Yes. I agree. It's much better than when it came from the factory. I watched every second of all 3 videos. All I can say is: "You are the king of your kraft!"
@@EbonyPope thank you for confirming what I assumed, EbonyPope. If only those who spend their time this way used their energies for good - what a sweet planet it would be, ay?
"Fine instruments since 1983", I was born that year.. You are doing a great job, I'm learning a lot and I really enjoy watching your videos, hats off to you sir.
I really enjoy watching your perfectionism. I'm a 26yr retired commercial airplane structure mechanic. When we fasten two pieces of metal together that requires a fay surface seal we must have 100% coverage on both surfaces and after clamping or fastening and have100% void free squeeze out. Ps I'm also a woodworker.
I have a new favorite thing to do, watching you do your magic sir. That's absolutely amazing. My father has a Gibson that's about 60 years old and I'm probably going to get in touch with you about having it looked at. It's a valuable guitar and I'd like to get the neck straightened out for him.
I have been watching you work for a loooong time, and following your methods and ideas, I decided to finally replace the neck on my 1959 Hofner 4450. The heel has a square form without any dovetail, so I recut it into a dovetail and fitted it with shims in the way you do, result....Amazing, I can swing the guitar around by the neck and it doesn't move one thou...and this is before gluing! Thank you for your detailed methods in everything you do, which in turn gave me confidence to repair my own guitar. AAA++++
It wasn't easy, but you came out on top turning your friend Leon's guitar from a wall hanger to a top draw instrument that he can be proud of. You excelled in all three major tasks which proves you are the best there is. Even to fixing a factory flub in the bridge that was CF Martin's fault to begin with. Once again I take my hat off to you. You never, never fail to satisfy me Mr. Rosa, NEVER!!
Love how you do these repairs, especially the care you take in both not creating any defects and in keeping the "original" look and craftsmanship. Although, the craftsmanship that you put back into this one was superior to what they did at the Martin factory originally. A job well done sir.
I love Jerry's videos, and love when a new one comes out, so don't get me wrong. But does anyone else dread the intro playing and scrub past it when it starts?
Wonderful job, again, Jerry! I did a trade last week.... trading my 2002 "10" series PRS Santana III Electric guitar, which is an amazing powerhouse of an electric guitar I put up for sale due to my back not being able to handle a 9lb plus guitar hanging on my shoulder. for TWO nice acoustic guitars, a 2021 Martin 000-28 HD in the case, and a 2015 Epiphone Hummingbird Artist Series Custom Acoustic, and some cash on top... So, figuring the PRS was worth around $3500 plus, and a new Martin 00028 is going for $3200 give or take, and the Hummingbird worth around $800 to $900 and the cash, I did a decent trade. Now for the good part... When I played the Martin here in my studio. I was not impressed at all. I told my trade partner that either the neck is not set properly, or it's just that the action was too high, seriously high, and needed a truss rod adjustment. I would need to adjust the neck before completing the deal of the trade. So..... I took the "12's" off. (I just hate 12's) and switched strings out for 10's. Light guage. Turned the truss rod nut back to loosen things up first and began to bring it back down, tightening it up. I like very low action for my fingerstyle playing. Which I do a ton of. I actually take a guitar pick I use to set it on the 12th fret and bring the action down to just above that pick! When I did , and checked the intonation all the way up the neck, it was PERFECT! I played a few tunes on the guitar and just fell in love with it. WOW!! I have played dozens of Martins... I live 20 minutes from The Martin Factory in Nazareth. This plays as good if not better than 95% of those I've played the past 40 years! LOL. I follow your videos for years now, and I believe we have had a couple of conversations over the years on a few questions I had on resetting necks for a few old Gretsch Archtops I restored. Due to your videos, i learned some tricks on how to get into doing these set ups on these high end acoustics, so I thank you for those. Showing how to keep your cool and take the good with the bad in stride. Now that darn Martin 000-28 is going to be my go-to guitar for quite awhile... hanging up the SJ200 for a spell. Thank you, Jerry ...... Peter
Excellent! It was kind of like observing a world class surgeon in the surgery suite! I saw things done to a guitar I would never attempt. You are a master, Sir!
