433 RSW Chocolate A Bittersweet Restoration Part 2
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- I have a "thing" about Chocolate. LOL I think you will be amazed at how many splinters had to be fit in to bring this thing back to playable condition.
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I just wanted to thank you, I'm watching the second installment as I write. I spent my day restringing my Strat, with vintage machine heads. I have low vision and have never had depth perception so my work must be performed more by touch. Your patience has been a great inspiration for me. Even though I'm nearly blind I remain as stubborn as a rented mule; a situation which hasn't always resolved to my satisfaction. So thanks for a chance to learn, patience and thiinking.
Starting to be like Jerry at home. My wife had glued a table leg with hot glue (glue gun). And the leg fell off after some time after her repair.
I heard myself telling her when I used titebond "You need to see good glue squeeze everywhere so you know you got glue on all surfaces". :-)
Next project Jerry will attempt to cast an entire instrument out of just a mold & many layers of Titebond and leftover sawdust:)
I’m here for it.
I bet he could!
😂😂😂😂. It’s known as composite wood 😉
And it will look better then any new one!! This project is mind blowing!
Stradivarius Sawdust!
Thanks Jerry! I wish these videos were available when my 1972 J45 sunburst guitar was shipped from eBay. Had 2 cracks on the top near the fretboard/sound hole area. Easy fix I was thinking for a $600 guitar. When I received it, it was in 1000 pieces just like this violin. I was mortified but I also looked at it as a challenge. Glued it back together and luckily had all the pieces in the case! Turned out really nice and sounded amazing but if I had to tackle it today 25 years later and after watching the 2 latest repair videos I would have tried these techniques you’ve shared with us. Your amazing, thanks for sharing your skills, you are going to helps lot of luthiers learn faster with your videos. I believe this is what Lutherie is about, sharing with others so we all have many ways to approach a repair.
As ever Jerry, it is fascinating watching you deal with each problem as it arises. I can’t help but admire your patience and attention to detail. I don’t believe many would have even attempted to repair the violin. I look forward to another master class. Your videos are so addictive, you are a great craftsman with the equally superb skill of being able explain what your are doing and keeping it interesting; not something to be taken for granted! Keep up the good work, I can’t wait for the next video 👍☘️
I really hope we get to see this young ladys reaction when its done!! I am on the edge of my seat watching this. Oh, and I live the music too!
A seemingly insurmountable task Jerry. Must hold a lot of sentimental value to someone,...family history, so as for finish,...I for one, would let the 'scars' of it's life's story show. Certainly put a nice finish over well healed scars.
wow like fixing a smashed egg ,great to watch you work your magic , save it from the fire and give it a new life
It is amazing, knowing what you started with, to see how you have coaxed that pile of broken wood back into being a violin.
Amazing work, the owner is going to be thrilled to get their fiddle back. Thank you for sharing your hard work.
Hey Jerry, please don't say u aren't an artist. U r a MASTER ARTISAN!!! And the people who would disagree with me don't count no how!!! Keep on a rocking brother. We love ya!
Dear Lord.. please let Jerry continue with the patience of JOB to finish chocolate!
Wow Jerry.. I cant believe how much patience you’ve exhibited rebuild chocolate.. I bet you’ll want to take a short break after that one.
Amazing work fitting all those teensy pieces all together and clamping them so that they fit.
I bet you can even make an instrument from a bag full of woodshavings ;) Glue everything together and cut away anything that isn't needed... Fine job Jerry!
Amazing work Jerry. You are very talented and more than that. Very patient.
Fascinating to watch your restoration. Glad you were able to find most of those little wood bits inside the case. The violin was damaged inside the case but the case looks completely untouched except for the lock! Just thought the viewers would be interested to know that. Imagine my poor girls shock when she opened the case and found the disaster within!!!! Jerry we owe you way more than what money can pay for!!!!
