530 RSW 1880s Stradivari Stepchild Full Transformation Part 3

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[@MillsGuitars]

FYI We were not out of Tru Oil, Jerry just didn't know we had another full bottle

[@nancymilawski1048]

😂😂😂

[@AndreRMeyer]

@Caleb Mills eight 👍🏻 and counting

[@zapa1pnt]

No whipping boy, here. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@donwilliams3626]

Caleb you have developed a lot of life skills working with Jerry. I am sure you will go far.

[@zapa1pnt]

@@donwilliams3626: Don, your photo reminds me of one of my favorite people, from long ago: Danny Kaye.

[@perihelion7798]

NOTE: Look at a Sears or Montgomery Ward catalog from 100 years ago and you’ll find page after page of violins, priced from about $2 to around $80. In those days, the violin was the most popular form of musical entertainment, next to the piano. To meet the demand, a thriving industry developed in a remote area of eastern Germany on the Czech border, a region then known as Western Bohemia. The center of this industry was the town of Markneukirchen in the state of Saxony. Each year from the latter 19th century until 1914, about 200,000 stringed instruments (and far more bows) were shipped from there, although no one knows the exact number. That’s about seven million violins, violas, cellos, and basses from 1880 to 1914. Just an FYI for those of us that appreciate some history.

[@nancymilawski1048]

Wow. 😃😃

[@perihelion7798]

@@nancymilawski1048 I love history. See my ADDENDUM comment for the location of this info. It's fascinating.

[@michaellevesque8084]

Amazing reading, and info. Love reading up on stuff like that.

[@julianmetcalfe1070]

yes i do thank you

[@johnthomas2255]

IT'S AMAZING HOW THIS FIDDLE LOOKED SOO BAD AND THEN EVERYTHING YOU TOUCHED MADE IT LOOK A LOT BETTER WITH YOUR MAGICAL TOUCH. EXCELLENT JOB.

[@tommckeown6970]

Great job Jerry. It really turned out great. I like watching how it went from a mess to something beautiful.

[@terrytewell2108]

Jerry I just had to tell you that "Dirt Farmer" is your song writing at it's best. I close my eyes and just feel the dirt running through my fingers. I also love the vocal. I feel what you are trying to express and maybe with a tear trying to sneak out of my eyes. One of your top vocals. Thank You...

[@jeffgrier8488]

That violin turned out really nice, and sounds really good. Great work Jerry!

[@srvrace5807]

What’s this business about Caleb leaving? Hope we get an update on his status. He’s been a great addition to this channel.

[@TheVectorious]

He mentioned in a video a while back that Caleb had come to him and said that his plan for the future would mean he ultimately leaves. I don’t think there’s a set date.

[@michaelpthompson]

Now this is getting good!

[@mitchmatthews6713]

You make everything better, Jerry.

[@whatupdocks]

Nice job Jerry

[@bruceducker2029]

Thanks Emeri for the content. Nice job Jerry. Great attention to detail. I'm sure the "stepchild" will please ears for so time to come.

[@pawwalton2157]

Very nice looking and sounding 🎻 great repair. Enjoy your videos and sharing your experience.

[@mfc4591]

Your attention to detail is amazing. That's got to be the shortest pice of fill ever made. May you have a blessed day

[@julianmetcalfe1070]

Watching the MASTER here again learning listening so good he always goes the extra mile making sure it gets done real good

[@audiotechlabs4650]

I hope AND pray you make years and years of videos in the future! I will need something to watch in my old age! Gotta lot of years to go before I get old! Caleb is going to carry your torch well! This fiddle shore is grand! You are true.y a master of your craft, Jerry! Love from NW Colorado. Thanxz

[@peterbryan3081]

A great series, Jerry. What a lovely sounding instrument. Worth every penny that was spent to repair it.

[@tbonky]

It is fascinating to watch your violin work!

[@thebones]

wow, great work Jerry, now you've rebuilt the fiddle, you just need to learn how to play it for us! 😃

[@dannyjonze]

great sound and looks great

[@ZacVaper]

Great job

[@AmosBHaven]

Good job Jerry! Fiddle sounds GREAT!

