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I received a serious offer on the mandolin. I also provide an update on my daughter Rochelle's condition. I also provide a short video how to on making my mandolin straps. And, there's more. Enjoy!
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[@garybooher9133]

Jerry, we will be praying for your daughter and your whole family; God bless you all.

[@2003jdr]

I want you to know that I am praying for your daughter. I hope they caught it in time. I have been battling cancer for 6 1/2 years. Mine started in my kidney and pretty much spread every where else. Thanks for the strap video I think that is a real neat strap especially for mandolin. I have never learned to tie that noose knot but I have it now.

[@robertshorthill6836]

Jerry, 25 grand for this beautiful, one of a kind mando is not an unreasonable amount of cash. 30 grand would still not be unreasonable. There may be in the future some other luthier/ builder that would make something equally as spectacular, but never the less, you have done your part and set the "gold standard". Thanks for all you have done in sharing your expertice on all things necessary to be done by two hands. Cheers and my prayers to you wonderful folks. Bob in Montana

[@jthonn]

Your daughter is in my prayers. Far as the Mandolin, I knew it!, If you do sell we understand. It is well worth the bucks, I think it is priceless. I can just see you picking out new tone woods for another, lol!

[@hafengr]

Jerry, My cousin just went through exactly what your daughter is going through now. With prayers and a lot of love from above things worked out well thus far and I will be praying for your situation as well my friend. Secondly I agree with you wholeheartedly on the passing years. At 65 they seem to pass as months as you say. Thinking about you all and God Bless.

[@peterbryan3081]

I absolutely support your decision to keep the mandolin. There are some things that are just beyond money. The pleasure you get, every time you play it, is one of those things!

[@carldavies1023]

God bless you Jerry and best wishes to your daughter

[@RandySchartiger]

boy do I ever know about the years/months/weeks passing too fast! I wish the very best for your daughter, definitely will say a prayer for her, I certainly hope she has better results than my daughter did. and btw thank you for your donation. all the very best to you and your family.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Thank you Randy. God Bless You. Very sorry about your daughter.

[@waynejones6215]

Don't sell it great sounding beautiful and is loud as a train with all your sweet

[@jaded2424]

Jack the rear of the tractor with both wheels off the ground. Put it in high gear, full throttle hold the clutch down then, wheels turning, drop the rear end. That's how I broke my clutch plate from sticking to the flywheel. Sounds dangerous but it works. I used a floor jack and some blocks of wood then had a buddy drop it.

[@tombrazil8093]

Hi,Jerry; I hope you never sell your Mandolin!! God gave you the strenght in your hands for this build for a reason. I have arthritis in most of my joints and about four years ago I had to have a joint removed from my right thumb and I may have to have another joint removed in the future because of the arthritis. I wish you and your Family good health and many more good days. Thanks for the videos they are enjoyable to watch. 👍

[@alethacriss9308]

Have fun with her she is a great little mando! Tom and I of course wish the best for your daughter and Congratulations on your Granddaughter's graduation. Please say Hi to the family!

[@ErnieB]

Keeping our daughter in my prayers. ❤

[@Setsofiah]

My prayers for Rochelle, Jerry, Mum had that 20 years ago - she is cancer free at 89. I've thought about band saw fences and I like what you're sharing. In the mean time, I've been buying my back and sides from a supplier in Saskatchewan going by the name of Timeless Instruments. He has some beautiful sets of East Indian Rosewood which have been aging since 1990, limited stock apparently still available in Canada, and he's a wonderful builder. It comes in around 1/4" thick so I get out my Ibex plane. Kidding! I love my little plane when you can't carve down on spruce bracing due to grain haywire. Cheers, my friend.

[@tomkirk6942]

All my best to your daughter, Jerry.

[@1066wastrel]

Gerry, my mother fought it & was operated on and beat it, do NOT give up hope, the surgeons told us that my mums attitude was half the battle, SHE never gave up hope & went around her hospital ward every morning making sure the other ladies had their wigs in place, helping them with dressing, wigs, makeup & anything else they needed but mostly telling them to be positive, that it wasn`t gonna beat them as long as they themselves wouldn`t let it! She walked out.

[@bobl2995]

Great video Jerry, I wish your daughter all the best

[@EDP1]

all the best for your daughter .am a cancer patient myself . 🌷✝️

[@andrewreynolds2647]

Great vlog Jerry, my Love and prayers to your beautiful daughter, it is the worst thing to wait for a diagnosis, I know. I will be wishing her all our love and prayers for this to be a false alarm. Keep the mandolin, I appreciate you are no fool but I believe the second you let this wonderful instrument go you will regret it possibly for the rest of your life. it is a one off there is only one and it is made by you and that is of massive importance with regard to your family, it is famous already. Congratulations on your granddaughters graduation this is a milestone in every young persons life that should be celebrated. As for the tractors you are on your own with that one, I am creaking awha as we say in Scotland, just the thought of it lol. great demo on your strap you should have been a sailor. I hope the mobile star link comes up to snuff and gives you the speeds you need and provides a great service, it is expensive but what isn't nowadays 🤑 . Stay well my friend you are a true one of a kind, I thoroughly enjoy the music you are posting. As always Peace and love to you all from Bonny Scotland.

