stronger with all the laminations
@63vetteman2 жыл бұрын
Another great "surgery" Doc!! Loved the performance & song by Bill! Safe travels home.
@rogerbranton17522 жыл бұрын
It's just like my own Framus Texan - which is a 1969. They ARE pretty cool guitars. I think they're still a relative bargain too.
@discoveryman592 жыл бұрын
Wow!! Nothing like playing for a rough crowd...
@custa73burner2 жыл бұрын
I had a Hoyer 12 string, also German made and with the same laminated neck with "flat" peg head and a factory fitted electric pickup. A delightful little instrument but with slight intonation trouble due to two fret slots being poorly cut.
@zekeabercrombie35832 жыл бұрын
Love your guitar style Bill.
@michaelbredow9976 Жыл бұрын
I've recently become a Framus fan and am currently restoring my 12 Texan that I bought. The conditions are similar, I just don't have a hole in the ceiling, but an open piece on the inside of the ceiling. She is given a tailpiece from behind because she was in a terrible condition. I removed the old tailpiece. I replaced the optical part of the old tailpiece with a 2mm aluminum sheet so that the optics are right again. Then she gets a pickup (piezo) and the volume and tone controls. I have already learned so much from you, for that I would like to thank you again for all the information that you convey in your videos. I have always recommended you to others whenever someone had problems
@johnmcrae32212 жыл бұрын
Interesting video. I think the filler you used on the hole was TimberMate. I have used that to repair a hole in a door. Shrinkage is negligible and it is paintable. Good choice.
@mitchmatthews67132 жыл бұрын
Gives a new meaning to "Hunting for a good guitar." Stay safe, Jerry!
@kjellnilsson37482 жыл бұрын
You are one off the best Luthier in the world !! Your work and feeling for all kind off wood are wery inpressive !! And your skills are top off the line👍👍keep it up !! Sorry for the problems whit your hands !! can only think how distressing this is !! but you are fighting it !! And maby you scould take a mount off !! And rest !! BUT KNOW your building and farm need full attention !! Shopping Wood for heating , exetera !! But take care !! You are not 20 Years young longer !! Greetings from Kjell in Sweden ! I build and service guitarrs as a hobby ,, are decent good ! I know a lot !! But have a great more to lurn 😉
@dickfulthorp23632 жыл бұрын
It has a way to go to catch up with Willy Nelson's "Trigger". Some things just look better with a few battle scars.
@alethacriss93082 жыл бұрын
Gotta find time to wander out your way to the retreat and see all of you and JR with the horses! Watch JR's Videos on his web site!
@susanroycroft89 Жыл бұрын
It's Fantastic to watch your videos Jerry, its just Don here from Hamilton NZ, your videos really do help me tremendously, I'm just a retired old guitarist an' I learned many years ago how to improve the sound of your guitar simply by changing the nut & saddĺe to bone ( which I make myself ) & recently I did a chip repair with CA glue, filled it smoothed it off & turned out real well, thanks again 😊😊😊
@paulchristophmitchell12222 жыл бұрын
Hi from North Wales... love your videos.
@adamstewart247 Жыл бұрын
The song about the 🐕 dog getting a stick was super catchy! Great repair!
@paullyle34612 жыл бұрын
Yes Jerry your providing a great service for the many old and young guitar players to experience and enjoy your farm. Thanks for sharing with us.🎶🎀🎶
@INDYOSKARS2 жыл бұрын
Those Framus guitars were in the music stores when l started playing in 1971 but they were out of my price line, that is to say to a 13 year old. Decades later a friend of my brothers was given a guitar like this a "Texan", he loaned it to me for a while, strange guitar, l strummed it and did not like the sound, harsh and discordous to me, then l finger picked it and it sounded okay, strange, never really knew what caused this. The Kinks song "Fancy" was recorded using Ray Davies´ Framus "Texan" guitar.
@eddyj38622 жыл бұрын
Jerry, you are the Master of guitar repairs, period!!!!!!!
