Hi Jerry ,thanks again for letting us into your workshop/home. To witness the miracle of your genius and the birth of a great guitar! Will be eagerly following the build...! Cheers from the UK. Rob.
Glad to see you taking on a new project. I got my bag of chips, a bottle of pop and my earphones on. All set Jerry, do your magic and build an awesome guitar.
Thank you for all your amazing videos. I really enjoy them all! Just hanging out here in Missouri a little further north of where you guys are at watching and trying to soak it all in!
Thank you again Jerry. I always learn things from you videos, not to mention an admiration for your craftsmanship and over all knowledge of lutherie and craftsmanship.
Thank you very much for sharing a look into your work. I also enjoyed the little "frost flower" bit. The extra effort gone into recording and editing this, for everyone, is appreciated. Cheers from Cleveland.
Love your videos. Keep them coming please. I also have a Bunker, MO connection, my Niece and her husband live there. Whoops and a nephew, can't forget him.
Good to see you back at work creating new works of art! I don't if anyone else mentioned, so forgive me if someone did already. The Digital Level and Angle Finder digits after the decimal point (.) are MINUTES of 1 degree of which there are 60 per degree. 15 minutes equals 1/4 degree and so forth... So .05 minutes is just shy of approx 1/10th of a degree. Get that fire wood cut, buddy... Have a good, Jerry!
How you handled that padouk just blows my mind. It is a very temperamental timber but you handled it in a most masterful manner. You never, never fail to satisfy me Mr. Rosa and I can hardly wait for the finished product. It'll take a while for part 2 as you said, but it's going to be worth it. You make instruments and play music that's well worth waiting for and I hope someday to meet you. I take my hat off to you Mr. Rosa.
I love watching you work. My wife walked by and asked what you were doing at around 8:00... I said "resawing a board to make guitar sides. She asks, do you do that? Sometimes, but not for the same purpose... I do it for veneers. She looked again at that band saw blade and said "this is why I never watch you use power tools" and walked away. I dunno, I still have most of all of my fingers.
Padauk is one of my very favorite woods. I have used it to trim custom built stereo equipment. I am planning some new electric guitar extension speakers that I will use a light wood like maple for the main structure, with padauk trim accent insert strips. No 'tolex' ... these will be finished wood beauty. If you need more, I suggest Gilmer Woods in Portland Oregon. They work with fine luthiers, furniture and cabinet builders, and just plain ol' wood hobby people. Knowledgable, honest, and respectful folks there. "Carolina Rose" for the new guitar. I wonder if the hard padauk would do better for bending if it were actually steamed in a steamer box for a few hours. I toured a bentwood furniture factory once, and they used real steam to turn the stiffest hardwoods into limp noodles..
Goodness Jerry, first of all, I so look forward to all your videos! Secondly, if I was your neighbor you may very well dislike me because I'd be in your space all the time. I find what you do so incredibly interesting. Get your firewood and get back to the shop. This guitar will be a dandy. Make sure you keep us up to date on your possible trip to Scotland and the go fund me opportunity. Cheers
I really enjoyed watching this video! One of your best IMO! I will google why guitar sides are sloped down a little on one side on the back end because I dont like to bother people with questions and I know youtube sometimes puts those in the spam folder. Thanks for all the detail you took the time to video! This is going to be another great guitar build!
Nice work again. And I know exactly your jitters with resawing. For me as a bowmaker, that is especially true when I saw pernambuco, which is essentially irreplaceable.
Great guitar, Jerry. I've got a $3200 Takamine that comes close but even through a camera mic, you can hear the potential of your guitar as it ages. What I like about your videos is that you're more than willing to show the slipups and backsteps. Makes for a honest build and video. Hat's off from Canada.
Love it..... from an Okie, I'll call Missouri, "Misssurah,"...... Lol..... Love your creativity in building and the humbling that you take responsible of......
It`s always fun to follow a new build. And I think we can be glad that the guitar not is supposed to have a Venetian cutaway, the Padauk has denied that.
