Of course we'd like to hear you play it Jerry. It makes the story complete imo. 👍😊

A masterclass in neck reset decades of DNA removed and a lovely sound, how many times can this genius keep restoring what most people throw away.

Sherwood was one of Montgomery Ward's mail order brands. It was created just after WW2 and before WW2, the company used the names of Wards and Recording King for its instruments- the RK brand being more up-market than Wards. In the 1920s their brand was Concertone. On that basis, Wards branded guitars were mainly made by Kay while most of the RK instruments were made by Gibson. However, some of the Wards branded instruments were made by Gibson and the 1936 Wards Model 1642 mandolin was made by Gibson and was the same as the Gibson A50- except it did not have a neck truss rod. You can see that the Kluson tuners have rivets on the gears and date the guitar to just after WW2. The guitar appears to be based on the Kay 39 made from 1947-51. Montgomery Ward changed from the Sherwood brand to Airline at some point in the lae 50s or early 60s. Montgomery Ward retailed some very nice guitars and mandolins but also catered for the lower end of the market as well. This one is mid-market- Kay advertised their version at $45 while Wards would probably have sold it for less than $30- cutting out the middleman. As metal became scarce in WW2, Kluson, the tuner makers began to used rivets or just a blob of metal to replace the screws- and this is what you show. These tuners were used until the late 40s when screws returned and Kluson also started to enclose the gears in a little box.

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Mr Rosa just like all of us A little TLC goes along way jest like a song . please play !!!!!!!! thank you

In he early 70's, I reset the neck on my Harmony Sovereign, which now belongs to my son. It has been strung up and played ever since. Lately, he tells me that the action has reached the point of needing to be seen by a guitar tech. I used very similar methods to what you do.

I don't think I've seen a better example of a sympathetic restoration, beautiful guitar, and great work Jerry.

Jerry I think its only right that you play the instrument,and sing a little after each one is completed,and you never cease to amaze me.

Sing away! Always fun to watch and listen to.

Your work is even more amazing knowing the pain you suffer in your hands while doing these repairs Jerry!

I have a guitar that is this exact style (except natural finish) and about the same age I’d guess that needed a neck reset. I tried it once and failed; but I’ve got the neck off again and think I’ll be more successful this time now that I’ve been able to watch you. Wish me luck! Lol

Just the right amount of tlc for this old baby..awesome

I always enjoy hearing you play the finished instrument

Love hearing you sing! Thanks so much for sharing the process on this one!

Jerry. Each time you document the restoration of an instrument, you capture a gift of new life. What production is complete without music during the credits? When you sing and play the finished product at the end it celebrates the successful completion of your fine work. Plus, not only do we get to hear your very well-trained voice (which is always delightful) we get to hear the sweet, new sound of the instrument. There is no question here. Please, please play. It's like icing on the cake.

Makes my day watching you bring new life to cherished old friend instruments! Thanks for sharing Jerry!

Jerry I had a masonry business and general construction for about 35 years.... your comment rang true with me. Even though I did mostly new construction, there was an occasional remodel, and you absolutely never knew what you were getting into tearing into existing construction.. I learned early on to allow for that when bidding jobs. Great work as usual, I always look forward to your videos..

Great job. Love to hear you play them when you're done. Looking forward to your next video.

You are an absolute artist . Your patience is amazing. The tedious tasks you blow right through sets you apart. If you could see me I would be bowing.

I've been a guitar player and archtop lover for about 50 years, now, and I have never heard of Sherwood. It looks like an old Kay, I sure wouldn't be surprised, they built for a LOT of people over the years. LOVE those old guitars, especially once they are set up properly. Some of them sound GREAT. How fun to get to play one of those old babies! ETA: That guitar came out WONDERFULLY. I would not hesitate to play that on any gig where it would be appropriate. I have always loved those ones, used to have an Oahu that was a joy to play. Nothing like the old ones. Great job as always!!

Love your channel. Keep up the singing and playing wrap up, it puts the icing on the cake!

Always a joy to watch you work!

