Thank you so much Mr. Rosa! Eddy is my Daddy and I can’t thank you enough for doing this for him! After Mama passed away all he has had is his music and his instruments to help take his mind off of his grief....and also your videos!! ❤️ You have no idea how much this makes my heart smile! Thank you so much again for being so hospitable!! He has done nothing but brag about how amazing his trip there was!

My grandpa Eddy loves the work you did and I'm so stoked to see how happy he is about his guitars! Thank you so much Jerry!

I know this is a year old and I’m so glad I found it. I’m a guitar player not a maker or a repair person and I’m thoroughly entertained. I love how you’re fixing the problem number one, number two, number three and then finding about number four and not losing your mind. At least not on camera. Seriously, Jerry. You’re doing a great job and it’s thoroughly watchable and never boring. Keep up the good work.

I gotta give you points for maintaining a good attitude through a tough project like this.

Kind Sir, with respect, The carefully designed "bolt on" Fender neck has a compound radius fretboard matched to intonation with the factory saddle. The large locating pin in the neck slot is a large fulcrum designed to prevent the bolt-on neck (without a heel) from rotating forward and to keep alignment of the fretboard under tension with heavier guage acoustic strings. The tube inside the guitar isn't "plumbing", it was engineered by Fender to support, and distribute acoustic intonation by adding tension, and strength, to the sounding board and back of the guitar by pushing against the neck and end block, similar to a violin sound post that transfers vibration from the top to the back. This also provides stability for a bolt on neck without an end block. Keep your stick on the Ice

in 1966 I got a "pretty" red guitar for a graduation present. Luckily Uncle Steve showed up and we went to the music store and traded it for a Fender Acoustic. Thin neck as you say but SO much better than the Harmony I bought for $7 and two coke bottles. I actually enjoyed playing and learned a few more chords.

Helluva upgrade for a budget soundbox .. a lot of luthiers would say “ it’s not worth it “ due to how much they charge ... but .... THAT is why I’m watching !!! YOU the Man , Jerry !👌🏼

Great video. Was so nice to meet you and your Family. We throughly enjoyed our stay. Y’all made us feel like family. We will definitely be back.

Since your woodworking craftsmanship is so precise that you can make a neck like this and compensate for the many variables as you have, I am convinced you could craft anything, musical instrument related or not. I cannot wait for part two! Greetings from Gilbert, Arizona.

Morning Jerry, thanks for giving me something worth while to watch on a Sunday morning.

I'm glad you put these out. Thank you.

This guitar brings a whole new meaning to the term “Fender-bender”! LOL Nice work, Jerry. 👍

Jerry had to give you 3 thumbs up 2 weren’t enough.

Hey Jerry your piece of twisted maple fits perfectly to make a Gibson mandoline neck hé hé

Jerry, you nailed the video again. Perfect blend of tuition and entertainment. Great job mate. 👍

It's unbelievable what you do. The work is so intricate and takes so much talent. We're all so interested

I watch your videos to see not how you do your repairs, but how you think about finding out what is wrong and developing an idea of how to go about making the fix. I have no plans in becoming a luthier. But I fix stuff. I make stuff. The more I watch people think about repairs and getting ready to make the repair, the better chance I have of coming up with a good plan, making good (or better) measurements, and ending up with a good result. You should do a video on the special tools and devices you have gathered, or built; not that WE need them, but to give us the incentive to gather our own set of repurposed or special-purpose tools to solve our own problems. Thanks for the videos

I'd classify myself as seeking and finding entertainment. You always deliver both craftsmanship and scrupulous attention to high quality work; even though it's just 99.99 percent perfect; lol! Purchased The Last Warrior and Mandolin Wine; enjoy listening to both. Superb craftsmanship and music! Love the attention to detail; that volute on the base of the headstock. Everyone watching is curious about the cost; at least 2 to 5 times the value of the instrument, worth every penny but quite "pound foolish"! lol

That is a lot of work. My father made at least 12 banjos, one mandolin, one guitar and started a fiddle before he passed away. Brings back memories. I remember lots of sawing, rasping, and scraping on necks. He really enjoyed working wood.