Peace, quiet, hot coffee and Jerry building a new guitar from scratch! This is gonna be a splendid evening! As for the name, how about "Carolina Rose"? Haven't looked through comments yet so someone else may already have suggested this...
Amazing job Jerry, your skill level is way up there, the time just flew by watching this one, amazing, thank you for all your hard work in sharing this video. Peace and Love from Bonny Scotland.
BreatheScotland I used to help a drummer friend of mine build snare and tom shells out of paduk. They were really really loud and they were a pain in the rear to fit them in the mold.
excellent as always, if you ever get the time maybe make a scrap wood guitar from pieces laying around your shop, it could be anything just to prove that it would still sound great, then you could sell it afterwards to one of your subscribers.
Jerry, I use a wet rag between the bending iron and the wood. It really forces steam into the wood and helps to bend it easier. I’ve use it on mahogany and East Indian rosewood.
Man. That wood is beautiful. Edit: Off to a great start. I have never watched the sides be made, so that was a learning experience for me. It is turning out great. Can't wait for part 2.
That is some beautiful material.. should make for a great looking guitar when finished.. thanks for sharing part 1. looking fwd to the next part in due course..
just a thought Jerry (from one woodworker to another) but y`know that `wet looking` rubber stuff for holding things steady on a car dashboard, a roll of that would support, cushion & hold the timber as you sand it, hang on, I`ll need to google it to get the correct name, right back buddy! righto, it`s `Anti Slip` or `non slip` car mat, not expensive either, 2 or 3 of `em (or more) I`m certain would work in conjuction with your strong grip. like I said, juuuust a thought! looking forward to this build my friend, DO NOT let those so&so`s get you down mind!
Get an anti skid mat - rubberised coarse weawe. Good idea wetting and heating the outside as well as the inside as the outside has to strech as much as the inside has to compress.🤓 If you for the future make a couple of slits at either end in the bottom of the mold it would be easy to use the saw to trim the overlap.
That’s a pretty pretty side set mr.jerry. For holding thin work,have you considered building you a vacuum table? It would hold those thin side billets securely and pretty gently. I built myself a vacuum table for holding tops and backs for scraping and sanding,holding bodies for binding and other jobs,so far it’s working pretty damn well.
I wonder what that Padouk smells like when you are cutting it.... i'd love to know. Never seen frost flowers before, they're beautiful. So great to watch a true craftsman share his expertise, thanks Jerry. Peace from Rome🇬🇧🇬🇧
Back in the saddle again. I enjoy the repairs, but the builds are the best. I'm a country boy, but I've never seen frost flowers. I'm way south of you, though.
I like the stripes in Adirondack. I am not sure why people expect it to be a blank boring grainless sheet like most Sitka, but I think it looks better. In fact, the more dark stripes it has the better. But the sound of this wood is markedly more resonant.
Great video thanks for sharing. I agree with you. That is a very beautiful wood. ( I don't think I would stain it. Put clear schlick on it.) Thanks for sharing your video.
Big thumbs up Jerry (number 125). (Rhetorical question). Why do people leave a thumbs down? If they do not like it, they can just go off and fly a kite :-)
I can believe it on the wood. I tried to make a mandolin out of paduak once. It sounds decent enough, but not good. It was a pain to work. I found it bent easier just putting it in the mold cold. It seems like it can become more brittle once heated. If I tried it again, and I'm wanting to do a cocobolo copy of Jesse Mcreynolds's Brazilian rosewood Stiver, I'd give it a soak in a steam chamber.
Hey Jerry, beautiful wood.thats some high grade material there.could name it the Blue ridge beauty.thanks for the video and good to see you doing well.cheers from Tennessee
Jerry, I rally enjoyed this next guitar bu8ld. Love that wood, great choice. I have a board of it too but I’ve been too nervous to cut into it. Thanks for your encouragement, you made it look like I could do it too. Thanks.
