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!!!

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 .

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

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

Wow, pretty amazing!

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

that's an old beauty

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

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.

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

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

My five year old daughter was watching with me, and said "That's a good show". LOL Great work as always, Jerry.

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.

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.

And it's a nice sounding little guitar!

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.

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!

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 .

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

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

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

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.

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. 👌🏻

Jerry you are master luthier great job fixing that old beauty

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....

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

I really enjoyed watching this. Thanks for your time.

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

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

Bet that guitar could tell some great parlor tales🤠

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.

I'm qualified to do this sort of thing, taught by John Bailey, a British guitar maker. I didn't keep it up though - not enough money in it and none of it easy money. But I can tell you, this is the real deal and I think the cherry on the cake is when he sings a song on it. Hats off. In the time it took to watch this, I changed strings on my acoustic, tuned it and played a few tunes of my own. It's a lot less worry.

Really great job Jerry! It amazes me how close you get colors with your color blindness. Sure you can see the patch in that side crack, but I don't think someone without color blindness could do a match any better. Color matching on wood is really hard, I know. Love that old case too. Any collector would be proud to own this guitar now. Glad your still well and able to do this work. Nothing makes me happier than to see an old instrument put back into service. Thanks for sharing. I have a bone to pick with KZfaq about this kind of video. Why in the world don't they have an option for two thumbs up?

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

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

Nice that someone fixated it up

Didn't thought it'll end up so good 👍

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

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.

I had absolutely no idea that Washburn was even half that old... madness.

I really appreciate the invention of the adjustable truss rod after watching this video. A great job turning this back into a playable instrument that some one can enjoy for many years to come. Bravo!

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

Awesome resto Jerry you saved another one!Cheers

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

Good for another 130 years Jerry.

What a beautiful little guitar, sounds great too, you saved something special there Jerry, fine work as usual.

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

Stunning!

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

Jerry your are truly a craftsman. You know, you really do make it look easy but you're not fooling me. Thank you for sharing such great content and hats off to the owner of the guitar to be inspired with confidence that the parlor guitar was worth of restoring...after all if he didn't think you could do it likely wouldn't have done it.

Wow you really bought that back to life for future generations to enjoy. Well done mate and thanks for an hour of great viewing. 👍

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

Well done! You really brought that one back from the graveyard. I’d love to just try a guitar of that vintage. My wife used an iron on a pretty new hardwood dining table but did not use a thick enough protective pad, and she spoiled the finish with that milky white discolouration. One weekend she was away, I set to it with 0000 steel wool and vegetable oil. I did a pretty good job. I can still see where I worked on it, but my wife can’t tell, so that’s good enough. I tricked her a bit by turning the table 180°. I earned some husband points that weekend!

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

Really like that little guitar!!!! He has common sense and does great work.

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

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

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

Beuatiful job, Jerry.

Beautiful work!

You always keep me glued to the screen. I'm doing a modern Martin with a crack in the top, and your works are in my head when working on it. Keep it up!

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

Great job on that old guitar

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

Awesome Job as always !!! Had no idea Washburn was around back then !!! Be telling the guys I jam with during the winter here in Sebring Florida about your KZfaq channel !! Hope they subscribe !!! God Bless !!!

WOW!... thats a cool guitar. cant wait to see it finished

Love to watch you work! Great job as always.

this was a very special segment. The workmanship to restore it was amazing. It's amazing that a 125 year old guitar can be brought back to life with a couple clamps and hand chisles. Congrats on a great job. I'll know where to send my Martin is 100 years.

Simply amazing job Jerry.

Those old Washburn parlor guitars are great players,you did a great job my friend

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

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....

Mr Rosa. Really enjoyed this episode watching you repair this sweet old 1800's period Washburn parlor guitar. It turned out geat! sounds real good too!

Great job Jerry,over and above every time. Glad the frets were done also.

I absolutely love your videos of restoring such beautiful instruments and making them playable for (hopefully) another 100 years. I have been binge watching your videos and learning so much from them. Thank you for sharing your craft.

Loved seeing this come back to life.

Love these videos. Watch a lot of them for sure

Excellent work !

Love your videos Jerry. This was a special one

Love it. One was at a local shop near me up here in MN. I couldn't believe how V-shaped the neck was. It was very pronounced.

great work thanks always Jerry.

It is a beauty. You will do it justice.

What a craftsman! Peter

Good work as always! Thx Jerry!

Wonderful job I really love how you got the sides fixed

What a gentleman you are you deserve your new tool that your customer sent you

Amazing! I enjoy watching these.

Amazing to watch you work sir

really enjoyed this video, one of my favourites so far

Excellent work as always sir. I enjoyed watching the process of bringing that old guitar back to life.

fantastic work