633 RSW Repairing The First Guitar I Ever Built

[@teddymuldoon1905]

That redwood-topped, sloped-shouldered guitar sounds very, very good! That’s impressive for a first build over 37 years ago. 👍👍

[@BassfortheCure]

She's a real beauty! Brings a tear to the eye.

[@markpell8979]

JERRY, they probably make fancy expensive expanders for this type of glue job that you can use instead of clamps reaching around and through and filling up the sound hole, blocking your sight lines and further access. But you can improvise your own fully adjustable screwjack expanders for use inside the guitar. This can be done very cheaply using female thread rod couplings and whatever length hex-head capscrews you need to fill the working gap. Several lengths would cover almost everything for standard construction and repair details such as for bracing or bridge plates. For bigger jobs with longer reaches you can use threaded rod of the needed length with a rod coupling on each end for adjustment. Glue soft pads on the ends to protect the work, and these will also help grip if you want to spread the load with cauls or blocks. If you use 3/8" hardware, the 9/16" hex head is big and grippy enough to tighten it by hand to get the amount of expansion force needed to close and set the glue joint for most guitar work. If you need more push you can always do that with a wrench, carefully. This works very well for the kind of work you were doing in today's video. Using this trick you can bring up several glue joints inside the body in one quicker procedure and still be able to work, inspect and clean up squeeze-out by reaching through the unobstructed sound hole. Now how 'bout that, brother?

[@kd5nrh]

It takes a lot of getting used to, but those cheap borescope cameras on Amazon are great for stuff like this. Most have a built in light, so you can watch on a laptop while still having plenty of room to get your hand in there.

[@jerrystevens1865]

My thoughts too..

[@dfz6925]

Fun Video! Feels like hanging out doing my favorite stuff. My first guitar I made was a redwood as well. 1996. The planks i had were just splitcut 3/4 inch thick. Super rough. I didn't have a re-saw or thickness sander. All I had was a 1" stanley handplane. I put the planks on the garage floor and put my knees on the close end and planed those planks down by hand by the time i had it to around 3mm I was sweating bullets. Don't think i would ever wanna do tgat again. Also didn't have any calipers or thickness gauges. Just felt the wood and tapped on it. No science. just gut. Worked out just fine. Sounds quite nice even today. Lol

[@jerrystevens1865]

One thought that might have been mentioned in the comments I missed.>Getting your hand in the sound hold to do a better glue job?? You might try a (budget priced) "bore scope camera'" and a cheap small LED flash light ducttaped into the right positions inside. Then you could easily observe your hand/fingers, syringe, proper amount of glue, etc etc, in living color. You will just have to easily share the sound hole with the small cable that goes from the camera to the color monitor...

[@musicauthority7828]

Before it's accident that guitar looks like it was a way better guitar. than any of the guitars made by the big name guitar manufacturers. it just shows you're ability to build fantastic instruments.

[@RattiDave]

Jerry - As many times as I have heard you say it does not exist, I am surprised you have never invented a "zipper" for guitars and other hollow-body stringed instruments. Some sort of quick release attachment device for the back, to allow easier access to the soundboard, braces, etc. It wouldn't be easy, but few worthwhile things are. Give it a thought while you are on 'sabbatical' this coming month. Keep up the great work. Dave Ratti

[@tdkrei]

Nice sounding guitar Jerry. I have the same mirror with the lights and know exactly what you mean. Keep on smiling.

[@mitzioden4926]

Good job Jerry! Always love your videos.

[@raystargazer]

Excellent sounding instrument! Not an advert, just an observation, give DR strings a shot. Mine last years (literally). The Veritas I have not changed in more than a year on my D28 and still sound great. No special chemicals, just hand wound strings. ;-)

[@dottiehildebrand3123]

I love watching you work. I can't do anything with a mirror.. I thoroughly enjoy your channel and look forward to watching your videos.. I have just started to watch all your older videos..God bless🇺🇸🌹❤️ .

[@sea-ferring]

Even through the camera mic the sound is like night and day after the fix.

[@shanerohane7494]

Wow, love that redwood sound! And the guitar looks beautiful ❤. I have a redwood guitar that's turning one year old in April 🙂 and I love the sound of it!!

[@daganvickers4133]

Fair play to ye boy, sweet sounding instrument

[@colindamo]

That is such a sweet guitar Jerry! I like the design aesthetic and of course the sound is awesome! 👍

[@that_thing_I_do]

Considering Taylor's with all their high falooting CNC are in for repairs in not even a 5 yr.period, your Rosa achieved excellent mileage

[@zapa1pnt]

Orders for two twelve strings, before you ever built a guitar. Someone, obviously, had great confidence, in your abuildaties. 😁✌🖖

[@anthonywilson4873]

Could you get a fibre optic cable and attach it to a tube for the glue you guided by various bent tools to get to the area, you could then view it on a camera screen and use syringe to push glue down the tube.

[@mfc4591]

Wow its a great guitar, plenty volume and super tone.