Wow mr. Rosa such a long and tedious process .you definitely have the patience .and knock out of the park. Doing the neck joint is a meditulious process too. Just absolutely master in your craft. Sir thanks for all your videos .I learned a lot and now I know what it takes to do such a job crazy long ,long time but the end result is worth it all the best mr.rosa can't wait to what else you are going to do .another custom guitar project .I hope so .I
Jerry, What a great series! If the owner is close enough, you could have asked him to come demo it with one of his tunes..... It's always great to watch a master at work!
I was thinking the same thing. Then I began to think how Jerry must work on all the instruments for his band and other fellow musicians in his neck of the woods - and how many of us would like to see and hear them play together and individually demo their instruments that Jerry has worked on. That's just a vision I had. Probably never happen, but I'd money to see that, and buy that DVD. Jerry is simply a genius. 😊
I enjoyed this series. I have a Martin DM my wife gave me 20 years ago for my birthday. I’ve always been too distracted with work so I’ve never really played it like it should be. We do enjoy having it here. Many friends and family come for a visit and play for us. I’d like to learn how to work it into a better sounding instrument.
That guitar looks and sounds like new or better. Jerry I got to hand it to you, you can't tell the neck was ever off, the new bridge looks fantastic and covers up where it was messed up. That spit shine has made the finish way glossy. That is a good wax for sure. Your friend is going to be tickled when he gets the guitar back. That is one of the best HD 28's out there.
This is my fourth video. I'm SO hooked!! I love to see guitars CORRECTLY being fixed up! It's very satisfying to watch. And you make great videos, too! Such an amazing thing to watch you work, and to see the final product. Your videos are very much like movies in that there is a climax at the end, what I call "the payoff". Thanks so much for sharing your great work!
That's a lot of work for old Guitars Mr. Rosa I would just buy another one since I couldn't afford your service lol Hell cannot even afford a Gibson 😂 That is some Fine work 🎉❤.
Fine Job Garry. The Sound of the guitar is great. I think it never befor soundet so good. Greetings from Magdeburg Germany to Arcansa. By the way we have actualy 20°C outside, because of warm winds from South, tthat's pretty warm in this time of the Year.
Jerry, I’ve got to tell you that I have zero idea how you get all these videos in with all the work you have to do. You must sleep 2 hours every night. I just want to say that we all really appreciate your personality and talent…..thanks so much
Great job thank you /you showed how to repair guitars I am in Thailand workmanship SUCKS bad here never let any one repair mine. I have repaired 5 guitar 3 of mine 2 for others one found in trash can it was very bad head broken neck very loose bridge loose broken side and a lot of cracks. THANK YOU
I considered becoming a luthier 50 years ago and wound up in graphic arts and photography instead. What a mistake that was. Now I'm too old to do anything but tinker with my own guitars.
Great job Jerry, Leon is a lucky guy to have a nice sounding guitar like that and he's lucky to have an expert like you to repair it for him, maybe he could come back and play Angeline the Baker on this one.
This was great, Jerry. I do wonder, though: If the bridge pins holes followed the line of the saddle, wouldn't that even up the break angle for all the strings? Otherwise, bostin job, as usual, Jerry! Thanks for sharing this.
Good thing it’s a Martin… Jerry, your mastery has shown again. God has given you a gift. Hope you got paid what you’re worth!
What amazes me about ur work is ur patience - u won’t except anything less than the best u can do ❤
Yes. I agree. It's much better than when it came from the factory. I watched every second of all 3 videos. All I can say is: "You are the king of your kraft!"
Once Again~The "Doc" DOODID IT!
😎
It was an honor to take that wonderful ride with you. Thank you, master luthier!
@@fifteenthfret It is a scam. These accounts are all over TH-cam pretending you won something. Be careful.
@@EbonyPope thank you for confirming what I assumed, EbonyPope.