[@phillipbingham487]

thanks for the inspiration.. i just glued a neck on this beginners violin and i was wondering how to conform the feet of the bridge to the top.. well you answered that question.. i glued the neck on but it moved so i had to take back off and do it over.. well i am learning...

[@Daniel_cheems]

Amazing repair as usual!

[@bobl2995]

Thanks Jerry I really enjoy seeing how you get your results brilliant work all 👍🇬🇧

[@jipes]

Great JOb Jerry the cosmetic as well as the stucture seems to have improve tremendously

[@thekitowl]

Nice job Jerry, really enjoying your violin restorations & I don’t even play one.

[@nmd14723]

Fiddle or Violin that is the eternal question, nice job Jerry

[@zapa1pnt]

Not really. The instrument is the same, the strings are the same, the bow is the same, the tuning is the same, possibly, even the player is the same. It only depends on the kind of music you want to play at any given moment.

[@Mr10usdad]

Thank you! I enjoyed this!

[@flannelmeister]

Have you tried clear nail varnish for filling gaps and voids in finish? It is basically nitrocellulose but is quite thick and is good for filling or levelling to existing finish. It scrapes well too with a single edged razor with the edge burnished over much as you do with your other scrapers.

[@vaccarioou22]

Well done ! Looks and sounds very fine !

[@jeancarlossoares2605]

Ótimo trabalho, gosto muito de violinos, principalmente dessa cor. Que bom que existe pessoas talentosas como vc para restaurar essas peças.

[@wayneshirey6999]

Nice job

[@2packs4sure]

I couldn't tell for absolute certainty if you were kidding about Caleb gettin fired....

[@dscdrkel5546]

From day one Caleb and Misslisa stated he and she was going into buss.with a friend **This is a training period for Caleb working for Jerry**DR KEL

[@2packs4sure]

@@dscdrkel5546 Thanks

[@kellypalmer1077]

Wow I find you chew your corn bread 2 times .. sometimes.. but 7 out of 10 I follow you completely

[@meneergroeneveld]

Didn't see you glueing the two front cracks you encountered when binding the neck to the body...

[@ulistegmann]

our Kirschen-Beitel/cherry-chisel from good old Germany . . . they found a good home as it seems

[@Mycroftsbrother]

Mr. Jerry wins again!!!

[@brianscott3021]

I always used Hyde glue on fiddles

[@hafengr]

Hello Jerry I was wondering why you do not use a liquid chemical stripper on some of your projects to take the finish off when you need to. We used to use such on hardwood floors and I was wondering if that would be a problem on Guitar surfaces in your opinion.

[@andymoss3132]

Enjoyed the series Mr Jerry. Thank Mrs Emory for stepping up and giving you a hand she's doing a good job putting out the videos. Love hearing her sing her songs during the mix. Just hate when they get cut off short of finishing 😒 lol. Quick question why not just take the fiddle bridge to the sander to knock the chunky meat off the thickness instead of using fingerplane, it wouldn't change the sound by doing it that way would it?

[@zapa1pnt]

The sander, no matter how you hold the bridge (tape on fingers or whatever), can grab the piece and throw it across the room, leaving your fingers on the sander. Ouch! 😱 Also, trying to keep the angle and thickness correct would be very difficult, as the sander cuts Very quickly. All of this is Much more controllable, with the finger plane.

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

@@zapa1pnt Judging from Jerry's other comments, I wonder too if it's a matter of the danger of those little ornamental scrolls getting knocked off too easily. They can get caught and knocked off by the finger plane too, but the sander action would be even more vigorous. And again, that's right, how would one hold the bridge. Something like double sided taping it to a backing block would be required. With patience, one might also be able to rub it on the face of a sanding block, but that wouldn't be as efficient.

[@nickkotsoglou7478]

Made in West Germany ☺️ great job!

[@costrio]

Hmm...filling in the worn spots with dye...making them even makes it look intentional?

[@Bazerkly]

No Hide Glue?

[@sara505sings]

Where do you get that rubber band?

[@sara505sings]

Okay, rubber clamping bands from stewmac.

[@Daniel_cheems]

That's just a bicycle inner tube cut up I think.

[@sara505sings]

@@Daniel_cheems I was thinking of doing something like that but the pretty green ones from stewmac look pretty nice and probably are just the right tension. I'm gonna try those.