Wait till you see the ending.... I think it is going to be the most impressive part
I was wondering how all the tiny bits were preserved in the case! I guess that the case was able to squish when it momentarily got crushed and sprang back to shape when released. As for the "Suprise," I can imagine the heartbreaking moment. 😢
Good job you got the 3D jigsaw to Jerry! 😉
I just commented the case must of been destroyed; it must of been very flexible. My best instrument is a Gibson L5 Archtop and if I ever move ole Maybelle will be in the car with me!
It would be so cool to watch your customer's reactions as you hand their instruments back to them all repaired, excellent job
Jerry’s the guy you needed around when you broke mom’s favorite vase
Jerry I am holding my breath until I hear the Fiddle play! Wow!
At the risk of bragging I promise you it will be worth it
Hello Jerry!
What a challenge I can't believe it! When you finish this "puzzle" violin you must play : La Marseillaise, on this instrument! I don't miss any of your video you are the best!
Bien le bonjour de Normandie (FRANCE)
If he can pull this one off, this may be the single greatest repair job that I have ever seen, especially considering what he had to start with. He seems to be down to just a couple of pieces now. I hope he can make it work. I would like to see the face of the owner when he returns the completed instrument! I am quite amazed at how easily and quickly he was able to do MAJOR SURGERY to a poor little smashed up violin. Cudos to a wonderful job well done.
I’ve made the same sort of repairs but in metal. Shattered metal, weld repairs. Going in, my attitude was that there is nothing to lose. You start with a worthless object that can only be made better and better as you go along. Chocolate will sing again! Scars and all. Great videos on your work.
The Jigsaw (Chocolate)isComing along very nicely Jerry 🥰👏👏👏👏👍🇬🇧
Some how, growing up with my family in a cabinet shop, then moving on thru a life of many different avocations, this is like meditation to watch for me. It makes feel relaxed, watching Jerry piecing instruments back together. He is saving them for another song. It is an admirable pursuit.
Fantastic repair job Jerry, already looking pretty good, looking forward to part 3! It would have been good if you could have written in pencil, some notes about the repair and the date, on that large cleat you made by the tailblock, for a future luthier to discover!
The mighty algorithm sent me here, I guess because I’ve been obsessively watching another TH-camr fix an old Volkswagen truck that is almost completely lost to rust.
I'm here to watch the Master. God Bless Mr. Rosa & everyone !!!
Renzo *
Ireland
Jerry carving away everything that doesn't look like a violin.
Chocolate + new lease on life = 100 more years of beautiful music. Awesome work as usual Jerry, Caleb, Melissa and crew 😀😀😀
This is a rollercoaster ride-I keep holding my breath...and then exclaiming "YES!!"-he dunnit!
My dentist saves his worn out drilling bits for me. They work perfect in my dremel. He saves me his broken picks and spachelas too. They're great tools as they stand, but often you can grind them and sharpen them to have exactly the tool you need...e.g. miniature screwdriver or pick. All high quality stainless.
Yes I have a lot of dental burs myself
Who are the people who click thumbs down on Mr. Jerry's videos? I'd love to see their results after attempting some of the repairs that he takes on. I bet these trolls can't even make toast without burning it. She's comin together mighty fine Mr. Jerry!
Looking great Jerry!!!
Wow excellent video. It's almost like forensic science putting that back together!
Watching Jerry Rosa put this violin back together is like seeing a unicorn, Bigfoot, and Loch Ness monster, all at one time.
I'm glad this Fiddle has been repaired, & the Pro Arte Nylon Core Violin strings do sound like Gut Strings but are more durable.
You could've replaced the friction pegs w/ Wittner Fine Tune Pegs. They look like regular pegs but there's a planetary gear system inside, & they're made out of a composite material so they're just a tad bit lighter than friction pegs. They also make a special winder for them:wittner-gmbh.de/wittner_finetune_peg_violin.html
You are The Master of All!!! I admire you man!!! I'm a pianist and beginner "luthier"
I only create Electric Bass and I love it..... But you are from another dimension!!