If only those who spend their time this way used their energies for good - what a sweet planet it would be, ay?
Barrrffff..do idolize this half talent..please
Dang. You wasted all that perfectly good worry! Remastered by Rosa!
Out of all the things I watch on TH-cam, this series is definitely one of my favorites
It's better than factory because you corrected their defects. You do good work Sir. Don't let anybody ever tell you any different.
I did enjoy this series. I have an HD-28V. Good to see this guitar back among the living. It has years of life left in it.
You did a real fine job, sir. I love real craftsmanship and you are one of a kind. PTL
I totally enjoyed watching all three parts of this repair. You have given a dead guitar a new life.
Well done sir!
🎶 Blue all over again 🎵
That Paduk really has a nice ring!! Big improvement. Great job as always.
True Craftsmanship.
Enjoyed thoroughly.
TY
"Fine instruments since 1983", I was born that year.. You are doing a great job, I'm learning a lot and I really enjoy watching your videos, hats off to you sir.
Awesome 😎 If Tony the Tiger were there, I'm sure he'd say it sounds grrrreat 🐯😊
I really enjoy watching your perfectionism. I'm a 26yr retired commercial airplane structure mechanic. When we fasten two pieces of metal together that requires a fay surface seal we must have 100% coverage on both surfaces and after clamping or fastening and have100% void free squeeze out. Ps I'm also a woodworker.
Your work is very much above factory level! Only a fine artist can achieve that perfection! I applaude you! Thanks for showing us your solutions!
Sharp b string. Otherwise sounds great.
I have a new favorite thing to do, watching you do your magic sir. That's absolutely amazing. My father has a Gibson that's about 60 years old and I'm probably going to get in touch with you about having it looked at. It's a valuable guitar and I'd like to get the neck straightened out for him.
Well Jerry, the carbon paper demo was worth a bucket of gold for us hobby builders and fixers.
Great repair job Jerry , you are the BEST & thanks for putting your videos on, they are great.
Jerry, you should have had your friend there to audition it at the end. That would have been cool!
Another big learning!
Thanks for putting it out there, Jerry!
Clear as a bell 🛎 with wonderful presence.
BRAVO DOTTORE
I have been watching you work for a loooong time, and following your methods and ideas, I decided to finally replace the neck on my 1959 Hofner 4450.
The heel has a square form without any dovetail, so I recut it into a dovetail and fitted it with shims in the way you do, result....Amazing, I can swing the guitar around by the neck and it doesn't move one thou...and this is before gluing!
Thank you for your detailed methods in everything you do, which in turn gave me confidence to repair my own guitar. AAA++++
Bravo Jerry...Like you said, better than new...
It wasn't easy, but you came out on top turning your friend Leon's guitar from a wall hanger to a top draw instrument that he can be proud of.
You excelled in all three major tasks which proves you are the best there is. Even to fixing a factory flub in the bridge that was CF Martin's fault to begin with.
Once again I take my hat off to you. You never, never fail to satisfy me Mr. Rosa, NEVER!!
Fantastic job, lovely guitar. Watched it all end to end. For someone in NYC that is a universe of time...! Keep up the videos. I like them a lot...
wow ...its alive.....you sir are a smart man.... really enjoyed watching you work.....
A Job Well Done Jerry, Followed All The Way Through
BETTER than factory! Nice job, as usual!!
I find something very relaxing watching you work. A TOUCH OF THE MASTER'S HAND. THANK YOU.
Beautiful work Jerry.
Thanks man, enjoyed the whole thing, great commentary, great skill. Love the problem solving because.....such is life right. Cheers
You did a beautiful restoration of the bad parts.
That guitar sounds and looks great. Good Job Jerry
I'll bet she's really nice to play with that low action and bang-on intonation. I've really enjoyed these vids, thanks!
Nice work, Jerry! 😁
This was absolutely riveting! Thank you.
Great. Greetings from the U.K.