[@zapa1pnt]

The black rubber band Jerry uses is an auto tire inner tube. It is cut following the circumference of the tube. I have found using a set up like a leather lace cutter can work well. It's a little tedious but it works. You end up with a Very long strip you can cut to shorter pieces, if desired.

[@nyzywok5439]

A new Paganini is born 😀

[@roberteasleysr9108]

Caleb is quitting ? Really ?

[@YACYDOODLE]

What's up with Caleb?

[@amascia8327]

🖒🤠

[@aaronedwards1239]

West Germany... 🤔 New old stock?

[@dscdrkel5546]

I sent Jerry a care package to help with this repair **my mistake I did not know I was watching an old video***DR KEL

[@zapa1pnt]

Yep, the old videos can really throw you a curve.

[@stevesuv]

You burned me. You did not say the neck was slicker than SNOT ON a DOOR KNOB.

[@itsverygreen532]

PVA on a violin? Dude ...

[@paul1349]

Maybe the cracks appeared because you didn't remove the chain rest and the pressure was not apply even and the distortion of the chin rest applying more pressure in one area this form the violin where now you have a crack for every action there's a reaction

[@jackharper8381]

You sure are condescending for a person with no first hand experience. Jerry Rosa has never been a "cabinet maker" (not that that should be an insult) he has built instruments for the last 40 years. He didn't pick this up a month ago, like some opinionated people who run mediocre art channels on KZbin.

[@paulvaillancourt5659]

Slicker'n loon poo.

[@costrio]

The violin will lie in a case between uses, most likely, with that damaged area on the down side. During play, the left hand covers it unless the person is playing on a well lit stage of some height, maybe? I actually consider damage to my guitars as scars of valor. How many beautiful guitars sit in museums, too valuable to be played again? I play my pawnshop rescued guitars quite often. Attention to detail has many facets, IMO.

[@jonviol]

Any violin maker can cringe ,involuntary of course .Without a hope.

[@costrio]

Finishing the "details" is the difference between amateurs and professionals. It's all about focus, ain't it?

[@WJSpies]

White shop glue (TiteBond) on a violin, yikes! Ugh.. David Bromberg, violin maker, collector, multi instrumentalist, sessions guitarist, and renowned professional multi-genre recorded musician says: shop glue on any stringed instrument deadens the sound (only okay in rare single point repairs). He notes guitars of his and other owners always sound better if taken apart, cleaned up, and reglued with hide glue. He says shop glue insulates wood to wood contact, he says hide glue affords genuine wood to wood contact after setting up. He claims old Martins sounded better, until the company moved away from hide glue and to TiteBond crap.

[@gryzew]

Jerry said many times on this channel about his preference for Titebond over hide glue. Also he doesn't hide that he's a "get the fiddle back to playing and don't charge for unnecessary hours" type of guy and not the "I'll used methods supposedly used centuries ago and charge you more than the violin is worth" type.

[@gryzew]

The fallacy is repeating things like "well that guy swears that..." if you don't have any personal experience, ie. as a builder, or as a player blind testing some instruments where the difference in construction is the glue only. I would've maybe have a tendency to repeat these claims also, but there's a few videos on this channel where Jerry plays guitars that he's just finished making (using TiteBond) and the sound definitely seems to have the "wow" factor, and that is over many vintage guitars that were also repaired and then played on this same channel using same gear to record.

[@stevesuv]

Finishing sucks!

[@matthewjones5450]

why is caleb leaving he should relize he is no ready to go it alone in my opinion you have already let him work on things he is not ready for

[@matthewjones5450]

@@jukeboxj thats fine and dandy until he takes on someones pre war marten or gibson and no longer has jerry to fix it you dont learn this craft in six months or a year i am a auto tech for thirty years take your car to a kid who has only done it for a year bet you dont

[@gryzew]

@@matthewjones5450 I'm pretty sure that was either a joke about him leaving or we'll know more soon. BUT if you think a guy is too much of a babyface for your pre-war Martin, well then give him your import Epiphone for a quick setup on the cheap and seek out the grey haired guy for your vintage valuable stuff. Believe me I know guys with supposedly decades of experience that screw up but just believe they're too good to make mistakes and learn from them.