[@bruceducker2029]

Thoughts and prayers still to your daughter. Huge hugs to trinian. Put a chair by the pond and let him fish. Thanks for the content

[@milantoombs6696]

Prayers for your daughter.

[@dickieadcock]

Best wishes for your daughter and family. Please be careful with the clutch job on the MF. With that much weight things can get out of hand before you know it. Thank you for all your videos and VLOGS.

[@jstout1947]

Jerry , Im praying for your girl, and I think the Mandolin turned out great [its a looker for sure] and you my friend are a pretty good Salesman[smile].................Best/joe

[@INDYOSKARS]

You and Bev Jerry that is a treat so you *MUST* film it all.

[@rufushornejr.465]

Hello Jerry. I also am praying for your daughter. Hang in there. On a lighter note. That's a nice mandolin. I'm a guitar player wish I was a better mandolin player. God bless.

[@pawwalton2157]

Wishing you the best of luck with your tractor repairs. Will keep praying for your daughter and her health.

[@Popcorn_Kernel]

There is a way to drive the tractors without a clutch first step try to get it info the lowest gear with the starter then get it to enough Rpms and you might be able to shift it that way My grandpa has done it with a tractor and a 1967 International dump truck

[@RobGale]

I had a car that I drove like that for a while. Starter was good and the engine would fire on the first turn. Yes, I was young.

[@Banner279]

Jerry showed me the strap trick several years ago. I use it on both my mandolins and would never consider anything else. is comfortable and is so easy to deal with when putting the instruments in the case.

[@saoirsepaddy]

Prayers goes out for your Daughter & your Rosa Family . And Happy Graduation to your Granddaughter.

[@stuahlers1528]

My mom did not raise no fool! Love it Jerry, you can’t put a price on sentimental value, but you can put a price on common sense!………. You’ll know when sentiment meets it’s reward!

[@jeffgrier8488]

We will continue keeping your daughter in our prayers. I knew that it would only be a matter of time before you received an offer on that mandolin!

[@17penobscot]

It’s very valuable, keep it and enjoy it. You’ve earned it 👍

[@johnsee7269]

Things go faster as time passes...

[@davidcarberry3547]

that will work on guns too , got an old henry, you went and learned me someone, nice

[@migalito1955]

Yes, I'd love to have an Accu-Slice. I can cut 3 inches off a Shopsmith fence and that's about it. Anything wider and the blade walks towards the fence on the bottom of the cut. I want to build a parlor sized Classical Guitar and was hoping I could slice 5 inches. Hahh said the band saw. Maybe Cherry at 4 1/2 inch wide but Maple. Nope.

[@lonesomelenny7606]

I recently got into mandolin. I play guitar and pedal steel and look for simplicity. I like your strap idea and going to put one on my new Eastman mandolin. Thank you.

[@ianparker1109]

Hope your daughter is ok♥️ Beautiful work on the mandolin

[@short6691]

Thanks for the cord strap demo! I am using it on my ukulele and love it!

[@74dartman13]

I know how you feel about that mandolin. I have a guitar that I put many hours of my time into and I absolutely love it. It's not anywhere close to the quality of your instrument, but I do truly love it and it would yake a bunch of money for me to part with it. When you bond with something, it's hard to part with.👍😎🎸🎶

[@2010bigfathen]

The last 20 years have went by so fast it’s scary

[@SimiPair]

Hope all goes well with.your daughter.

[@poorfesor]

My wife is a 45 year survivor of breast cancer because she had both breasts removed when only one had shown a tumor. She is 79 and I am 83.

[@Popcorn_Kernel]

I feel the same way about my straps I use rope on all my instruments especially my banjos because their old

[@paullanier8280]

Please DO Not sell it . I have sent daily prayers for your daughter, Rochelle. God Bless you for all you give and also for how you endure hardships. Hang on my good man .

[@adamkempa5157]

Thanks for the strap info - More important best of luck to your family & daughter. P.S. Hug everyone within reach Adam

[@74dartman13]

I'll be praying for you daughter. 🙏🙂

[@dave7010]

Of course you want to keep it, nudge nudge, hint hint.😉👍

[@denniscleveland669]

A friend of mine had an Alice Chalmers that had two clutches. One foot pedal and the other one was a hand operated one. The foot stopped everything and the hand stopped only the pto.

[@steverhenius6734]

This mandolin is priceless and I understand why you would want to keep it. So are you and your family. Wishing the best outcome for your daughter.

