590 RSW BORDERLINE Ibanez Concord Guitar DETAILED Setup - Part 2

Very detailed setup tips in this video. Enjoy.
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[@susanroycroft89]

Hi Jerry, it's Don here from Hamilton NZ on my Wife's tablet ( Susan) an' I just got to say I Really appreciate that little stringing tip you gave and also the angle- trim on the end of your pin, I like that, and it sounds Very logical when you think about it, thanks again. The voice of experience, thanks again

[@donaldmusic6274]

"It sounds awesome, so just get over it" 🙂 A good sounding guitar is a good sounding guitar.

[@gingerbeer914]

I understand his enthusiasm... This box is all laminated wood at a list price of only a couple of hundred bucks in 1975-1978. Making laminate sound that good is an achievement! Ibanez Concord guitars are wanted collectibles today, and the asking prices are getting quite absurd. Often these ads contain false information about the top. Ibanez Concord guitars almost never have a solid spruce top. In all catalogs I found two Concord models in the entire range that had solid tops. That's it: TWO and they are as simple as a D-18. The Lookers are Laminated.

[@billyporterfield7755]

One of your very best videos! Thank you!

[@tonyhornett1635]

ROSA string works absolutely right once again perfection Mr ROSA

[@EDP1]

jerry you are a fantastic teacher .

[@danielweinbaum]

IBANEZ CONCORD 697 ! THE ABSOLUTE KING OF IBANEZ ACOUSTICS !

[@dufus2273]

I once had an old silvertone plywood guitar that i loved to play. it sounded good. Passed it on to my granddaughter. wish i had it back. lol.

[@WryGrass100]

This has to be one of your best videos. 'Nuff said.

[@leograndovic5171]

I love watching you Jerry!

[@tonyhills2112]

Great setup video Jerry, Thanks!!

[@alfredsamperi9776]

This is the most comprehensive and informative guitar stringing and setup video that I’ve seen on KZbin. Thanks for your generosity of spirit,Jerry!

[@marknlynette6623]

This is most helpful! Thank you for generously sharing your tips and skills.

[@marmerg]

sounding kinda rough my friend.......my prayers are with you.....get better and remember there are thousands and thousands of us pulling for you

[@skotskiable]

I thank you for your tutorials. Everything I have seen thus far has made perfect sense to me, as I have a background in setting up machinery. And I hope you kick the vertigo problem; I have it to, and it has laid me up for up to three days. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy; absolutely the worst feeling in the world. Hang in there!

[@jeffgrier8488]

That guitar sounds absolutely wonderful, great work Jerry!

[@ErikKatgerman]

Thank you againJerry. Somehow you are always here when i need it most!

[@roughcollielover1784]

What sets you apart Jerry from others is you are just a down to earth nice guy. Makes watching your videos a pleasant time spent. Thanks

[@mattomon1045]

great work Mr.Rosa

[@johnthomas2255]

Really sounds good Jerry, Great job !

[@brocluno01]

In my pile o guitars, I have two that have 2-ply tops. They do not sustain forever, but boy do they sound good as active players. Fun little flat tops, and no worries about zillion $$ instruments getting dinged. I call them pic-nic guitars, and they are fine in the back of the car, and out under a shade tree. Both were super inexpensive used. One I had to do a lot of work like a neck set (it was loose) and a bridge reset. But I did it as a learning project and was/am amazed at how well it turned out. Can keep up with instruments that cost 10X what I have in either of these. And it's one of my wife's fav's 😊

[@donkeyboy585]

I have 1980ish Ibanez acoustic (bought new)also a plywood top and also a great sounding boomy guitar. Don’t forget that ES335s are also plywood

[@848kevin848]

On Caliper - An IP54 rating means that your product will be protected against contamination from limited amounts of dust and other particles.

[@jthonn]

A job well done once again. Also once again I have seen you do this many times, my friend you taught me how to do it. When I go to set up a guitar now, I say I'm gonna put the "Rosa" on it. That is one of the main reasons that guitar sounds so good, it is set up properly.

