I didn't knew that Washburn was existing that long already. Thank you.

Im impressed with the quality of work you put into every job no matter how large or small . I do hope your customers appreciate your work .

I used to do these kind of splinter repairs as a high end finish carpenter on expensive cabinets. It will never be perfect but most people will never notice those types of repairs if these repairs are finished well. You do great work!

I'm not a guitar repairman, so this "easy" job looked like a terrifying nightmare to me! What amazing results!!!

@nicolen.9642

3 жыл бұрын

Same here 👍

Mr. Rosa, you do not disappoint! I admire the way you can evaluate an instrument; with damage that would strike fear into most repair guys, and you're like"Ahhh, piece of cake". Nothing ever phases you. Thanks for sharing your expertise, and more importantly... Your time. Until we speak again, my friend....

The « pièce de résistance » is the main dish in a full menu… Quite an old-fashioned notion, so it fits with the guitar.

I found this same 1890 Washburn parlor guitar in the family attic in 1964 and played Peter, Paul and Mary songs on it. It was in very good condition. I gave it to a luthier in Buffalo in hopes it would.be preserved.

@johnshrader1655

5 жыл бұрын

same model

That carbon paper dovetail checking method is a fantastic idea, whoever thought that one up was a genius.

@RosaStringWorks

3 жыл бұрын

just call me Einstein.

@alansturgess1324

3 жыл бұрын

I've seen Ted at twoofrd using that same technique. It's such a simple but neat idea.

Wow, pretty amazing!

Wow Man!!!!!!!! You Inspire me Daily.

Nice job.....hope you have more old ones like this again...Keep the videos a coming..

Nice work again Jerry your customer should be completely happy, happy, happy.

who the heck gives this video a thumbs down,they must want hip hop music from that beautiful guitar

Sounds good. Made a nice old guitar. God bless.

Great job on a great old guitar! The song made me smile. My Italian Dad used to sing that to my Irish Mom, whose name was Rose.

Love your work and commentary. It is wonderful bringing these tired old instruments back to life. Thanks.

that's an old beauty

I thoroughly enjoy watching how you chisel and scrape away the unwanted wood and glue, and bring everything back to beautiful! Impressive for sure. This old Washburn is looking and sounding great. Thanks for posting.

I think you resurrected that Washburn to a new life. Doesn't deserve to go back in the coffin :D

And it's a nice sounding little guitar!

you are amazing , if i ever need one of mine fixed , you will be the first contact . thanks for sharing !!!

That material is from a old bed sheet my great grandmother had that pattern in her spare bedroom from the 20's-30's . Now saying that I can't say it always was a bed sheet because everything was repurposed back in the day . We still have a quilt that's gotta be close to 200 years old .its made of old bed sheet flour sacks and button up shirts .

i like the way you work my dad always said that if you do something right the first time you wont have to do it again.

Bet that guitar could tell some great parlor tales🤠

An hour long Rosa restoration. This was a highlight of the weekend! Great work on the old Washburn, Jerry.

you are an artist what a privilege to work on that must have been for you great work thanks for shearing

That was made the year my granddad was. He'd take a bit more than skillful scraping and a bit of shellac to get him looking and working as well as that instrument. It's a joy to watch this channel.

What an awesome guitar... Thanks for share it Jerry. Greetings from Germany

Thanks for this tour through an old guitars resurrection. I see and try to learn every bit of the way. This was a very well spent Sunday night.

You exceeded your self there gerry what a lovely old guitar it will last another 100 years thanks to you you are a very talented Luthier and love what you do

Good for another 130 years Jerry.

Stefan Grossman talks about the path through society of Parlor Guitars when teaching Sevastopol. It seems they were the rage after the Civil War, when young women of means in New England would be given guitars and song books of parlor music. Like many things, not everything takes with teenagers and so a lot of parlor guitars made their way into the used market and refuse pile. More than a few made their way into the hands of African Americans playing blues, and many of the licks from sheet music (like Sevastopol) became part of their repertoire to the point where Open-D tuning is call Sevastopol tuning. Robert Johnson played a Gibson L-1. So that little bit of history you just restored is a great physical representation of something that linked women of leisure to men and sharecroppers who had no leisure at all, except after dark with a parlor guitar making music to soothe the mind and soul.

