560 RSW The Worlds Finest Mandolin Ever Built By A Human - Part 12

So you finally get to see my staining process. Notice I am using DARK BROWN. At least that is what the bottle says. Wait for it....
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[@francescozani9488]

Having seen all the vlogs, I can't help but smile every time i hear the word "brown" coming up. That said, the output is nothing short of a gorgeous color scheme.

[@reneivars114]

Having played with all kind of stains for over 40 years, I think you have done a stunning stain job so far and I would not change anything. Keep in mind that depending on what type of vanish you choose for your finish coat, it may also add a yellow hue to the existing colour which will make the final colour beautiful. Awesome work!

[@yqwgjsg]

Ha! You see a grumpy snowman but when you first applied the stain, the first thing I saw was a dragonfly. Perfect Rorschach test.

[@Mulgy]

The colour is amazing Jerry, she is a real beauty!

[@kellymanas6133]

I for one like this color better than the dark because the grain shows better...i would pick it over a dark one any day..love it!

[@guitareveryone]

I agree.

[@ronbuckner8179]

As i said the first time. That red mandolin is the prettiest one you've ever made. Leverbe son! Now I'd thinking about making sure the sound it's producing is as sweet as it can be. Watching you with this tight-turn and your CA glue, and safety glasses, i sit here in absolute awe. Your negativity is really a fake, It's like you cant believe in your own abilities, and your OCD won't let you enjoy your work until it's perfectly done. This job is tough because it's not for a client, it's for you. I wonder do you ever not hate your work when it's for you.

[@Magpie7070]

Even pink and purple would look great on that wood. Your colors look great, like a 58 Les Paul burst. Perfect!

[@ranjrog]

I think the color is beautiful! What is battle but we must “endeavor to persevere”!

[@garetkonigsfeld2]

That back pice of wood is really something special. Nice job thanks for sharing 👍.

[@benwood7132]

Jerry, I’m not saying this because I want you to feel good, out of pity, or because I’m just invested in this being good because I’ve been following it or because I see how hard you’re working: The finish is beautiful and it’s better than any I’ve ever seen on a mandolin, and rivals that of almost any I’ve seen on any instrument period. Truly, I think it’s greater than the same old dark brown sunburst that everyone does. It’s reminiscent of, but better than the Sienna Sunburst color that Fender was using on some guitars back in 2008-2012 or so. This is like that, but better than that, sincerely.

[@davidreid8835]

I absolutely love the color of your mandolin, I can’t imagine anything nicer. You’ve achieved a one of a kind color for a one of a kind instrument which in my opinion is perfectly fitting and illustrates your superb workmanship and diligence. Awesome job.

[@martinfrog768]

I really have to agree ... really it is like Famed Artist Bob Ross often said one of life's happy accidents ... one of the most beautiful instruments I have ever seen

[@johnsee7269]

The Grumpy Snowman kinda reminds me that life is a projective test. You're killin it with your adherence to high standards and "I think it's safe to say..." that's what we like about you! You lost your mind a long time ago; no problem; lol! Beautiful grain pattern!

[@merlenidiffer8711]

It is beautiful,leave it that color,the world's best and prettiest mandolyn

[@robertmannel4446]

This is a master worthy color. What a beautiful mandolin!

[@bernhordredecop2319]

The color is beautiful as is, great job! Thanks for sharing!

[@mickfarrell6622]

The grumpy snowman looks like a Kabuki Mask to me. Great work love the happy little mistake.

[@adamkempa5157]

Neat binding work with the tire - rubber - band "clamp". I love how stain brings out the wood grain. Gibson used to charge extra for the amber sunburst Les Paul's which were my favorite... So I am biased towards that color choice looks great. Keep Smiling Adam

[@davejohnson9959]

I love the color, Jerry. I have a tobacco sunburst Les Paul which I fall in love with every time I look at it, and this really reminds me of it. It's beautiful.

[@sjschultz]

I love the color as is. Please keep it!

[@BobPrager]

Wow! The yellow stain really makes that curl pop!

[@gregfey9170]

You do such great work. Wish I had even a portion of the talent you do. Love watching your videos. I have learned a lot from watching you.

[@wilpicchio]

Hi Jerry, congratulations that mandolin is great! and thanks for your videos! I always enjoy watching them and have learned how to setup my bass. Today I tried and now it plays like butter! THANK YOU from mm land!