Love how you do these repairs, especially the care you take in both not creating any defects and in keeping the "original" look and craftsmanship. Although, the craftsmanship that you put back into this one was superior to what they did at the Martin factory originally. A job well done sir.
Thanks for sharing all of your experience. It's very generous of you.
Surprise..this guy is an actor like joe biden..stop worshipping idiits.
And the winner is....!!
I love Jerry's videos, and love when a new one comes out, so don't get me wrong. But does anyone else dread the intro playing and scrub past it when it starts?
In rifle stock making it's called "Inletting," whereby the entire barreled action is lowered into the wood stock. Patience!
Very interesting. Learned quite a lot. Thank you.
Great job Jerry! I'd call that PERFECT!
Patience, dedication and precision. Fantastic restoration by the master luthier. Thank you for the lesson, Jerry.😉👍
Marvelous you should get a job at Martins factory
I watch you fixing those broken guitars I learned a lot from sir, that's why I fixed my three guitars and all off them are working well. Thank You sir
after the trauma of the defects , the patient is now better than ever, real nice job.
You’re the best luthier ❤
Wonderful job, again, Jerry! I did a trade last week.... trading my 2002 "10" series PRS Santana III Electric guitar, which is an amazing powerhouse of an electric guitar I put up for sale due to my back not being able to handle a 9lb plus guitar hanging on my shoulder. for TWO nice acoustic guitars, a 2021 Martin 000-28 HD in the case, and a 2015 Epiphone Hummingbird Artist Series Custom Acoustic, and some cash on top... So, figuring the PRS was worth around $3500 plus, and a new Martin 00028 is going for $3200 give or take, and the Hummingbird worth around $800 to $900 and the cash, I did a decent trade. Now for the good part... When I played the Martin here in my studio. I was not impressed at all. I told my trade partner that either the neck is not set properly, or it's just that the action was too high, seriously high, and needed a truss rod adjustment. I would need to adjust the neck before completing the deal of the trade. So..... I took the "12's" off. (I just hate 12's) and switched strings out for 10's. Light guage. Turned the truss rod nut back to loosen things up first and began to bring it back down, tightening it up. I like very low action for my fingerstyle playing. Which I do a ton of. I actually take a guitar pick I use to set it on the 12th fret and bring the action down to just above that pick! When I did , and checked the intonation all the way up the neck, it was PERFECT! I played a few tunes on the guitar and just fell in love with it. WOW!! I have played dozens of Martins... I live 20 minutes from The Martin Factory in Nazareth. This plays as good if not better than 95% of those I've played the past 40 years! LOL. I follow your videos for years now, and I believe we have had a couple of conversations over the years on a few questions I had on resetting necks for a few old Gretsch Archtops I restored. Due to your videos, i learned some tricks on how to get into doing these set ups on these high end acoustics, so I thank you for those. Showing how to keep your cool and take the good with the bad in stride. Now that darn Martin 000-28 is going to be my go-to guitar for quite awhile... hanging up the SJ200 for a spell.
Thank you, Jerry ...... Peter
Nice work Jerry.
Excellent! It was kind of like observing a world class surgeon in the surgery suite! I saw things done to a guitar I would never attempt. You are a master, Sir!
Lovely job Jerry. He'll be over the moon with that. All the best mate
Jerry, this guitar can out perfect! I love watching you making these instruments become so amazing!
Wow mr. Rosa such a long and tedious process .you definitely have the patience .and knock out of the park. Doing the neck joint is a meditulious process too. Just absolutely master in your craft. Sir thanks for all your videos .I learned a lot and now I know what it takes to do such a job crazy long ,long time but the end result is worth it all the best mr.rosa can't wait to what else you are going to do .another custom guitar project .I hope so .I
It came out great thats good. You finally done puckering 😊 If you pray about what your doing first it will always turn out good.
Jerry, What a great series! If the owner is close enough, you could have asked him to come demo it with one of his tunes..... It's always great to watch a master at work!
I was thinking the same thing. Then I began to think how Jerry must work on all the instruments for his band and other fellow musicians in his neck of the woods - and how many of us would like to see and hear them play together and individually demo their instruments that Jerry has worked on.