Wow what a tough pair of sides you got i'm glad it was you and not me, 1 suggestion to help with cutting the sides in place, How about gluing a couple of small rare earth magnets about 10mm wide in a piece of wood which you could then clamp into position that way the magnets hold the saw blade straight and in line, or have you already thought of that lol.
makes sense what you said about the masking tape and CA glue, and i must admit i wold probably have been guilty of mentioning it again if you hadnt said haha. build is looking great so far!
When you said: "please be patient, I have a lot of firewood to cut", I presumed it must be all ready dry and seasoned. At my home in south BC Canada I go out into the woods in the spring, cut, split and stack for fall-winter fuel. I am amazed at your attention to detail, cutting those 45 deg. angles on the headstock blocks, everyone can see you do very precision hand made work.
Have you ever used carbide utility knife blades? So much more sharp than a standard blade. Dewalt makes a 5 pack. I buy them at Ace hardware. I work with dyneema rope on occasion. It’s the only thing I’ve found that cuts the dyneema like butter. Can’t help thinking they would have made sort work of the bodyside overlapping end cuts. You are truly a master.
Jerry the only problem I see with you sanding/sander is lack of dust collection. My DeWalt has a round exhaust which I heated some PVC Pipe to stretch over the end and fit my dust collection. Possible you could do something to hook yours to you over head. Looks like another Fine Quality Instrument is on it's way.
I saw a time lapse of those frost flowers “blooming”. Really neat. Don’t remember the plant but I think there’s only one plant that produces those. Great looking guitar so far!
You should REALLY be using a push stick when resawing on the bandsaw. Especially with a board so small and cuts so close as in those test cuts. This guy is a pro. He knows the risks. Bandsaw will take your finger off in a blink.
Hi Jerry ,thanks again for letting us into your workshop/home. To witness the miracle of your genius and the birth of a great guitar! Will be eagerly following the build...! Cheers from the UK. Rob.
The only thing disappointing about this video is that it ended. I could watch you do this stuff all day!👍😎🎸🎶
Glad to see you taking on a new project. I got my bag of chips, a bottle of pop and my earphones on. All set Jerry, do your magic and build an awesome guitar.
Thank you for all your amazing videos. I really enjoy them all! Just hanging out here in Missouri a little further north of where you guys are at watching and trying to soak it all in!
Thank you again Jerry. I always learn things from you videos, not to mention an admiration for your craftsmanship and over all knowledge of lutherie and craftsmanship.
Thanks very much for another great video, very interesting to watch the birth of a guitar, I'll bet it's father is anxious already 😁 respect
Thank you very much for sharing a look into your work. I also enjoyed the little "frost flower" bit. The extra effort gone into recording and editing this, for everyone, is appreciated. Cheers from Cleveland.
I just love the smell of padouk sawdust in the morning!Great work, Jerry!!! Thanks a million for sharing.
Love your videos. Keep them coming please. I also have a Bunker, MO connection, my Niece and her husband live there. Whoops and a nephew, can't forget him.
Good to see you back at work creating new works of art! I don't if anyone else mentioned, so forgive me if someone did already. The Digital Level and Angle Finder digits after the decimal point (.) are MINUTES of 1 degree of which there are 60 per degree. 15 minutes equals 1/4 degree and so forth... So .05 minutes is just shy of approx 1/10th of a degree. Get that fire wood cut, buddy... Have a good, Jerry!
great work as always! I don't know why this video didn't come up in my feed, I missed it until now.
Thanks for the frost flowers. You are right. I have not seen anything like that before.
Jerry, I LOVE the bright orange color that's revealed when you mill/cut the padauk! Truly one of the world's more beautiful woods.
Oh Baby! That wood is so pretty!
Jerry thank you for sharing your skills and wisdom!
How you handled that padouk just blows my mind. It is a very temperamental timber but you handled it in a most masterful manner. You never, never fail to satisfy me Mr. Rosa and I can hardly wait for the finished product. It'll take a while for part 2 as you said, but it's going to be worth it. You make instruments and play music that's well worth waiting for and I hope someday to meet you. I take my hat off to you Mr. Rosa.