[@lrstaf6]

Hi Jerry; Anyone who has done even a little work on instruments knows how difficult it can be to try to get the result that you want. We also know what it's like to have to go back and fix the things that didn't turn our just rignt. From what I have seen you are a master at getting the right result and fixing the places where you didn't get a perfect result. At this point your mandolin is beautiful. However; it's like a diamond in the rough, you have to be able to see in your mind what the finished product will look like to appreciate it's beauty. Ten thumbs up. Prayers that your skilled hands will hold out a while longer. We love seeing what they can build and repair. And not just instruments. Keep on turckin my friend.

[@peterbryan3081]

I LOVE the colour! It has such a deep, richness to it. It is an absolute work of art!

[@guitareveryone]

That’s a lovely looking mandolin Jerry. I love your channel and watching you work. I don’t have a clue in the world with luthier skills, I just love watching someone who can. I’m just a frustrated guitar player with a guitar channel that wished he could do things like some fret work for example. I can do minor adjustments like truss rod and intonation but that’s about it. Hope your arthritis issues can at the very least not get any worse and you’re still able to produce these great videos because I know you love doing what you do.

[@mitzioden4926]

Jerry I think the color is great! Leave it the way it is.

[@davidbradley1111]

That quilt is stunning, don't worry it's going to be beautiful.

[@chingletree5397]

Excellent. Time for the other Mando that hogs my TV this year. Looking good!

[@bakstabbath]

That's the most beautiful accident you've made, Jerry. Glad you kept the color.

[@scaira60]

Gerry I love the mandolin👍👍👍 I bought a bottle of that febings dark brown stain I got the same issue it’s more red than brown, I had to mix black into mine for the edges to darken them enough. Thanks for the vids 👍🎼🎹🙏🙏👨🏻‍🦯👨🏻‍🦯

[@JM46jm]

Beautiful job on the staining.

[@donkeyboy585]

The color is sorta reminiscent of the jazz guitars from the 40s and 50s…. Quite beautiful sir

[@hemanthharrilall5878]

Hi Jerry. As you use CA glue from the container something has to take its place and that is air. Air contains moisture or water vapor. This moisture reacts with the CA glue producing the bond (adhesion) and carbon dioxide gas which pressured the container.

[@hobertgordon7465]

I have to say that I really enjoy the new shorter videos, gives me something to look forward to, love the color of this mandolin, got to love those happy accidents 😜

[@jeffgrier8488]

I think that the mandolin is looking great Jerry!

[@jeffterrell3325]

Jerry, you could’ve stained it black, white or green and it would still be awesome. The wood grain on this maple mando is fantastic. Don’t change a thing!

[@aggieduke1]

The color on the mandolin is killer. No flies on that one. Love it.

[@triela420]

I agree. The back of it is absolutely beautiful.

[@Billkwando]

I think he has one of those shop fan things over the door that sucks up all the flies.

[@booytjie]

Love that colour, really makes the wood pop nicely.

[@mikkomakinen7146]

Hey Jerry.It is beautiful.Flaming mandolin.It is going to be the world's finest mandolin ever build by a human.

[@prsklenar]

I'm very sorry the color isn't what you were trying to accomplish, but *I* think the reddish-gold sunburst is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you so very much for sharing the creation of this instrument. It's been a fantastic learning experience. And I just love it!

[@stephencampbell2735]

I kind of like that light section on the back joint. Its an extra kind of burst. Adds a fascinating flavor. Its unique. And there's something to be said for embracing little things from mother nature. We do prefer wood for a reason over artificial materials

[@danomite22]

I love the colour. It just pops!

[@philgallagher1]

I'm one of the 9 out of 10 who said to leave it as it was. My only caveat to that was the way you would think of it in future. I would hate to think that every time you look at it your first response would be "It looks nice, but it's not what I was going for!" If you can get to accept what we've said, and believe that it looks stunningly beautiful then good! If you can't believe that, then you need to go one of the other routes (sand off and start again or darken the edges with brown/black/green dye). Fortunately it looks like you've come round to our way of thinking and left well alone!! Again, it looks BEAUTIFUL SO LEAVE IT ALONE!!

[@colinellison762]

As a cabinet maker i love these videos, in this particular video, rather than spray it then scrape it all off from around the edges, i would have thought fine lining tape covering the edges you dont want sealer or glue on on, would save you an aweful lot of scrapeing work, and IMHO steaming the wood binding would work much better, and makes timber very pliable, and much less likely to break, superb job overall though!