Thanks for share your knowledge with the mortals!!
Nothing is impossible, sometimes it just takes a little longer. Impressive work there Mr. Rosa. You are an inspiration to all of us repair folks.
Nice work Jerry, it's really starting to look like a violin again!
Brilliant work. Really satisfying to watch. Thank you.
I infer up on you the title of "Saint Jerry Rosa" Luthier extra ordinair. Man of patience & extreme love of musical instrument's. The Lord's hand is upon you as you repair the sometimes impossible & unrepairable instruments that you lay your hands upon. God's blessings on all that comes your way. I have seen many instruments that have taken on a new life after you have made repairs to them. May you long continue to breath new life in to all you repair. Your's Bob T. from across the pond in the UK Tamworth in Staffordshire. Looking forwards to many more of your entertaining video's in the future.
You MUST be great at jigsaw puzzles Jerry!!! You've got a doozie on your hands this time! WOW!!! I think I would have brained the movers who gave this a Capt. Crunch job!!!
Man, considering how F'ed up this was, it is back to life already! Truly a master's work.
Merci beaucoup, restauration passionnante ! Great work Jerry, thanks a lot !
It's coming along good Mr. Rosa, coincidentally earlier today I was watching another violin repair video from another channel I watch and the old violin he was working on had a patch at the tail block similar to the one you made.
Jerry, you have amAzing tenacity and patience...and you know when to quit...a virtuoso in your own right❤️✅❤️
I really, really like the look of the red of the repair areas, against the original color! That violin has some serious character! You could nver intentionally make something look that wicked.
I would not think that anyone could have fixed that, it was destroyed. You are AMAZING Jerry!!!
Aw, man! I was all worked up to see the finished instrument. Another great cliffhanger! I can’t wait for the result! 😃
Part 3 is already out the final part will probably come out this Friday
Can’t wait to see the finale!!
When applying dyes to unfinished wood, I always start lighter and apply subsequent coats until it blends. If you start too dark the only way to blend it in is to dilute it with water or alcohol, sand or scrape. None of those fixes is a great option which is why you want to start out lighter than where you want to go.
I know nothing about violins and instrument repair, but I am really enjoying these videos. Lots of thinking and skilled labor, along with interesting commentary. Great!
how can anyone dislike vote this?
amazing skills, humble man just doing what he loves.
Getting excited to see the end results and hear what this old fiddle will bestow upon us.
Talk about installing a, 'Dutchman' ! Jerry, you never cease to amaze me.
Jerry, some "postal" rubber bands (1/4" wide) would help you a lot, to clamp
small/tiny pieces around the edges of other parts.
Cut to length needed and stapled to clothes pins, you make tiny edge banding clamps.
Yes I've done that quite often
Watching keenly from Australia. Keep up the great work!
Interesting work, great job..
That said, I've got some commentary to add at this late date:
1. A Dremel Tool bit doesn't runout all on its own. Someone jammed it pretty good to do that I'm afraid. Jerry speaks (lovingly) of his assistant playing "practical jokes" on him. This might have been one such instance. He says Caleb began with zero experience, I know from experience, gaining experience comes at the cost of ruined bits, damage to equipment, soiled raw supplies, and assorted nasty cuts and bruises. If Caleb was on the job during this time span, I'd suspect the Dremel bit runout here on his lack of experience. The working bits are rock hard tool steel but often their shafts are welded on during the whole process, shafts can and often are dead soft and easily bent.
2. Jerry is a very improvisational musical instrument maker, there's no wonder why he's so successful. He finds ways to make things happen. Kudos.. Here's a slight rub though:
What works for guitars and other similar instruments may be fairly okay on violins, but just merely okay, sorry!