[@lornedey4040]

Takes the mystery out of acoustic guitar setup. An absolute must-watch for anyone interested in doing some of their own acoustic guitar set-up!!!

[@dontbenosey1]

IP 54 on the caliper refers to it been waterproof and dust proof. Ingress protection rating. The first number is dust resistant and 2nd number is water resistants. In the case of your calipers they are dust resistant but not dust proof and splash resistant but not waterproof.

[@tablature6121]

I have a '77 Takemine (with the old "lawsuit head stock" logo) that was given to me some years ago. Needed a little work, which I did, and now plays very well and sounds good. I didn't realize until a couple y ears ago that it too had a plywood top. Should have realized it did 'cause if you look at the sound hole edge, you can see the end grain of the middle ply, which runs perpendicular to the top grain. A great guitar nonetheless.

[@alandust2188]

Hoping you'll be adding the reamer you use to your 'tools list.'

[@habbahan]

B.B. King also used that stringing method, as far as i know. I learned it from a video with him I believe

[@rogeriocosta1035]

There is some differences in the plywood. Regular plywood for construction and furniture usually has all kinds of wood in the inner layers, including very soft sapwood, small pieces, knots etc. You can find the exact same thing on very cheap guitars. For little better "laminated" guitars the inner wood is usually better, sometimes they use woods that would be rejected only for the appearance but still structurally fine.

[@gingerbeer914]

Ibanez uses three layers of cross-grained spruce for the tops.

[@bobsmith6538]

Good work Jerry. I have an Ibanez almost identical to that one that I bought back in 1974. Its called a jamboree I think. It sounds awesome just as that one does. One thing I did was enlarge the sound hole about 3/16 of an inch or maybe a 1/4 and that made a difference in the volume of the instrument, which is what I was trying to achieve.

[@nellayema2455]

That string winder should have a peg puller built into it. I used to use pliers/side cutters to pull pins until I discovered the pin puller. No more scratches/gouges in my pins from pliers/side cutters now! Regarding plywood guitars, my daughter's Yamaha FG335 plywood guitar that I bought her mom decades ago sounds better than my solid top Yamaha FG365 That I bought my self a year earlier.

[@RosaStringWorks]

It does have a pin puller I have used every pin puller on the market and always return back to the side cutters. I don't scratch nor scar anything with them. But then, I've been doing it for 40 years.

[@nellayema2455]

@@RosaStringWorks That's where your experience comes into play. I tend to be a little heavy handed, so I was happy to discover the pin puller that was already in front me, but hadn't noticed before! Enjoy your weekend!

[@ParaBellum2024]

I slipped once when using a built in peg puller and put a scratch in the top of my guitar. Ever since then, I've used side cutters. And taken more care!

[@bassdale17]

Filing the tip of the peg why the pin maker do this!

[@r72g]

I used to cut the free ends of the strings. I now "wring" them off. Avoids that sharp little pokey-end.

[@victhemechanic5648]

Praying

[@mitchfortson8413]

Good job

[@ranjrog]

I’m sure I need you to set up my guitar but if one string notes a little sharp when fretted, I typically tune it just a few cents flat when it is open to split the difference. That seems to help when using a capo. Anyway, I’m probably just compensating until I can get it set up better!

[@gingerbeer914]

22:30-22:40 a Martin Light pick of 0.017" is only 0.43mm thick! In my experience, the ideale Martin pick for stremming and picking a dreadnought guitar with. 012"-.053" strings is 0.73mm thick. (Martin sells them in mm in the EU). After buying 50-100 Chinese pick in the mix, I usually give the flimsy thin stuff away. I don't know if I can find any under 0.58mm. Maybe some old nylon Dunlops...

[@jipes]

Very nice and detailed setup video very informative. I have a small question concerning the removing of the treble strings installed with your method is is easy to change them ?

[@RosaStringWorks]

yes

[@metromoppet]

The IP 54 number is not the model,but is the water protection rating,in this case water protection from any angle . nic show.

