I retired from Martin Guitar in August of 2021. Part of my time (about 16 years) was in the customer repair department. Brought back memories, although when I would polish we had liquid polish and used handheld buffers to polish. Nice work on that D28.
So good to see you again , Jerry. Your skills are still amazing and your videos are dearly missed. Hope you’re enjoying retirement. Love your man cave, too!
I just wanted to stop and say thanks. I haven’t seen you in a while so I looked you up. Your hard work making these videos has been a blessing to all of us. Thank you so much for teaching us. Have a blessed day.
Boy, Jerry, you hit the nail on the head. It is very difficult to repair a crack on a light covered top. I had one of my guitar sitting in the guitar stand next to my dresser and I got up and turned off the alarm clock, which was actually the old style that was the electric and anyway somehow grabbed the cord as I was walking away in the alarm clock swung down off the dresser hitting the guitar right in the upper bout below the bridge. I ended up with about a 4 to 5 inch crack in it. I tried every thing that I had seen you do as far as the suction comes with tight bond and clamps trying to pull it in, but you can still see it. Afterwards, I put CA glue crack. It scraped it with razor blade taped off. Anyway, long story short you can still see the because it is dark. I hate it, but at least I guess is sealed and should not cause more damage. But like you said, it is very hard to do on a spruce top light in color. I do really miss your repair videos. I watched them for years but I absolutely understand about the arthritis. For me, I am at the point where I can hardly even play any more of the arthritis in both hands and wrist. It's almost funny to look at my thumb goes halfway from my hand and then immediately turns right, lol. Anyway, thanks for the video, still love to watchyou make a repair.
Have learned so much from watching your site on TH-cam through the years . I heard one of your mandolins by a player for Claire Lynch group. You are a legend !!! Excellent job on all you have done in family , farm and crafts !! Thanks so much !!!
Nice work Jerry.. another repair using my 2 favorite tools in the luthier shop I couldn't live without...thanks to your videos ....No. 10 super glue and the exacto knife with the rounded blade ... I cant tell you how many times I have sharpened mine . One other tip I learned from a Stewmac video was using the exacto knife with a narrow elongated blade and a piece of sticky backed 220 grit sandpaper cut down to size ... this makes the skinniest little file to sand the edges of my inlays in the skinniest places . But Jerry Rosa is the reason I started luthier work. I guess we got too much in common. Both innovate and like fixing our own stuff .. and both Italian. 😁
Hi Jerry; Loved this repair. CA is treacherous on a finished surface. our minds needs to keep in the game a little even if the hands don't, don't they?.
Great seeing you at work again! As far as using CA glue for those cracks, have you tried Gluboost? It’s sandable, and they even make reusable tape you can reposition as you go, and it won’t be affected by sandpaper. I’m sure other folks have told you about that stuff, but it does work, especially for that type of repair.
You wouldn’t happen to know a Joe Rosa, do you? From Nashville, TN? I bought a watchmakers cleaning machine and it has a decal on it that says, “Hand engraved by Joe Rosa.”
Just curious here. If the crack was so near the sound hole, why not glue the crack from the inside of the guitar? It certainly wouldn’t be an issue of getting to it.
It's great to see you back in action repairing an instrument again.
I retired from Martin Guitar in August of 2021. Part of my time (about 16 years) was in the customer repair department. Brought back memories, although when I would polish we had liquid polish and used handheld buffers to polish. Nice work on that D28.
we've been so lonesome on the internet without your videos here gerry , thanks for making this !
I do miss these repair videos, thanks for sharing
Thanks for working on an instrument again. That's what we all want to see Jerry.
I guess it's hard to completely retire,happy to watch another video from you Jerry!
I’m happy to see you doing what all Musicians need, A very talented Luthier 👍
Nice to see you working on a guitar. Thank you for sharing.
So good to see you again , Jerry. Your skills are still amazing and your videos are dearly missed. Hope you’re enjoying retirement. Love your man cave, too!
Great video. Thank you
You still got it!!!
Nice to see you in the shop, Jer!
I just wanted to stop and say thanks. I haven’t seen you in a while so I looked you up. Your hard work making these videos has been a blessing to all of us. Thank you so much for teaching us.