@garybridgham

5 жыл бұрын

This is a lovely commentary on the love and history of music and guitars.

@yaknoff379

4 жыл бұрын

I've always heard it called vestopol tuning.... now I know why..... thanks....

@janghazi8331

4 жыл бұрын

Pièce de resistance means chief piece of the meal, the most exciting part. Great Job, great moments , hi from France! Voilà

@lesliebrown6378

4 жыл бұрын

Guitars were given free to tramps by piano teachers in an attempt to associate guitars with the lower orders and get young ladies of quality back to the piano

@ipris3971

2 ай бұрын

Brown I do nt know if that true but it makes a fantastic story!

Two minutes into your video and I know I'm going to enjoy it Jerry. This is gonna be a good one. Thank you

Jerry you are master luthier great job fixing that old beauty

thank you Sir. i love my family roots. i come from hillbilly's and outlaws, music has always been with me. as i stepped away from a troubled past, i thought my connection with the good parts of my family were gone. you give me hope that the respect, not the lies i was told as a child, will return to the ugliness of this world. we all make mistakes and you showed me that we can repair them if we try

I really enjoyed watching this. Thanks for your time.

nice job on the very old guitar, love seeing your work and thanks for sharing your work.

Wow! Looks like a million bucks! I can’t wait to see the case video!

Got one of the limited run of the 125th anniversary editions by Washburn. Lovely to see one of the originals come back to life! Thanks

That neck repair was a good demonstration of how good titebond is. Glued in those small bits of wood and in a few hours they were stuff well enough to be hammering and chiseling them, nice. Also a lovely guitar beautifully repaired.

Mr. Rosa , AGAIN.. You are AMAZING. !!!!!

Awesome resto Jerry you saved another one!Cheers

Love these videos. Watch a lot of them for sure

Nice that someone fixated it up

I have a martin from that era that looks so similar. Despite missing a few inches of a side panel it is incredibly sweet sounding and resonant. Great little instruments.

Looking at the label and serial number this guitar was built in 1905. The bridges were notorious for pulling off when people installed steel strings on them towards the late teens and early 20’s. They were sold new with either silk or gut strings.

Amazing! I enjoy watching these.

Good work as always! Thx Jerry!

Really enjoyed this repair. Excellent work!

It was a very satisfying video to watch. Well done!

Great presentation. I look forward to more of these!

Stunning!

Beuatiful job, Jerry.

Jerry I always enjoy your repair videos. I've learned a lot and have begun to believe I could attempt to fix my old 70's Japanese dreadnaught flattop with a badly tilting bridge and belly bulge myself. :-)

Got almost the same Washburn that had the full neck reset with carbon fibre rods and some cracks and binding fixed. It’s the guitar non guitar players like the sound of the best. 1899. I got the Washburn book and it helped date it accurately. If you haven’t got it I’ll gladly help get the exact year on this if the customer wants it. All the best and great work. It’s really inspiring what you do. 👌🏻

By what seems to be overwhelming coincidence, I have almost the exact guitar and I have it in pieces so that I can repair it. Branded inside is "1897 Style". It has 4 abalone position markers, each different, the identical binding to the one you repaired and an abalone rosette at each end of the bridge. The fretboard was (And remains) cracked, as on yours, from the sound hole to the 12th fret. Little tiny crack. Couple small cracks in the body, nothing too bad. Had to pull the fretboard off. The neck/body joint is solid but the action had gotten too high to be playable. The neck itself had warped over the years and I had to plane it to get it flat again and I'm still working on it. Fretboard might go back on tomorrow. I'm told by experts online that obtaining the correct date is almost impossible. They said mine was built between 1898 and 1902 and I wouldn't be at all surprised if yours is the same style and age. They tell me that there were three levels (Prices). The price apparently was dependent upon trim with all having the same basic wooden components. The one in the video looks like the lower end, mine is the middle and the top level had abalone binding a la Martin D45. I own half a dozen acoustic guitars, including a 43 year old Martin but the Washburn is my daily player, or will be once she's back in one piece. The wide fretboard is essential (I have fingers that look like bratwursts) and she plays like a dream when in top condition. Makes a LOT of noise for a tiny body. It's both a pleasure and an honor to watch you work. I never miss an episode of Rosa's School for Aspiring Luthiers. You, Sir, ROCK. And also bluegrass, if that can be a verb. Cheers!