Woooh what a color difference,
What great looking pieces of wood!
Thanks for taking along for the ride!
Just amazes me to no end your craftsmanship Jerry! Wish I could afford to have you build me a treasured guitar. Thnx for the vids my friend!
Good to see a new guitar started.Looking forward to the next episodes...Thanks for sharing..
I love watching you work. My wife walked by and asked what you were doing at around 8:00... I said "resawing a board to make guitar sides. She asks, do you do that? Sometimes, but not for the same purpose... I do it for veneers. She looked again at that band saw blade and said "this is why I never watch you use power tools" and walked away. I dunno, I still have most of all of my fingers.
Your frost flowers are great!!! very rare for us to see them here in Michigan. Yes, the tone sounded very rich.
Padauk is one of my very favorite woods. I have used it to trim custom built stereo equipment. I am planning some new electric guitar extension speakers that I will use a light wood like maple for the main structure, with padauk trim accent insert strips. No 'tolex' ... these will be finished wood beauty. If you need more, I suggest Gilmer Woods in Portland Oregon. They work with fine luthiers, furniture and cabinet builders, and just plain ol' wood hobby people. Knowledgable, honest, and respectful folks there. "Carolina Rose" for the new guitar. I wonder if the hard padauk would do better for bending if it were actually steamed in a steamer box for a few hours. I toured a bentwood furniture factory once, and they used real steam to turn the stiffest hardwoods into limp noodles..
Beautiful piece of wood.
Looking forward to another guitar build! Thank you for sharing all your skill and knowledge.
Orange hue of that wood is amazing!
Great to see a guitar build Jerry! When the camera goes to speeded-up it kinda shows your experience & methodology!
Watching this build for the second time now :)
I am absolutely fascinated at how good you are at what you do! Thank you!
Goodness Jerry, first of all, I so look forward to all your videos! Secondly, if I was your neighbor you may very well dislike me because I'd be in your space all the time. I find what you do so incredibly interesting. Get your firewood and get back to the shop. This guitar will be a dandy. Make sure you keep us up to date on your possible trip to Scotland and the go fund me opportunity. Cheers
Awesome! thanks for sharing
Looking great so far!
I really enjoyed watching this video! One of your best IMO! I will google why guitar sides are sloped down a little on one side on the back end because I dont like to bother people with questions and I know youtube sometimes puts those in the spam folder. Thanks for all the detail you took the time to video! This is going to be another great guitar build!
Nice work again. And I know exactly your jitters with resawing. For me as a bowmaker, that is especially true when I saw pernambuco, which is essentially irreplaceable.
Great guitar, Jerry. I've got a $3200 Takamine that comes close but even through a camera mic, you can hear the potential of your guitar as it ages. What I like about your videos is that you're more than willing to show the slipups and backsteps. Makes for a honest build and video. Hat's off from Canada.
Always enjoy your work, Jerry. This will be another great Rosa instrument. Regards, Solomon
Love it..... from an Okie, I'll call Missouri, "Misssurah,"...... Lol.....
Love your creativity in building and the humbling that you take responsible of......
I just turned 74 and I had never heard of a "frost flower" before. You learn something new all the time. That is really pretty wood. Excellent grain.
I really enjoyed that Jerry. Thanks very much. All the way from rainy old England.
It`s always fun to follow a new build. And I think we can be glad that the guitar not is supposed to have a Venetian cutaway, the Padauk has denied that.
I've been looking forward to another guitar build! Thanks Jerry.
this guy is amusing to say the least..i enjoy his workmanship
Peace, quiet, hot coffee and Jerry building a new guitar from scratch! This is gonna be a splendid evening!
As for the name, how about "Carolina Rose"? Haven't looked through comments yet so someone else may already have suggested this...
Here we go again, goody! My Father, a good DIY man, used to shout me to "Come and hold! ".
I couldn't agree more with you about the disadvantages of using CA glue and tape for holding down materials.