Have a blessed day.
I love watching a master at his trade..God bless..
Love your channel🙏❤️🌹
It’s good to see you Jerry 😁
Great repair Jerry! Nice to see you working again, sure do miss it!
The med ray in that top is gorgeous.
Its good to see you doing repair again Jerry. I watch your current vlogs but i must admit i miss the repairs.
thought you’d retired😮 glad you can’t keep away ❤ miss your repairs from scotland 🏴
Boy, Jerry, you hit the nail on the head. It is very difficult to repair a crack on a light covered top. I had one of my guitar sitting in the guitar stand next to my dresser and I got up and turned off the alarm clock, which was actually the old style that was the electric and anyway somehow grabbed the cord as I was walking away in the alarm clock swung down off the dresser hitting the guitar right in the upper bout below the bridge. I ended up with about a 4 to 5 inch crack in it. I tried every thing that I had seen you do as far as the suction comes with tight bond and clamps trying to pull it in, but you can still see it. Afterwards, I put CA glue crack. It scraped it with razor blade taped off. Anyway, long story short you can still see the because it is dark. I hate it, but at least I guess is sealed and should not cause more damage. But like you said, it is very hard to do on a spruce top light in color. I do really miss your repair videos. I watched them for years but I absolutely understand about the arthritis. For me, I am at the point where I can hardly even play any more of the arthritis in both hands and wrist. It's almost funny to look at my thumb goes halfway from my hand and then immediately turns right, lol. Anyway, thanks for the video, still love to watchyou make a repair.
Jerry - You always make it look so easy!
Thanks!
Beautiful near-invisible job!
Welcome back!
Have learned so much from watching your site on TH-cam through the years . I heard one of your mandolins by a player for Claire Lynch group.
You are a legend !!! Excellent job on all you have done in family , farm and crafts !! Thanks so much !!!
Jerry, I love your videos so much, great to see another repair video.
Nice work Jerry.. another repair using my 2 favorite tools in the luthier shop I couldn't live without...thanks to your videos ....No. 10 super glue and the exacto knife with the rounded blade ...
I cant tell you how many times I have sharpened mine .
One other tip I learned from a Stewmac video was using the exacto knife with a narrow elongated blade and a piece of sticky backed 220 grit sandpaper cut down to size ... this makes the skinniest little file to sand the edges of my inlays in the skinniest places .
But Jerry Rosa is the reason I started luthier work.
I guess we got too much in common. Both innovate and like fixing our own stuff .. and both Italian. 😁
Excellent job. You still have the touch,
Thanks Jerry great video🇬🇧
Nice repair Jerry.......you make it look easy.......even when its not!!!
Hey I agree, really glad to see back in action. I've learned very much from you..pex
I'm impressed! Well done! 🤘
Hi Jerry;
Loved this repair. CA is treacherous on a finished surface. our minds needs to keep in the game a little even if the hands don't, don't they?.
Great job Jerry. Love to watch you in the shop.
Great stuff Jerry! Looking forward to this one 😁
Great job on that crack. Thumbs up to your video.
Great seeing you at work again! As far as using CA glue for those cracks, have you tried Gluboost? It’s sandable, and they even make reusable tape you can reposition as you go, and it won’t be affected by sandpaper. I’m sure other folks have told you about that stuff, but it does work, especially for that type of repair.
Looks perfect 👍🏻👍🏻
Arthritis sucks and everyone deserves to retire. Still, I do miss watching you cook.
Great repair! What type of cracks require cleats? I didn’t see any here.
Very very good 😊
Thanks for the vid. How are your hands holding up?
Thanks! 🎻🙂✌️😎
Classic Jerry..
Caleb couldn't have don it better! ;-)
You wouldn’t happen to know a Joe Rosa, do you? From Nashville, TN? I bought a watchmakers cleaning machine and it has a decal on it that says, “Hand engraved by Joe Rosa.”
Just curious here. If the crack was so near the sound hole, why not glue the crack from the inside of the guitar? It certainly wouldn’t be an issue of getting to it.
Enough blackboard scratching already!
Enjoy your repair vids. Dont watch any of your other content.