That's just a vision I had. Probably never happen, but I'd money to see that, and buy that DVD. Jerry is simply a genius.
😊
Job well done. Your patience is the key to perfection. I do enjoy watching your craftsman ship.
I enjoyed this series. I have a Martin DM my wife gave me 20 years ago for my birthday.
I’ve always been too distracted with work so I’ve never really played it like it should be.
We do enjoy having it here. Many friends and family come for a visit and play for us.
I’d like to learn how to work it into a better sounding instrument.
Great job Sir!!!!
At least your mate can see where his money went ! Good job.
That guitar looks and sounds like new or better. Jerry I got to hand it to you, you can't tell the neck was ever off, the new bridge looks fantastic and covers up where it was messed up. That spit shine has made the finish way glossy. That is a good wax for sure. Your friend is going to be tickled when he gets the guitar back. That is one of the best HD 28's out there.
This is my fourth video. I'm SO hooked!! I love to see guitars CORRECTLY being fixed up! It's very satisfying to watch. And you make great videos, too! Such an amazing thing to watch you work, and to see the final product. Your videos are very much like movies in that there is a climax at the end, what I call "the payoff".
Thanks so much for sharing your great work!
Thanks Jerry great video nice guitar 🇬🇧
That's a lot of work for old Guitars Mr. Rosa I would just buy another one since I couldn't afford your service lol Hell cannot even afford a Gibson 😂 That is some Fine work 🎉❤.
Helluva job Jerry. Rings like a bell!!
Fine Job Garry. The Sound of the guitar is great. I think it never befor soundet so good. Greetings from Magdeburg Germany to Arcansa.
By the way we have actualy 20°C outside, because of warm winds from South, tthat's pretty warm in this time of the Year.
Great job jerry!! I really did enjoy that
Cant wait to hear that one. What a beauty
Jerry, I’ve got to tell you that I have zero idea how you get all these videos in with all the work you have to do. You must sleep 2 hours every night. I just want to say that we all really appreciate your personality and talent…..thanks so much
Beautiful sound
I've learned a whole lot from watching your videos. I really enjoy it. Now, off to the pawn shop to find some cheap practice pieces.
Jerry I enjoy every one of your TH-cam videos keep up the good work.
Great job thank you /you showed how to repair guitars I am in Thailand workmanship SUCKS bad here never let any one repair mine. I have repaired 5 guitar 3 of mine 2 for others one found in trash can it was very bad head broken neck very loose bridge loose broken side and a lot of cracks. THANK YOU
Great work Jerry. Guitar sound fabulous.
I considered becoming a luthier 50 years ago and wound up in graphic arts and photography instead. What a mistake that was. Now I'm too old to do anything but tinker with my own guitars.
This was a great series. Thank you for letting us watch you work.
Nice job Jerry! Thank you Sir!
Man perfected an awesome guitar!
Just take a listen! She sounds beautiful!
Jerry is a National Treasure!
That turned out fantastically looking and sounding!
Superb work!
Good job Jerry
Sounds powerful !!! Would love to hear Leon play it 👍
Superb job 👍
You are AMAZING! AND - you are a very good guitar player and singer!
Amazing sustain!
Well done brother. Nice work.
Big job done with a master's hand's
Good work Jerry! 👏
The guitar came out nearly perfect. It sounds and looks good.
Nice work…as usual! 👍🏻
Great job Jerry, Leon is a lucky guy to have a nice sounding guitar like that and he's lucky to have an expert like you to repair it for him, maybe he could come back and play Angeline the Baker on this one.
Nice work.
Great work
Another quality job done by the master well done sir
TOP JOB AGAIN JERRY
Amazing guitar, sounds stunning even through the basic speakers im using just now. Great job as always Jerry.
This was great, Jerry. I do wonder, though: If the bridge pins holes followed the line of the saddle, wouldn't that even up the break angle for all the strings? Otherwise, bostin job, as usual, Jerry! Thanks for sharing this.