[@ohcommando]

Looks like FIRE and the horns are devilish!! Love it!

[@wonderwood1967]

Never really been a fan of the dark tobacco sunburst look. This is beautiful

[@johnjriggsarchery2457]

That's so flipp'in beautiful!

[@bjm2762]

To me Jerry it shows up as more red outside but inside looks a lovely lighter brown/red. The maple curls make me think of a tigers 🐅 face. I like it Jerry. 👌

[@rileybri]

The thing about mastering a craft is that you have progressed to a point of efficient creativity that it begins to look easy to the untrained eye. Every craft has this issue and only those who have ever actually tried to create a functional piece of art, let alone at the master craftsman level, will understand what you put into your craft. We see you sir. #madowankenobi

[@kimballowen-brown4771]

Colour looks fantastic

[@joedeese6924]

I understand your concerns about the color, but I want to tell you two things from my perspective. First of all, it doesn’t appear that “red” to me and second, it is gorgeous. I believe it became exactly what it was meant to be and it is absolutely beautiful .

[@kapstersmusic]

I've heard it said that brown or tobacco burst looks like old furniture (different channel LOL). Like "your grandma's coffee table". That little bit of reddish brown flame is actually much better than old furniture, just putting it in perspective. Traditional with a modern flair! Looks great.

[@henry8846]

Leave it alone! Looks great as is!

[@bobl2995]

Thanks Jerry for another brilliant video that mandolin is looking amazing 👌

[@whyidontknow7113]

I like the finish. I like the red.

[@ProfileP246]

Great work Jerry! Yeah those scratches are a real pain especially in wood so hard. Man you really put some perspective on things not buying that large pot of dark brown, I’m 45 now and constantly putting perspective on time that way 😄

[@jerrycutright3267]

As most have seen in the shop talks the mandolin turned out amazing! The yellow really pops!!!

[@tombrazil8093]

Jerry, It is my experience that Dark Brown Stain these days has a Redish tint to it not like the old Dark Brown Mahogany Stain use to be. I have a small amount of the old Dark Brown Stain and will not give it to anyone because it is really hard to find anymore.

[@bootlebeats6331]

I never had the courage to ask my wife if I turned out the way she hoped after 40 plus years of marriage. I suspect building that mandolin is so of like that. Ya keep at it till you get it right. From what I've seen of your work, you always do! She did too.

[@MarshallSetUps]

Amazing how that CA glue penetrates even the tightest grain in wood. Keep up the fantastic work brother.

[@fintanoclery2698]

I would have used Spar varnish but there's a very good reason I'm not building the world's greatest mandolin.........Cheers Jerry, she's a beauty.

[@hrsey71]

the cherry burst looks awesome!

[@patprop74]

Sound simplistic, I learned and DON'T ASK HOW, lol I learned to take the 3 seconds and put caps back on even if I know in a minute I'll need to take it back off and on again lol

[@rickmayer4002]

Beautiful!!!

[@fairguinevere666]

Maybe the old dark brown bottle drifted over the years? I made scale models of airplanes and the like for years before I got into lutherie and getting the alcohol based acrylics to the right consistency was a constant struggle because every time you open the bottle a bunch evaporates, and every time you leave the bottle closed some also finds its way out! And that was just over 4 or 5 years on some colors, without any organic compounds reacting to make the color itself change rather than just the concentration.

[@dmueller78]

I like the color. Yeah, wasn't what you had aimed for, but it still looks great. 👍

[@GeorgeCampbell1964]

If I had a dobro colored like that I would be extremely happy!

[@fino2604]

Keep up the good work jerry.

[@michaelpthompson]

It's unique and gorgeous!

[@paulstokes1831]

The frustration you are experiencing is, the artistic part of your brain. All artists have the same feeling of frustration.

[@benharwood7417]

might not be how you pictured it would be but its beautiful, very fine work!

[@docsketchy]

Hey Jerry, love your channel. That mandolin doesn't look that red to me. It looks pretty brown. It's a somewhat reddish brown, I suppose, but the alternative is a greenish brown, and that's the color of poop, so you wouldn't want that! I think the color is just fine.