[@migalito1955]

Jerry, I recently bought a Kala solid-mahogany-top parlor classical guitar because on sale I could not build it cheaper and I was impressed by the sound and set up of a Kala Makala baritone ukulele I had picked up. The parlor guitar was not set up as perfectly as the baritone ukulele. I guess who does set up at the Kala factory matters. I am going to lower both the saddle and nut action because it's about 155 at the 12th and 55 at the nut. Since I don't have a nice set of groove files and I need to take quite a bit off I am knocking down the height at the first fret by sanding down the base of the nut to get the Stewmac recommended of around 30 thousands at the first fret for classical guitar. I did buy a spare nut and saddle in case I goof, but hopefully I used up my allotments of goofs. I'd definitely like to have good string files, but the best price I see is about $15 each or $90. Maybe my birthday in about a week will see some string files but till then...

[@MrPendell]

For many years before I finally popped for a proper set of nut slot files, I used to get good results with a piece of broken fine tooth hacksaw blade and a slightly finer toothed fretsaw blade for higher strings to rough the slots to somewhere near finished depth, and then I would refine the shape of the string bed with a set of oxy/acetylene torch tip cleaners- those are basically a set of short round files in thicknesses pretty much the same as the gauge of a typical set of guitar strings, and a complete set can be had for about $5 anywhere you buy welding supplies.

[@hans-joachimbierwirth4727]

Less good ones from A* or E* do the job for cheap!

[@WayneBiltz]

Good morning Jerry hope you have a wonderful day from the old dairy farmer Wayne Biltz 😮😮

[@larryhawes365]

Great video as usual Jerry! I am curious as to where you got the string height gauge? Can't seem to find one anywhere. THANK YOU.

[@prolotomasi1150]

How are you feeling pal?

[@worshipGod001]

Hi Jerry, I have one of these with the hummingbird pickguard, it has a lot of curvature at the bridge end and the top has started to lift and separate where the top meets the back side. Can l reactivate the glue by heating or steaming it and the clamping it? Thanks, Alistair

[@gingerbeer914]

You have a Concord 684.

[@lambdaprog]

Sounds good, but a bit out of tune. It is what it is. Now I really want to see a neck reset video. Thank you for the great craftsmanship.

[@mikehoehn1475]

Did the top flatten after clamping it ?

[@ParaBellum2024]

Very interesting, especially the part where you measured between fret 1 and the strings. One of my Crafters has a buzz on the low E, which sounds like it comes from the bridge, but is partially fixed by putting a small piece of paper in the nut slot. I also had to raise the nut to help solve this problem, but my low E gap is now 0.024". I can't see why it needs to be so high, but any lower and I still get buzzing. The truss rod's adjusted properly, and the bridge height is correct, with 12th fret action about 0.060". Anybody care to comment?

[@eddyj3862]

Hi there Jerry!!!! What guage pick do you use to messure the nut height?? Fabulous Job you have done on the Ibanez!!!!!

[@gingerbeer914]

0.43mm

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

And in my experience laminated top guitars stay in tune a lot longer.

[@gingerbeer914]

Solid tops raise and fall with the air humidity. Laminates not that much.

[@danielrainville8094]

Ur a verry top!

[@Eddie.D346]

It's not plywood....It's "Engineered Material".....haha...I wonder who started,or developed the idea of using plywood for guitars. Hope you get well soon

[@davepounds8924]

Wouldn’t be cheaper just to buy another guitar

[@paullanier8280]

@Dave Pounds. Yep , you're probably correct . Just order a new Casimi african blackwood OM guitar each four months . If you have a chance, check them out !!

[@LucyGirl-61]

@@paullanier8280 😂

[@paullanier8280]

@@LucyGirl-61 The builders make a very fine sounding guitar.

[@LucyGirl-61]

@@paullanier8280 I’m sure they do

[@davepounds8924]

@@paullanier8280 I was talking about the Ibanez plywood guitar he was working on not a guitar worth thousands of dollars

[@ronniebald5267]

ruined ,you know thats too high