Use of casien glues and 'Titebond' work okay and get the job done rather fine, especially for spot repairs were supporting scab patches or cleats are hard or impossible to fit properly to the instrument, but forgoing such extra mechanical patchwork because 'Titebond' works fine is not high quality work. Slim hairline cracks must have some kind of support from cleats. To not do that is unfair to an old well loved instrument, thus looking for added trouble down the line. Those 'shop' glues, while stronger than hide glue might be, also degrade the instrument for its playing sound quality and in future repair work. I see in many cases there's *no* alternative, like with "Chocolate" in half its repair areas, no question. But a lot of hairline damage and grain cracking deserved being cleated - and water soluble glue could be a better solution, even in places where extensive damage prevailed, like the tail area.. Jerry, maybe because of money budget allowances, was working pretty fast despite the amount of time he put into it all. I don't know behind the scenes decision processes. Nonetheless using that much and that kind of common shop glue seems a miscalculation, maybe a miscarriage of violin repair work. Many many true violin makers would be climbing the walls at about that point. Jerry often alludes to this. Thankfully this violin sounded just fine after Jerry repaired it, and it would have otherwise been a constant reminder to its owner of apparently permanent destruction.
3. Lastly, all the other 'Titebond' use aside (forgivable); that violin was permanently damaged by glueing the top spruce plate on as he did, with commercial woodshop glue ('Titebond'). It was a pure musical travesty. That beloved fine instrument will never be able to be opened up for later repair work again; not without extensive steaming and even water soaking of the affected wood joints. Jerry himself notes how much extra steaming and soaking is required to get 'Titebond' to give up its applied grip to all and any wood joints. Adding water content in violin wood deadens its voice and the projecting sound. The next time weather or brute damage happens to "Chocolate," Jerry may have signed that instrument's death knell.
I'm sorry Jerry. You're an excellent instrument craftsman, but admittedly by you yourself, no master violin maker. Neither am I, but I know how to judge workmanship, being a former model maker and industrial design worker/designer.
I also want to soften any critical comment made by also empathizing a bit; Jerry, he does great work far above most people doing this work (really and truly). My thoughts are of a "just saying" perspective, not meant to denigrate anyone, more about looking toward an elusive distant perfection.
Jerry is brave by doing this out in the open, to be witnessed by all, even with some warts attached.
This is The most incredible repair I've ever seen thanks Mel for your fantastic Editing
I have done many scarf joints several on video, check out the mandolin "best neck repair" video. I have used Gorilla glue, but I much prefer Titebond. I use wax paper all the time
@@RosaStringWorks Ive seen that video many times its great to watch your techniques I really like your work Jerry
What a job. I cant wait to see it all back together.
You have so much patience. If I break an instrument I’m bringing it to you.
wow, unbelievable patch-/puzzlework. Hope the owner does appreciate it. With cheers fm Singapore, chim+
Thank you Jerry. You’re an inspiration.
Hot knife Rosa..a great blues name.
It always a pleasure seeing you work on instruments I thought were beyond repair. At the end you always show me wrong.
Fantastic series... VERY instructive..
How about a concrete violin? Great video! I have a mandolin where some knucklehead cut through the top and front brace, right behind the fretboard, and installed an old guitar pickup in the top. The neck has released from the top and the neck block. I’m going to entirely remove the top, remove the pickup, patch/plug the hole, replace the brace, cleat the patch, and use your method of setting the neck for playability. Sounds like a good instrument to begin my journey as a wannabe luthier. Don’t worry, I have 50 years experience and a boatload of tools in woodworking and metalworking. What can go wrong?! Jerry, Take care, Bill in Mn.
Chocolate is really taking shape again which at the start seemed like an impossibility!
Part 2 was completely fascinating, wonderful work towards it's amazing resurrection.
Eagerly anticipating part 3.
Thanks Jerry.
wow!!!! that was amazing work jerry!!! looking forward to the next vid of the repair
Bravo Jerry. I can't wait for the next one. My uncle recently broke his 40 year old wooden leg falling off a mountain. he managed to find all 130 pieces and was wondering if you could put them back together like nothing happened. He sure has a lot of faith in you after watching this.
I am so impressed that you are so talented and intelligent, yet so down to earth. My dear departed dad would've been in hog heaven to know you.