[@billmumbo2697]

Nice mandolin wrestling Jerry but I'd call it an honourable draw at the moment the last time I remember a struggle like that it was my late friend John who we used to announce as the World light weight mandolin wrestling champion of all Ireland or something like that (it varied!)👍🇫🇴🇺🇦☮️👏

[@geirbyre]

This is art, Jerry!❤

[@timothylawrence707]

Jerry - you MUST name the mandolin "Grumpy". If you ask me, the face on the back looks like the Stay Puft marshmallow man from Ghostbusters - right when he was getting shot and he had that angry look on his face!

[@danielsaturnino5715]

Color looks great to me!

[@MrBeugh]

Red tint is great; like a Stradivarius violin!

[@Gruuvin1]

Brown was brown until the alcohol mixed the yellow into the brown, which is how the brown developed into red. I don't dislike it.... I think the yellow orange red brown fade is like fire with that curl... It's beautiful!

[@that_thing_I_do]

So glad the vote was to leave it be.

[@fratteaux]

The red is gorgeous! I say keep it :}

[@KevinOMalleyisonlysmallreally]

Good Lord, thats a beautiful mandolin

[@kevincozens6837]

You want to make it the WFMEBBAH so the reddish colour helps distinguish it from other mandolins. :) I'm not a big fan of the sunburst look. If a natural look wouldn't work as well as we think it would I would have gone with the straight brown colour of the mandolin you were playing in VLOG #22 at 7:24.

[@vino6955]

Jerry!! It’s REDDDDD!

[@richardingraham6353]

One small step at a time 😃

[@paullanier8280]

Mr. Jerry Rosa, you do have keen eyes for details. It will be perfect as far as I can tell . But please, take a long overdue rest . Get a cane pole and cork and line then find yourself on a creek bank with zero bait. Just watch the cork wave back at ya !!!!!!

[@joebloggs4369]

Nice to see the late Bob Ross referenced!

[@billwyatt2449]

Best I can see I like it just the way it is. It is red, but hey it is beautiful. The color might as well highlight the craftsmanship.

[@kardRatzinger]

14:55 "I'll have to get alcohol before I can do that" - me pretty much any time my boss asks me to do anything.

[@Gladtobemom]

I wish somebody would make a mandolin that doesn't look sad. It's such a happy shape, and the yellow is happy. Why couldn't the darker color be an orange/red or orange . . . or even a pretty green fading to bright orange. I like that it's lighter than most mandolins. It's pretty. You could even gold leaf the rose instead of making it yellow.

[@Billkwando]

They make "blonde" ones, I think, that are just straight clear-coated wood.Typically with black binding, IIRC. Like a "mapleglo" Rickenbacker.

[@carylamari6546]

Ya know, we had a parish monsignor who had a hobby of making custom curled staffs for other priests. He bent the wood, sometimes very thick woods using a 3-4" PVC pipe with caps on both ends and he pumped in steam to make the wood flexible and once he bent the wood he left it in the 3" container until it cooled down and then the staffs hardened up the way he bent them ready for finishing. I wonder if you made something smaller if you could put in the small pieces of wood to steam up while you are working and then be able to bend it to any shape you want. Just a thought.

[@alethacriss9308]

Tom and I love the workmanship and COLOR. I am sure that you are already aware of the Karen's and Helpful Hanna's, of either gender (Karl and Henry).

[@RemyRackham]

Yellow happens to be my favorite.

[@garybooher9133]

Jerry, that's not a Grumpy Snowman; that looks like "Jaba The Hut" from Star Wars.

[@silverpairaducks]

I love that burst!

[@willcombs9839]

Love your videos!!! Very informative and very well done. Suggest you read the story of Job in the Bible. Note that one of his final comments was that what he feared had come upon him. He also commented that he should put a guard on his mouth (so that in the future he would not speak negative things into his life). If you listen to your videos, you will note that you often speak negative things about what you expect to happen in your own life. I'm a firm believer that my words are powerful and they release both positive and negative situations into my life too, so I am careful about what comes out of my mouth. (Not a complaint...just a suggestion.😊) Have a wonderful and blessed life.

[@costrio]

The dye really does seem to enhance the pattern. IMO, the white spot might look like the body of a butterfly and the wings spread out on each side. The little pattern you pointed out could be the head of the butterfly. Just saying...

[@markfarlow4571]

Beautiful, I think it looks brown but I have some color blindness too

[@stevemizar7992]

Another masterpiece from one of the great craftsmen of our time...

[@wiltshiredoug9959]

It is looking great

[@user-ch9jo8mi7m]

If you wipe the wood down with some Naptha before you stain, you will be able to see your residual glue on the wood and will be able to sand it off before you apply your dye.