@rockdaddy21682 жыл бұрын
Bad guitar! BAAAAD guitar! Bang! We've all been there.
@michaelbredow9976 Жыл бұрын
The best is the spatula from Fender/Plerkrum. Then things are useful for something. greetings from Germany
@ronhammar11542 жыл бұрын
I have one of those it was made in the 60's. Mine is model # 5/195 made about the same time. You need a basket weaving course to put strings on it! I had the same problems with the neck block and a few loose braces.. Mine didnt have a bullet hole but I thought about adding one when I was trying to fix the belly bulge. LOL They sound good but different and would sound better if they had a solid top but top bottom sides and the arched bottom are all laminated..
@chickengnawer2 жыл бұрын
Tee Hee!
@gordonbartlett41642 жыл бұрын
These are made of plywood from the Black Forest. Mine had no bracing on the back and minimally on the top which is how Jerry could get his hand inside so easily. It's obvious that the instrument was dropped - the neck was so solid that the body self-destructed.
@pablobruning45082 жыл бұрын
A Texan with a gunshot?? NO!!! LOL. Leave the hole, it'll make a great conversation piece.
@adamkempa51572 жыл бұрын
Fixed the hole & made it playable
@johnclayton10262 жыл бұрын
you did it a thousand times better than my brother-in-law would have done it.
@ianshortall33562 жыл бұрын
Love the Framus... I have a couple :)
@jeffgrier84882 жыл бұрын
Nice work Jerry, it sure sounds good!
@dylanhaleyyou2 жыл бұрын
nice job at the end Bill!! Thanks for another fun video. :)
@lyndamcardle41232 жыл бұрын
Looks like a very late 60's Framus dreadnought, could be very early 1971-72. I have a mid-60s Framus 6 string - similar to a Hofner Congress - and a mid-60s Hoyer 12 string both German guitar makers.
@fatboymusic42822 жыл бұрын
I have been watching you for years and didn’t know I hadn’t subscribed
@samuelhodges82082 жыл бұрын
Sounds like every Framus I have ever played or heard. Good job, Jerry!
@alinchitown75562 жыл бұрын
Nice work as usual Jerry
@bobl29952 жыл бұрын
Great repair Jerry nice old guitar to
@monsterkxf2 жыл бұрын
Thats what happens when you play Stairway to Heaven one too many times….. 😂😂
@matthewbartolone7036 Жыл бұрын
nic work Jerry
@CapnBubbaa2 жыл бұрын
first thing I thought "chocolate" when it came to finding pieces and gluing the back together.
@edd27712 жыл бұрын
Hi Jerry- only with the benefit of hindsight, I’m wondering could you have salvaged a piece from under the neck between the pocket and the rosette and used it to patch the hole?
@ritareadyerbible21662 жыл бұрын
The repaired hole now looks like a bellybutton! Good job.
@Spraysor3 ай бұрын
that ment so mutch for bill :) bless
@conartist2672 жыл бұрын
I love your channel Jerry but sometimes I can see other options for your fixes. I would’ve taken a plug out of the section under the end of the neck on the guitar top surface forward of the sound hole. It has the same finish. Love from Australia 🇦🇺
@RosaStringWorks2 жыл бұрын
It wasn't the same kind of wood the grain didn't match and it wasn't smooth
@conartist2672 жыл бұрын
@@RosaStringWorks What about under the bridge? Anyways… just a thought young fella!
@David_Lewis_2 жыл бұрын
Hope the guy who wanted more repair videos is happy, would be a shame if he wasn't.
@bj.roberts64102 жыл бұрын
I think I would have made a star burst around the bullet hole you can't hide it make it beautiful and show it off
@MrJoeydano2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the bridge was glued to the top if that would make the sound even better ?
@Spellfork2 жыл бұрын
You made a real "Clampenstein's Monster" for a while there :)
@pawwalton21572 жыл бұрын
Texan hot shot guitar.
@brunswickflyer Жыл бұрын
Could you have created a decorative inlay over the bullet hole? Possibly stained I’d dark like the outer shade of the top?