You and 10,000 other peeps. Thank U Spencer. I love mandolin, Thailand Paul

Thank you for posting as always Jerry, your thorough, and honest nature of working on these prized instruments is worth the subscription in itself.

Fret grooves give the guitar character. I love the grooves

Just amazing work Mr Rosa. That guitar is beautiful, and sounds amazing. Love your work!

Always enjoy watching you work on the instruments and maybe hear you play.

I really appreciate your videos and the work you do on those older instruments. Thank you.

Amazing job on the neck reset Jerry. Really enjoyed this video.

The dry heat stick with the neck removal jig works pretty well......and pretty quickly. I used it last on a Kay guitar in fact. I'm not sure how it would work with all glues, but with the Kay neck it worked very well.

I wish I had seen this before I did the same to my Silvertone. I ran into the same problems and having watched a number of your videos used the same techniques. Thanks for the education.

Great job buddy, love seeing the oldies rejuvenated. respect and stay safe to be well all.

I for one am grateful for your programs, especially the time you take to videotape your processes and explain your concepts. God bless you, Jerry Rosa.

I don`t comment a lot but I watch a lot of your work and you sir are a master

Massively beautiful tone! Great work as always!

it does sound good! those archtops have a unique sound of their own. nice work and a lot of it. thanks for the mention brother!

Good to see the old "F" hole being brought back to life. Reminds me of my first guitar and surprisingly sounds just like it. Thanks for the video Jerry.

WOW! The guitar looks beautiful. You've done a great service to that ol' guitar.

Game's not over till the luthier sings! Or something like that. LOL

I always enjoy hearing you play the finished instruments Jerry. Great job.

Like many others here, I'd never heard/read of a 'Sherwood' guitar, but she deserves to be treated kindly, anyway. And, of course, as always, Jerry soothes her discomforts, and she looked a lot more sassy when she took to the dance floor, at the end. Arch top, f-hole guitars always have a specific sound to them...unique...some folks like 'em...some don't. They also respond totally differently to touch and nuance than other styles, but they're pretty dang keen, nonetheless. I worried mightily when I got my first glimpse of that scarred, glue-caked, shrapnel damaged neck joint...yikes. However, Dr. Rosa had her prepped, mended, stitched up, and prepared for action, in (nearly) no time. Thanks, Doc R...just listen to her now...and lawdy, take in them sweet curves.

Jerry, could you please do a song? One of your original tunes would be great ! Very fine finish on a nice looking arch top. Great work !

Another precious set of strings beautifully returned to use for antiquity!! Thx Doc, love the refurb of the old ones and the repair of all!! Great job, hope your arthritis improves and you can continue with your work and the apprenticeship Caleb, God bless!

Fantastic work Jerry, you've given a wonderful sounding guitar another lease of life!

Some great repairs as usual Jerry. Keep up the good videos.

Love your work Jerry ! I want to thank you for sharing,What joy you bring to people's lives! You put some life back into that beautiful guitar... Please play,and sing Jerry !

Jerry - DUUUUDE !! That neck turned out beautifully !! BRAVO !! Looks SOOOO GOOD !!

I love how thorough you are. We should all strive for the care you take in our projects...

That was fabulous. You are so correct about the patience factor, neck fit is everything on something like that guitar and it sounds great. Kudos as usual.

Another great vid of some really excellent work. Thank you Mr Rosa, and yes, I love the repairs where you play us a song at the end. The incidental music is lovely too.