[@burnts1enna]

Wow! Your first guitar was a round shouldered guitar! And you said the guys in the studio preferred to play it bcuz it sounded so good. Yet, I seem to recall a year back or so I asked you in the comments if you built round shouldered guitars and you said no, you preferred the sound of the squarer shouldered guitars. Just thought I’d throw that out there. Love your videos!! 👍

[@RosaStringWorks]

I guess I misunderstood your question I built that because that is a 12 string pattern from Martin But that's not the shape I typically build fact I've never built anymore

[@atleengelstad5303]

Amazing sound! And it has aged well!

[@jeffgrier8488]

Sounds great Jerry!

[@wsearp]

I have the same problem on my old Martin early 60s D 28 which was dropped in moving from Florida to Ohio and the neck and fret board has moved about 1/16 inch toward the bridge.... That makes the intonation a little sharp up the neck.... It's an extremely great sounding Martin otherwise.... I have tried everything to force it back to no avail.... I do not want to remove the neck so not sure just what to do about it.... Moving the bridge to compensate seems to be the best route...

[@원숭이레요]

Hi there! Do you also make and sell bridges?! We desperately need help from professionals like you..!👏🏻

[@malcolmboynton7652]

just recently did similar repairs on a 6 and a 12 string i built in early 90's. they were stored in the attic since the build. not good. after a short while i gane up on trying to keep the inside neat. love your channel it has given me and i'm sure many others confidence to carry on. QUESTION?? i had to fill and reset both saddles using your temporary wire /string holder method. got it within 10 cents. what is acceptible intonation? thanks and please keep the videos coming.

[@RosaStringWorks]

I like to see it within 1 or 2 cents possibly 3 at the most

[@Tbone1952]

I’ll bet your dental hygienist could have gotten that glue up in that brace lol!

[@markdoyle9642]

RESPECT!

[@russellpowell5767]

Building a first guitar in a week is an amazing accomplishment Did you sleep😀

[@thomasstampflmeier8991]

very nice job.

[@mitchmatthews6713]

Inspiration!

[@mikesobba3510]

Damn Hide Glue!!

[@zapa1pnt]

Jerry, if you had turned the guitar on it's side, with the hole toward you, wouldn't have had such a problem, with the mirror. We would not be able to see what you are doing but we couldn't see, anyway, so it would have been the better way to go. 😁✌🖖

[@My3_iCKyCCTBO]

I don't remember which video you have an old song playing under. What is the name of the song that sounds in your background? The father tells his son to go to the city and not stay on the farm, and now the son is touring

[@CapnBubbaa]

this great Guitar needs to be demo-ed in a new video, in that hands of a real flat picker, maybe in a band session

[@alandust2188]

Certainly, it had to have been Hyde Glue being that was the first guitar you ever built. After all, that's the only Glue that was available way back then!!!!!😂

[@johneriksen5504]

Buzz was gone 👍

[@rhettbickley9097]

You are a wizard!

[@michaellandreth1392]

Jerry I know you wouldn't do it now. But I noticed the Star Inlay on the Bridge. Is it to cover the two bolts holding on the bridge ? Thanks

[@RosaStringWorks]

No I didn't know at that time that that was an indication there were bolts there I did not put bolts in the bridge

[@michaellandreth1392]

@@RosaStringWorks Yeah they look nice there. Very nice guitar !

[@RANGUIDRY]

Better a camera inside the body instead of a mirror, I would guess. But you know best for sure. Enjoy watching your repairs and advice.

[@costrio]

Nice tone. The strings made a difference -- sort of a primitive EQ?

[@adamkempa5157]

That guiar sounds great - But why don't you just use the zipper on the back of the guitar? Work on the braces is much eaiser with the back off, then just zip it back up. Would be nice (just kidding) Good job

[@joshuawhited547]

It’s a very beautiful guitar. How can I acquire myself a Rosa?

[@LucyGirl-61]

I believe he mentioned he isn’t building anymore except maybe for family

[@leoscomputerandguitarrevie978]

Jerry no longer builds guitars.

[@FieldOswald-q2c]

Barrows Fort

[@kc8hyg]

Takes me 6 months to make a guitar, but I am 81.

[@car5car5]

guitar repairmen use glue, which is NOT water-resistant and your guitar will be back for next repair sooner or later!!! That is a trick, nobody knows about, except me. There are 2 types of Titebond glue: red and green. Green is water-resistant, he is using red label bottle.

[@mattomon1045]

Cool rosa #1

[@rhettbickley9097]

I’ve cut my hair over 50 years. By feel, no mirror.

[@WoodyFletcher]

What are you doing in just a T shirt?

[@RosaStringWorks]

You didn't read the 1st note on screen

[@gordonlennox4501]

Just a thought, because the image in your mirror is reversed it confuses the logical, left hand side of your brain. Which I have to say is also the one you talk with. So to cope with this problem relax let your right hand brain do the work and that means stop talking. We don't mind the silences because we understand.

[@timothy4664]

I really don't get Jerry's problem with hide glue. Violin makers use it exclusively and the joins last decades. It's fine he doesn't want to use it but whenever he suggests that hide glue is useless, he comes across as stupid imho