[@WhiteDragon689]

Don't sell it Jerry. Keep it for you own pleasure when you play it. You deserve it.

[@toddfrymire6265]

prayers

[@geneedwards5639]

Continued prayers for Rochelle and your entire family, Jerry.

[@RockingG1961]

Where are you going to be in Mountain view AR ? I live 15 minutes from there. would love to see you.

[@waltersguitars3336]

Hey jerry I just love the intro song so much! What song is that?? It’s just amazing!!

[@djba]

Hi … blessings on you and your family. I looked up parachord on Amazon and they have a bunch. Do you know the diameter that you find works well? Some of it is listed as 4mm. Is that thick enough?

[@kevincozens6837]

Jerry, I have seen several people using that style of strap on their mandolin. Do you find it comfortable if you are using it during a long playing session? I would have thought the thin cord would be hard on the neck after a while.

[@brycegriffin9561]

Just wondering, wouldn’t the cord strap just wear away at the crest of the scroll carving? Because Para cord is a rather Abrasive material and it seems to me that it would like take the finish off of that aria of the mandolin. I would like to try a cord strap, but I’m just Curious as to if it could harm the finish in my mandolin. Thanks in advance.

[@tonywampler6588]

you or very welcome love you all tony wampler from tellico plains 37385 and have a good day

[@JeffGillis1]

🙏🕊♥️

[@michaelburkmier488]

U can always build another one

[@garyk4230]

Jerry I'd love to have your mandolin would you take 10 hens, 1 rooster , 1 baby goat and 4 gerbles in trade . Only kidding lol. We watch all your videos

[@leelossi1257]

Keep that Mandolin!! You'll regret selling it......time to make another one..... so you can hire a tractor mechanic with all that extra cash

[@davidnord1979]

"Make it simple, but not simplier" Albert Einstein....

[@michaelburkmier488]

Could you please do a video on back braces I'm building a guitar I to videos 225 and 348 how wide are the braces how high are they the cure is on the braces u glue down to the back right? Do all 4 braces have the curve thanks Michael

[@raystudio777]

How do you make a strap for an A style mandolin?

[@peterjones4621]

Starlink sounds very expensive, highway robbery, I am praying for your daughter Jerry.

[@rickeydenler2385]

hi Jerry don't the world's finest mandolin deserve a hand-tooled strap

[@RosaStringWorks]

no

[@rickeydenler2385]

@@RosaStringWorks I had a cheap strap on my guitar a musician told me he was inspired he was going to get a rope to wear with his tuxedo at his next recital LOL

[@rzh3443]

Let's hope and plan for the skilled best medical treatment for your daughter. Don't be shy to get a second opinion if need be. I see you will (soon?) be one of Mr. Musk's Space X customers ,assuming he can break away from his Twitter purchase to get you the hardware. Looking forward to new shop chat so I can avoid mowing the lawn!

[@zapa1pnt]

Jerry, if you need money, sell the mandolin you have been playing, up to now. It has been demonstrated to be an Excellent instrument and I'm sure someone would be willing to offer quite a bit, for that. The new one, which you yourself have been overwhelmed by, should stay with you. If you sell it, for Any amount, you will regret it, for the rest of your days. (Every Day)

[@geraldgourley3170]

I’m so glad you turned it down. Watching each episode of you creating the world best mandolin ever built by man. This is a family heirloom that should be kept with family.

[@Trev0r98]

Just for the record: I wouldn't consider a "layaway plan" a serious offer - even if it was for $50,000.

[@Trev0r98]

@@davebryant8050 what?

[@anthonykelly5]

just make that buyer another mando for the 25000.makes sense to me.

[@ochonero2774]

Heartfelt regards for your daughter and much appreciation for your content I am somewhat new here but have looked at quite a few videos and have learned a few things along the way. Time does pass more quickly that is more a curse but sometimes is a blessing. On the subject of selling, oh pardon me NOT going to sell the mandolin I am not buying that for a moment. Someone not interested in selling just says that plain and simple. By naming a price 3x what a new Gibson mandolin costs then openly discussing an offer north of that it is quite obvious the goal is to get well more than it would have sold for otherwise. I get it just not fooled by the charade

[@michaelburkmier488]

U got to be very wealthy to buy the accu slice it cost more than the band saw I would like to own one can't afford it

[@tonywampler6588]

t.n

[@seatdaddy1]

Jerry your sending mixed messages If you don't want to sell it don't price it

[@richardingraham6353]

I hope you never get an offer you take , unless you plan on starting the extra best mandolin ever made .

[@anidamanns7968]

i'd do 666 thousand

[@edlester7416]

Sell it! In these times, money in hand rules.

[@edlester7416]

@@davebryant8050 , there might be upcoming medical expenses where that cash might be a godsend.