Word to the wise: if Jerry says he can fix it, then he can fix it.
Color me impressed.
Brilliant job, if I had any critique at all it would be that the dyes needed a bit less red and a bit more yellow in the mix to make the brown match. But the shade is pretty spot on.The woodwork itself though? truly amazing!
“Kind of a tedious job.” Definitely an understatement! Your attention to detail and insistence on near perfection, never cease to amaze me, Jerry. Great stuff.
well jerry you have always said anything is fixable, i think this violin pretty well proves that. wow what a job!
Amazing patience. I bet your great with jigsaws
Amazing work sir. You were given a jig saw puzzle without all the pieces, and you can still make the picture appear, even if you had to craft the missing pieces yourself.
This is a truly incredible repair job. I think a lot of people would've considered it a lost cause. I am amazed at the skill here. You are the equivalent of an instrument brain surgeon with the skill level here, especially the finishes.
Simply amazing Jerry.
Unbelievable!! I didn't think Chocolate had a chance. Well done so far. I can't wait to see the next video. You are a master...she's clearly in the best hands.
I'm getting into violin restoration and this has actually taught me alot. Thanks for the awesome video man
You are a master influencer Jerry!
Looking really good Doc! I've had puzzles that were easier than "OLE CHOCOLATE! Take care.
Coming along, you finally have that puzzle almost back together. If only that dye matched a little better.
Be patient, it will
@@RosaStringWorks Thanks, If anyone can do it, you can!
Hi Jerry;
Just info on your video, we can see the .023" dia ball on your Dremel tool. On that hole, straight sides on the spruce top are easier to hide when they are parallel with the grain. I think your decision to varnish the top while it's still off the instrument is a good one. You can lay it flat to dry and the chance of getting runs is reduced significantly then. By the way, every old master had his own methods and usually wouldn't share them with others. You on the other hand, expose yourself to the wrath of critics, because you generously will share your methods with other. The truth be told, the trolls are just jealous because they can't accomplish the things that you can. Keep on truckin my friend.
YOU ARE THE OLD MASTER!!!!!!!!!!
You've said it more than once, and you are well on the way to proving it -- even a totally smashed instrument can be brought back. You are an amazing luthier.
what a labour of patience and dedication, this would turn out beautiful I'm sure !
It’s looking AMAZING! you should be proud of yourself. Fantastic effort, sooo much love back into that smashed up fiddle👍🏻
Cannot wait for the resurrection.
Looking good! My 11yo daughter is chomping at the bit to see the end results! So am I! :)
I don't like to brag... but seriously wait till you see the end. It even seems unbelievable to me.
GREAT WORK. Maybe instead of trying to hide all the repairs - they could be painted GOLD like the Japanese custom of KINTSUGI to embelish the scars!!! Just a suggestion =)
Lol! I was wondering why I didn't see this on Thursday when I made this playlist. It wasn't out yet 😆
Yay! So happy to see the new Chocolate videos pop up today! Thanks Jerry!
You’ve got the perseverance and patience of a saint! Couldn’t take my eyes off the screen. A grade content. Old Chocolate is coming up neat as a pin. Thanks for sharing.
This may be your best yet Jerry. That looked impossible.
Great work Jerry! You’ve inspired me to start my own channel! Keep on posting!
Sir, you're a genius! Great job!
The masterful attention to much of the details needed to put Chocolate back together are really quite mind bending, but as you’ve said Jerry; “one little step at a time!” I hope Ole Chocolate gets to be played for everyone to hear 💕🤙🏼
Well its starting to look better than i would have ever expected. It kind of looks like it has bleeding wounds...which is somewhat appropriate i suppose. I might have let ol' chocolate go to the factory in the sky. It would be really interesting to hear a word or two about the owners estimation of its sound quality in comparison to its original state in part 3.
ahhhhh not another cliff hanger LOL now I gotta wait a little while longer to see the next episode about Chocolate.