It's been a lot of fun watching you trying to fit that new neck, Jerry! 😄 I think this is called schadenfreude when you enjoy watching someone having a difficult time. lol In any case, thank you for taking us for a ride. A perfect Sunday evening show to watch for me!

That Fender bolt on neck method is very similar to how the Japanese manufacturer used that Gibson/Epiphone used in the early/mid 70s for building Epiphone acoustic guitars.

Eddy would have made me nervous as heck. Jerry probably enjoyed showing off for him! Lolol. GREAT VIDEO!

You got it going on the down hill swing now Jerry ...Gonna be great...... I just know it.....

It's always fun to work when someone is looking over your shoulder, breathing down your neck.

I used to say, If you apply enough ignorance to a problem you will be amazed by the results; and I have had some amazing results. Very impressed with your work on this one it is a toughy.

Your videos really enforce the stunning numbers of ways you can screw up building a simple instrument. I could build it in metal but no way could I build it in wood - it’s really different. Fantastic videos to watch!

Back in the 60 s , after Dylan went electric, Gibson reduced their acoustic neck widths to more match their electric guitars. The concept , I guess, was to counteract the electric guitar movement. The adjustable saddle was another clunky concession to this phenomenon. Anyway, my Gibson HB (1968 vintage) has a 1 5/8 width which , for me , was great to learn on. As I got older I preferred a wider width , probably just as Jerry’s customer.

That's such fine workmanship. That neck is going to be strong and correct.

I’m just so fed up seeing people give these videos thumbs down. What a miserable person you must be to keep doing that instead of just watching something else. KZfaq should end this rediculous feature rather today than tomorrow. A thumbs up button must be sufficient. And if you don’t like something you just don’t give a thumbs up. I was taught if you can’t say something nice just keep your mouth shut. Jerry’s videos have given me so much entertainment and knowledge that I can’t thank him enough.

Its been fun watching this video. Sometimes i think that Fender vs Gibson, is like the old argument of Ford vs Chevy lol. Especially with acoustic guitars.

Such an amazing, professional and so precise work. I have never seen it before. And changing the guitar neck in a whole day, requires so much patient also. Admirable

One of your best. Well done!

Halfway thru the video I thought by myself, this job is more complicated than Chocolate! Two minutes later you confirmed it.

Jerry , tip of the hat to your problem solving skills, a couple of questions, when you were checking neck angle you were doing so without fretboard were you compensating in your head? Would it have been acceptable to flatten the body at the heel location ? SIR YOU ARE MY HERO!!! Jerry your tutorials (video's) have helped me through difficult times , My Bride (Beverly) of 20 years passed on March 19th 2021, the good lord led me to them , I am very thankful ❤ 🙏, Hope to meet you one day. God bless you Jerry!

What a challenge! Nice job Jerry!

No monkey ever did that; but, a man with “gorilla hands & little girl wrists” may just pull it off! Great problem-solving, Jerry!

The video is perfect in video, sound and contents.thanks

jeez louise! what a craftsman, that is such a difficult job! im really struggling with a telecaster style build, 1st build from scratch. what a luthier you truly are, amazing work man! just subbed, cheers!

As always, good stuff. Thumbs up to crush a troll.

You take on some wild challenges awesome 👍

Great job on the neck fit.

One of my most favorite "Jerry-isms" I hear you say a lot is "six of one and a half-half dozen of the other". A half -half dozen is 3 😜😁😁😃!

"While you wait ..." reminds of Steven Wright's "Anywhere is walking distance ... if you have the time."

I enjoy watching your expertise ! 👍

Watching Jerry work, you can lulled into a belief that what he does is pretty easy. Until you try it yourself. Then you will learn about many years of experience making complex things look deceptively simple.

What a great video. You sure made this project fun to watch. You convinced me never to try a guitar repair. I just subscribed.

Good grief Jerry Rosa! I think you got it now, what a job.

Brilliant video Jerry you sure have a lot of patience 👍

Fender used veneer boars on their Necks for a while and then reverted back to using slabs of whatever was going to be the Fret board. It helps to date the Guitar though in a round about way. The Acoustosonic doesn't look that inovative when you see an old Fender Acoustic with a Strat/ Jaguar/ Mustang ? Jazz master type Neck. I like it.