Amazing job Jerry, your skill level is way up there, the time just flew by watching this one, amazing, thank you for all your hard work in sharing this video. Peace and Love from Bonny Scotland.
sand on top of a piece of rubber carpet underlay, works fantastic.
I fully agree, wood in tension sounds better to me too. That is going to be one loud, clean sounding guitar.
BreatheScotland I used to help a drummer friend of mine build snare and tom shells out of paduk. They were really really loud and they were a pain in the rear to fit them in the mold.
excellent as always, if you ever get the time maybe make a scrap wood guitar from pieces laying around your shop, it could be anything just to prove that it would still sound great, then you could sell it afterwards to one of your subscribers.
Great video Jerry, keep 'em coming!
Jerry, I use a wet rag between the bending iron and the wood. It really forces steam into the wood and helps to bend it easier. I’ve use it on mahogany and East Indian rosewood.
Man. That wood is beautiful. Edit: Off to a great start. I have never watched the sides be made, so that was a learning experience for me. It is turning out great. Can't wait for part 2.
Great start Jerry ! Best of luck for the continuation
That is some beautiful material.. should make for a great looking guitar when finished.. thanks for sharing part 1. looking fwd to the next part in due course..
It would be amazing to own a guitar built by you sir.
I enjoy watching the video and looking forward for the Part 2 (rest of the series) =)
Amazing Video Jerry. Looking Forward for this series
The Master at it again,great job Jerry
Jerry your one busy beaver!congrats on the commissions,Cheers
just a thought Jerry (from one woodworker to another) but y`know that `wet looking` rubber stuff for holding things steady on a car dashboard, a roll of that would support, cushion & hold the timber as you sand it, hang on, I`ll need to google it to get the correct name, right back buddy! righto, it`s `Anti Slip` or `non slip` car mat, not expensive either, 2 or 3 of `em (or more) I`m certain would work in conjuction with your strong grip. like I said, juuuust a thought! looking forward to this build my friend, DO NOT let those so&so`s get you down mind!
Get an anti skid mat - rubberised coarse weawe. Good idea wetting and heating the outside as well as the inside as the outside has to strech as much as the inside has to compress.🤓 If you for the future make a couple of slits at either end in the bottom of the mold it would be easy to use the saw to trim the overlap.
Drop dead gorgeous!
Thanks for the masking-tape-hold explanation. I surely would have learned this the hard way!
That’s a pretty pretty side set mr.jerry. For holding thin work,have you considered building you a vacuum table? It would hold those thin side billets securely and pretty gently. I built myself a vacuum table for holding tops and backs for scraping and sanding,holding bodies for binding and other jobs,so far it’s working pretty damn well.
Thanks for the videos and may God bless you and your family
Beautiful Jerry. I bet this is an absolute joy to play
I wonder what that Padouk smells like when you are cutting it.... i'd love to know.
Never seen frost flowers before, they're beautiful.
So great to watch a true craftsman share his expertise, thanks Jerry.
Peace from Rome🇬🇧🇬🇧
Back in the saddle again. I enjoy the repairs, but the builds are the best. I'm a country boy, but I've never seen frost flowers. I'm way south of you, though.
if this as splendid as the last build it will be beautiful
love your videos Jerry....call it Troll Slayer
I like the stripes in Adirondack. I am not sure why people expect it to be a blank boring grainless sheet like most Sitka, but I think it looks better. In fact, the more dark stripes it has the better. But the sound of this wood is markedly more resonant.
Great video thanks for sharing. I agree with you. That is a very beautiful wood. ( I don't think I would stain it. Put clear schlick on it.) Thanks for sharing your video.
Big thumbs up Jerry (number 125).
(Rhetorical question). Why do people leave a thumbs down? If they do not like it, they can just go off and fly a kite :-)
That's exactly what I do. Just leave quietly I mean
@@RosaStringWorks I have always said "It's the better man who walk away" :-)
Nice colour from the fresh wood
That is going to be one nice Guitar.