Love to watch you work! Great job as always.

I love those old parlour guitars💕. Great job, as usual😎

Beautiful job as always, Jerry! I worked on a similar old Brazilian Rosewood Parlor Guitar. It had a crack in the side with a thin gouge along the crack like that. I filled it with some ebony dust and super glue, and even rubbed some in the crack itself. It came out perfect. Looked like a dark streak in the wood. Twas shellacked, so it was easy to fix the finish. Polished the shellac with some pumice powder.

That's a real beauty Jerry I enjoyed watching you repair it.

Excellent work !

Jerry you've done it again impeccable workmanship and a great video on top you have a great night my friend until the next video take care buddy

great work thanks always Jerry.

Beautiful work as ever, another one brought back to life.

Beautiful sounding instrument. Great job getting it in shape for the next 1 1/4 century.

Omg, what a beautiful little guitar!

Fantastic job restoring the Washburn! Thanks for sharing with us.

I can barely tell the difference of the color of that binding. Another awesome job Jerry. You are an awesome wood worker!!!

Great stuff, love these videos. You're a true craftsman.

Five minutes in, my kinda video. →Just finished watching. The guitar and the case are so cool. Great restoration again. Thanks for sharing, Jerry.

Great video, lovely old guitar, can't wait to see the case restored as well

THAT WAS A FIVE STAR VIDEO.....THE WORK YOU DID RESTORING THAT BEAUTIFUL OLD INSTRUMENT WAS SECOND TO NONE , AND THE WAY IT SOUNDED AFTERWARDS WAS EVEN BETTER....I HOPE YOU GET MORE INSTRUMENTS LIKE THAT ONE...THAT WAS PURE JOY TO WATCH....

@jeffreyburrows8248

4 жыл бұрын

maybe put a new battery in your hearing aid ol fella...youre yelling

Another great video! you do such a good job on these guitars!

Really enjoyed watching you restore this beauty.

Amazing to watch you work sir

You are simply amazing! ❤️

This has been so interesting to watch, I am addicted to your video's. Great stuff.

Well done Gerry. What’s up with those dudes giving a thumbs down. I learn so much from your videos.

Jerry you never fail to amaze!

Thank you so much for what you do. I really enjoyed watching this one brought back to life.

What a sweet old instrument! A fine restoration too. I enjoyed watching. Thanks for the video!

Fantastic job, you've got the patience of a saint !

Another fine job, Thank you for sharing.

What a great video. I actually have grown to enjoy the long videos you put out... And usually a little bonus music at the end... Thank you so much!

Wow that’s amazing man! Really great work.

really enjoyed this video, one of my favourites so far

Beautiful work!

Loved seeing this come back to life.

This was a fun video. I just subbed and you also inspired me to attemp repairing my dads 12 string Barclay from the 60s or 70's.

Great job and a great sound coming from that old Washburn. I appreciate your patience

I sure do love this channel. Great job.

what a neat restore. Keep up the good work. I feel you made it made it even better then it ever was,

Wow 🤩 incredible work. So lovely. And some great seeing at the end. Perfect 👍 I love that song you played.

A fine job. A real pleasure to watch a craftsman at work. 👍😊

You should take a bow, not many men like you left with skills that are at your level. Thanks for the videos.

Another great video Jerry, outstanding work as always! CHeers, John

That's a real beauty! Love to own one. What a great job you did.

I'm really enjoying watching you.

Really enjoyed this one - thank you. I love parlour guitars, I may have to go looking for one of these.

Great job Grandpa 👍👏👏👏You have wonderful grandchildren to give you such a fantastic shirt!