" Flying by the seat of your pants" Usually turns out good in the hands of a master.

Above and beyond what a great job was done to create this custom neck, and what a great guy Eddie is, making this custom neck for a Fender Palomino was like putting a Dior gown on a waterfront hooker. The cost to make the neck alone probably exceeded the value of the guitar, not to mention that a Palomino isn't a sonic standout to begin with. I don't understand why Eddie didn't just go get a different guitar. Oh well, just thinking out loud! Regardless, another great job, backed up with another great video! As I'm older than you, I'm too old to admit to having a hero, but if I did, it would be you, Jerry!

You are making a BEAUTIFUL acoustic guitar neck!! (I've watched all parts and you did succeed!) And I HATE Fender acoustic guitar necks with the Fender headstock!!! Plus it's flat like their electrics, but that LOOKS AND SOUNDS BAD on acoustic guitars. And you are making a proper angled (rocked) headstock, so of course it looks and sounds proper, and better. You never discussed that. I guessed that's both obvious and self explanatory. Thank you for sharing the making of a BEAUTIFUL neck! Keep doing fantastic work and making great videos of your work!! We are floored!!

The Most Interesting & Informative guitar video I have Ever seen... Thanks so much for videoing this adventure. You're amazing. B good.

Boy that had better be his new favorite gitfiddle after all that. Thanks for bringing us along.

On that neck hole… I've used white foam clay to make a mold, and use that for measurements/tracing. On the cutting the neck to fit the body, just tape in your cutout/waste piece.

Fantastic job sir 👏👏👏, you are the one of the best luthier that I ever seen 👍👍👍👍 I wished you made me a guitar 🤞

Jerry, Neil Levang from the Lawrence Welk show was his guitarist, and he played a Fender acoustic guitar like that. Had the same Fender headstock ! Didn't know if you remembered that or not . He was a fantastic guitar player, too. ! Love your channel !

Neck while you wait? You must LOVE a challenge!

That neck is absolutely beautiful Jerry .

I think I would have cut the guitar body square behind the heel. I admire your patience and problem solving attitude.

Great video Jerry, 👏👏👏👍🇬🇧

I used wax gauges when blue printing my Race Engines to make sure the values have enough clearance. Also my dentist check clearance of tooth to tooth with this contact paper. Mr. Rosa

My granddaughter says: Mr Jerry you are the awesomest guitar fixer 🎸👌💯😄

This has the old RSW video feel to it. You can tell a big difference in Jerry and Melissa's editing process. They both do really good, but I really enjoy this "Blast From The Past" feel! Lol

Good job you will have to get a sign made "Necks made while you wait".

You're a fine man ... I'm afraid my reply, after seeing the instrument would be .... there's a sale on Takamine's .

Endeavor to persevere!

Awesome

Amazing! I love your work! Can't wait for the conclusion to this episode.. oh yeah.. good one fender.. lol

Great work - oddly I have a set of those exact chisels.

You got there in the end! It might have helped to run the pieces through the planer before gluing them. Then after gluing g use one of the sides against the jointer fence to true up the joint.

When I glue up a neck blank , I dry clamp and drill two holes in part of the waste and use nails as alignment pins no slippage at all. In your case you'd have to cut the nails off flush.

At 50:35, what you could do is put painter's tape on the body of the guitar, add thin double sided tape or just use very light glue to hold sand paper. Then I would make the neck part go up and down and it would sand the radius of the body onto the neck.

I don't know model #'s or names, but a shipmate of mine told me that his Fender Acoustic had a "Strat-like neck" so he could practice and poke around on what he would eventually play and record with, a strat-like electric. He hated the difference in the neck profiles of standard acoustic and the strat-like feel. His wife told me it was unholy hard to play as an acoustic unless you were thinking strat neck in the left hand. I thought at the time... WTF! Of course I didn't play guitar... Ukulele once. But it all makes sense now. Couldn't have been many of those made or all of them came with a non-quality disclaimer for low low prices. Did I actually see a commercial like that in the 70's...?

I see your iGaging caliper, on your bench. When you mentioned it, a few vids back, I checked it out and found it for $30 on Amazon. I am Very happy with it. It is, Definitely, a very solid piece. It is replacing a General Tools caliper, I have, which I, also, paid $30 for and is rather sloppy.