@milantoombs66962 жыл бұрын
👍🏻👍🏻
@We_Seek_Truth Жыл бұрын
A German Texan, eh? I had a Höfner in '74 and it had bolt-on neck. And the same is true with bolt-on bridges... You lose sound vibration transmission/transference. I'd have that bridge glued on. I'll save my opinion until I finish watching and hearing the guitar. I just started and I just couldn't wait to voice my hatred for the design. And I agree with Jerry about the headstock angle as well, and especially the laminated neck design - similar to neck-thru design, only just on the neck - and "a hundred" layers (whatever number). Almost makes truss rod unnecessary, ALMOST.
@We_Seek_Truth Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the tone of that acoustic lacks low end. I'd glue that bridge AND NECK on with Jerry's favorite glue that works best for possible future removal.
@We_Seek_Truth Жыл бұрын
And I wouldn't allow any customers watching while i worked. That's why Jerry spilled the glue.
@markBAMBOO122 жыл бұрын
Nice one bossss🙂
@that_thing_I_do2 жыл бұрын
I was expecting you to pull out a .38 calibre slug at one point.
@VirginiaWolf8811 ай бұрын
I have almost the same Framus guitar. I'm wondering if you could tell me what size wrench I need to adjust the truss rod? If you know I'd be grateful. Thank You. I've watched hours of your videos :)
@wesmatron2 жыл бұрын
That's the last time that guy plays Stairway
@MustObeyTheRules2 жыл бұрын
Wonder if it wouldn’t have worked to just drill that hole out and glue a spruce dowel into it?
@janmcwilliams59988 ай бұрын
I had a gorgeousFramus in 1972, got it in Germany. Sadly, it was stolen.
@garylenius41812 жыл бұрын
Was he playing "Pistol Packin' Mama" at the time???
@leodanryan9662 жыл бұрын
Texas is a place where this can happen.
@nickbellinger10472 жыл бұрын
wha...someone poked a hole in the guitar.......get a stick....lol, thanks fella's
@charlesfellows81302 жыл бұрын
I have a parlor model I think that's called a gaucho
@chickengnawer2 жыл бұрын
Good Goin' As Usual...That Geetar Sounds Nice & Crispy! < B-)
@amascia83272 жыл бұрын
🖒🤠
@rickmayer40022 жыл бұрын
Question is was they playing it at the time? Or maybe they shot it because it's a Framus. Got to love Texas! Or stabbed it
@bobcormier50982 жыл бұрын
What state are you located ???
@shartne Жыл бұрын
maybe me and my wife will come and stay someday.
@brucecenterwall60582 жыл бұрын
I have put vaseline on a glove so it wouldn't stick. Just a thought. :-)
@seanhoward5562 Жыл бұрын
Thought maybe someone shot at him for playing Stairway to Heaven, lol.
@robertbolding41822 жыл бұрын
not rough sawn , thas the finish spatter
@garycooper4526 Жыл бұрын
some times I just have to say WHY???
@jimakin3541 Жыл бұрын
Why 4 hands? After all, you have Forearms!
@armandofigueroa56582 жыл бұрын
How do I do to send you my guitar to get fix?
@aquagrump2 жыл бұрын
Me thinks the owner should choose better venues to play in.
@nancymilawski10482 жыл бұрын
He bought it from an Antique store already damaged.
@chuckjaws43672 жыл бұрын
it's ok grump the other 9,999 of us got it. lol!!!
@paulapykala94322 жыл бұрын
A Framus that has been shot is an improvement. Possibly the worst acoustic guitars ever made.
@frankking7812 жыл бұрын
Tough crowd? .
@tomkirk69422 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the German engineering… I do anyway. Cheers
@paulielentz43372 жыл бұрын
You know you can just shim the neck like a strat or any bolt on I haven’t watched the whole video yet so you might do just that
@dans_Learning_Curve2 жыл бұрын
You need better rodent control! They're eating your blue towels!