Hi Jerry, I am back taking a look at this reset. I am finishing up a reset on a friend's "51" Gretsch 5120 archtop jazz guitar. Well played, and fell off the wall and broke the neck joint before Covid started. He had dropped the guitar off for me to check out. I messed with it for hours. It was pretty loose but I couldn't get the neck to pop off. After a consult with a couple of guys, I found out that some nut job had pulled the fret out where you would normally get steam in, and he had driven 3 4p finish nails in the neck to hold it... Crazy. I used a thin crowbar to slowly pull the neck up with the nails.... Thank goodness there was no heavy glue on the nails. Now all cleaned up and ready to reset. Oddly enough, after I have sanded everything down and all the old glue from at least two resets and nail holes filled, The neck fits so tight it doesn't really need shims....! That puzzles me. I put a straight edge on all sides and it is tight as a drum dead-on down the fretboard and with the nut set to the bridge is also dead on!! Hmmm. I am going to glue it up with fresh hide glue in the neck day or so. Soaking glue today! Love the video here which gives me confidence that I will giterdone without issue!! Can't wait to play this beauty. I just finished a 64 Gretsch Country Gentlemen number 64064...! Just 2 numbers away from George Harrisons. I may buy it from the owner. What a player's guitar that is!!! Keep up these great videos my friend.

What a lovely old guitar, it has a lovely colour and burst. It will be an even greater pleasure to own for the customer with it's own unique history and appearance. Another wonderful job completed and it would be really nice to hear you play it thank you Jerry.

Nice work.You make neck resets look so simple...ha ha .Keep the videos a coming.Thanks for sharing.

I always enjoy the songs you play after the repair.

Always pick and grin out a song I enjoy hearing good folk and blue grass music. i

Great job Jerry! I'm sure Spencer will be thrilled! AND, it is always a pleasure to hear you play and sing!

The "you could throw a dog through it" cracks me up! Ya know, I bought three songs from RSW and I'm impressed with the sound quality and the songs themselves! Price was $1.50 each or "whatever you think it's worth". Cracked me up again! I paid full list; well worth it!

I just love the way you pay so much attention to detail like cutting out the dent and gluing in a patch. A wonderful repair/restoration as always and yes please play us a song!!

I always like to hear the instrument being played at the end. It is the purpose of all the work, of course.

Don't know if anyone else mentioned this, but I'll bet a dime to a cup of coffee that the discolored wood inside the top was where cloth reinforcement was removed. My old Harmony archtop had a cloth reinforcement and it added a lovely 'wet blanket' tone to the sound. While I had the back off, I stripped off the cloth.

Jerry you are Brilliant! Love your work.

Jerry that was one nice job, 51minuts of my time well spent. Liked how you used the neck slot to clamp the shims, great video Cheers.

Good to see a video from you. We've been missin ya Mr. Jerry!

Another great Job! Love these....and yes on the song sir!

I love your short demo songs after you fix an instrument.

Nice work Jerry, that guitar has a really nice sound. I would love to hear a song played on it.

Nice video! Once again I’m amazed by the skill, knowledge and attention to detail you apply to your repairs and restorations. I’ve never seen a Sherwood guitar before and a quick look on the internet informed me that they were made by the Kay company. That probably explains a lot USA built Kay guitars are pretty rare here in the UK . Keep up the good work, I look forward to your next video.

I love your songs! It shows off the instrument; like a coda in a song, it brings closure too. 🤗

Amazing work!

A beautiful job and the end result speaks for itself.

For me Jerry, it's just not a Rosa repair video without a demo and a song. Thanks so much for your videos you have helped me understand my instruments and how to maintain them. I love Old Time and Bluegrass and you do it great !

Great job. Looks and sounds good. Thank you.

Wow. That fretboard looked great after you finished working on it. One of my favorite parts of your videos is watching you do fret board work. That tailpiece turned out great too!

thanks for the video!always like to hear you play and sing do it !

Hi Jerry, I just wanted to tell you, I've been watching you work for several years now, and think you do great work! I believe I'm just a couple years younger than you based on the info I've picked up watching your videos, so I can testify to the effort it takes to do what you do. I definitely believe, It really isn't easy being you. I know you randomly get trolls, or haters who leave smart remarks. I know you at times will try to head them off by explaining something your doing in more detail. Quite honestly, you dont need to explain yourself to those haters. Your work speaks for itself, and more importantly, someone who would spout out negative comments, without even knowing what the customer asked you to do, doesn't really deserve an explanation. Thank you for all of the great videos, and all of your hard work over the years.