I can believe it on the wood. I tried to make a mandolin out of paduak once. It sounds decent enough, but not good. It was a pain to work. I found it bent easier just putting it in the mold cold. It seems like it can become more brittle once heated. If I tried it again, and I'm wanting to do a cocobolo copy of Jesse Mcreynolds's Brazilian rosewood Stiver, I'd give it a soak in a steam chamber.
In my first work I always used Woodprix plans.
Amazing stuff! Thanks for that tip Karyl!
If this guitar turns out like the last one it's going to be phenomenal!!
This is why i watch this channel. These my favorite
Fascinating: looking forward to seeing the rest of the build Jerry!
Hey Jerry, beautiful wood.thats some high grade material there.could name it the Blue ridge beauty.thanks for the video and good to see you doing well.cheers from Tennessee
Love to save these longer guitar videos for bed, thanks.🐸
Jerry, I rally enjoyed this next guitar bu8ld. Love that wood, great choice. I have a board of it too but I’ve been too nervous to cut into it. Thanks for your encouragement, you made it look like I could do it too. Thanks.
Very nice work Jerry..I bet she’s gonna be a boomer when it’s all together.
Name Idea: Rosealina
Wow what a tough pair of sides you got i'm glad it was you and not me, 1 suggestion to help with cutting the sides in place, How about gluing a couple of small rare earth magnets about 10mm wide in a piece of wood which you could then clamp into position that way the magnets hold the saw blade straight and in line, or have you already thought of that lol.
😍man I’m excited !!! Sorry for the hard bending but it is your fault 😂 That Padauk Is just so beautiful !!!
makes sense what you said about the masking tape and CA glue, and i must admit i wold probably have been guilty of mentioning it again if you hadnt said haha. build is looking great so far!
THANKS !!! Excellent video !
When you said: "please be patient, I have a lot of firewood to cut", I presumed it must be all ready dry and seasoned. At my home in south BC Canada I go out into the woods in the spring, cut, split and stack for fall-winter fuel.
I am amazed at your attention to detail, cutting those 45 deg. angles on the headstock blocks, everyone can see you do very precision hand made work.
Have you ever used carbide utility knife blades? So much more sharp than a standard blade. Dewalt makes a 5 pack. I buy them at Ace hardware. I work with dyneema rope on occasion. It’s the only thing I’ve found that cuts the dyneema like butter. Can’t help thinking they would have made sort work of the bodyside overlapping end cuts. You are truly a master.
I'll look into it thanks
Jerry the only problem I see with you sanding/sander is lack of dust collection. My DeWalt has a round exhaust which I heated some PVC Pipe to stretch over the end and fit my dust collection. Possible you could do something to hook yours to you over head. Looks like another Fine Quality Instrument is on it's way.
The note on the screen said the Dust cord had been clogged by my son you may have missed that. Normally it doesn't leave that much dust.
@@RosaStringWorks OK Thanks Jerry.
I saw a time lapse of those frost flowers “blooming”. Really neat. Don’t remember the plant but I think there’s only one plant that produces those.
Great looking guitar so far!
I have a Recording King with Padauk it’s a nice tone wood. I dig it!
Oh yeah!!! Another guitar build!!!!!
You should REALLY be using a push stick when resawing on the bandsaw. Especially with a board so small and cuts so close as in those test cuts. This guy is a pro. He knows the risks. Bandsaw will take your finger off in a blink.
It's the most dangerous saw in the shop. I firmly believe that
Try some non-slip shelf liner that does not use adhesive (just friction). you can cut it to length and it should make holding it place easier.
looking awesome.
Great skill !
I enjoyed this video very much thank you for sharing 👊
i am not come from city , but i never see frozen flower like that ! :)
Another excellent video series!
That's some beautiful wood on the sides, an oscillating multi tool would make trimming the overlap fairly easy.
Greetings Mr. Rosa, the fraction of a degree is called minute (one dash) and seconds (two dashes), it's forty-five and five minutes of degrees.