It's always nice to hear you play and sing with the finished guitar. "In my opinion" 👍

Nice work, Jerry...!

Great job Jerry, the old girl will sing again. congratulations on your wedding anniversary. Peace and love from Bonny Scotland.

Another good watch....Always welcome a tune from the rebuild.

nice fix it is so much tighter and better on the neck angle. The parts cleaned up good too. Yes play it a little for us. I always watch them.

Nice job. Not a “cost is no object” restoration but bought back to life in fine fashion! You make resetting the neck with all the correct angles look easy. I’m sure it takes some time to learn that skill. That guitar didn’t have much hardware but we would call that button screw, “the main screw”. Must have been left over from replacing the deck steps.

Loved the video , your work is excellent!

Jerry you are one of the best luthiers I have ever seen. Tons of patients, and particular. I believe you can do anything with wood, probably even make a wooden car, lol. I am one that doesn't like patina. When I do a restoration, I like to restore everything I can like new. Many folks, like the rust and all. Hey you like what you like, nothing wrong with it, it's just not me. The only thing Jerry is I would have liked to see you make a pick guard for it.

I have a flat top Sherwood Deluxe acoustic from the late 1940s. The body is what several luthiers have classified as a super dreadnought - I had to have a custom case made for it. I have a Sherwood lap steel in my collection as well. BTW, the Sherwood brand was indeed manufactured by Kay.

Great work as always.

Aloha Jerry, I watch and enjoy the playing after the repair, but if no one else watches whatever.... Don't go to all that work for just me. Thanks for sharing. I hope the hands get to feeling better, at 80 years old I can share your problem, I have never found a "fix", just being as hard headed as I can stand, was my answer. Mahalo Nui Loa and He pomaika`i 'ia mai ke Akua from Hawaii.

Mr. Rosa, I enjoy each video you have put out so far. You know your stuff. One of my dad's favorite sayings was, "If you dont know what you're doing, then how do you know when you're done." This surely applies here as you wrap this project up. Good job, bless you and thank you.

Went from an old looking worn out thing to a really nice looking and sounding instrument. I’d love to have that guitar Great job

After experiencing the "joy" of wire wheels, I've now gone to gray and maroon Scotch-brite wheels. In my experience they do a better job, faster, and way safer. Very nice rebuild, I learned a lot. Thumbs up (before watching) to crush a troll.

Awesome video. The amount of care you put into all the details was so nice to see. Gorgeous repair work. Guitar is definitely made by Kay (distinctive flat shoulders). The discoloration inside around the f-holes is from where they masked the holes before spraying and the tape was probably from the same.

Jerry, you have some new chisels. I also missed you using the aluminium stock chisel with the finger plane blade that you made. You often use it to clean out old glue. Loved the neck reset. Great video, and yes, I love the songs on the completed guitars.

Great job Jerry! I think rust removal is part of a good general cleaning. It's not a patina like the shade of lacquer turning yellowish brown over time. Plus, the brass frets did probably have a shine originally also. Outstanding job again! Thank you for having us over!

hey thanks for the mention man! I must have missed this video when it was posted, yt only notifies me about half the time lol

wow great job. sounds really nice..a really nice old guitar with lots of life left....tks for sharing..

Yeah we want to hear you sing Jerry.

Jerry I have been using Scotch bright red cut a couple of squares and screw on to your rotery tool that holds the small buffing wheel it works great thanks for the videos the know how is priceless thanks have a good 4th

Especially great watching you repair old guitars. Too bad you could't find an old pick guard to make it whole again, but that can be done anytime. Thanks again for another great video! I like them especially in these crazy days, makes me feel more centered.

Doing my first neck reset to a 52-58 (they didn't date them back then)Harmony Hollywood. I can't count all of your videos I've seen but this one is most helpful for my present needs. Thanks so much Jerry for all you do.

This is so cool. I just found your page yesterday. I’m a beginner guitar player and I have started buying used guitars and cleaning them up a bit so I can play them and they look nicer than when k bought them. 😊

That guitar tuned out very nice. Please more playing and singing!