You are a master!!!

That was an excellent video, easily one of the best (Chocolate was my favorite).

One hundred thumbs up to this video and the job Jerry has done with the new neck. Jerry was surely right this is one headache, lol. I am sure he will fix it right. I never dreamed that guitar manufacturers would make so many mistakes on guitars and cover them up. Until I started watching Jerry's videos. I wish him luck with this mess, lol.

I love guitars. That's why I just subbed (started late in life).

I'm suprised at Fender, I know that's an older model, but the few Fender acoustics I've seen you repair, including that resonator, were shocking to me. I know they have massive production, & a few mistakes can be expected. I had an old F-15 Fender acoustic, that I dearly loved. Nice crisp, bright tone. Sounded great, granted it wasn't a Guild (who still making good, great sounding acoustics back then), Gretsch, Martin, or a Gibson, but it was a good guitar. I have a 30 yr old US Telecaster, that's a great guitar. Yet I've heard so many complaints about the early 90s models. I came to the conclusion I must have gotten a Wednesday guitar. Turns out the neck stamp was a Tuesday. LoL. Almost bought a Fender acoustic/electric resonator the model with the Tele neck pick up (Great slide pick up), but after seeing the one Jerry repaired, & few more like that one, I'm glad I didn't. Fender needs a little better QC, as do a lot of the majors IMO. Even their Custom Guitars seem to have slipped a notch, they aren't inexpensive.

The original neck was maple also so the beautiful Birdseye u used was perfect!!

The 'Necks morning.'

Wow, a custom guitar neck while you wait, all you need now is a drive thru window!

This "super fan" doesn't play or work on any musical instruments. That being said, got great brotherly love for Jerry and Caleb! You two are great craftsman and have personalities that folks enjoy listening to.

You were asked too and are correcting a Fender boondoggle. Amazing skills! I would have introduced that guitar? to a trash bin!

WOW!! Who'd buy a Fender??!! It's hard to believe how badly this guitar was built at the factory!, I really felt for you when you found out the area under the heel was rounded in both planes 😥😕

I love Fender guitars. I feel they are the very best made guitars. I heard that Fender makes horrible acoustic guitars. I hope that rumor is wrong. I have faith in you Jerry. You always do an amazing job. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Jerry, Looking a the side of the neck you ran across the jointer, at, approximately, 20:00, it looks like you might need to replace your cutters. I saw some raised stripes in the wood, caused by nicks in the blades.

Cutting endgrain on hard figured maple is frustrating, to say the least. One tip I was given was to dampen the wood before cutting with super sharp chisel. Not easy but easier.

You need a modern version of a sign I saw in a Garage 35 yrs ago: Rate: $20/hr $35/hr If you watch $50/hr If you help

Jerry, that new fingerboard is the wrong scale if you are planning to use the original bridge in the same location. You'll find out why once you try to do that. I saw a rig like that pipe setup way back in the late 60s on a crappy 12 string EKO (I think). The idea seemed to be to prevent the guitar from folding up. Instead it just killed the sound.

The round Black spots on the flat surface of your maple is bark that has been hauled in from the bird eye when its growing it in with the eye and the longer black strips going on the side if your neck is minerals from the ground that the tree grew in. I use to cut and sell birdseye maple back in the 90'and early 2000's i have a friend that has a mill and sells it if you need any, he even has a place to cook the woods in a giant oven to take out moist of the moister. You can check him out on face book DJ Smearer Inc specialty lumber products and hard wood flooring . he use to sells a lot of guitar necks to fender for a while i am not sure if he still has a contract with them or not

WHen you said it was a bolt on neck, I was expecting it to be bolted through the inside, not a bolt-on electric guitar type. When I flipped the guitar over and I saw the plate, I understood. That looks very weird. LOL

You can't get paid enough for the amount of time you spend on re engineering someone's Ford, you know the guy's with the better idea.

Math teacher here 🙋🏻‍♀️

One of my mates in the bike trade used to have a notice on the wall which went something like: Labour £12 per hour If you wait £14 per hour If you watch £16 per hour If you help £25 per hour

Sir couldn’t you have used a sanding drum on a drill press for cupping the heel of that neck out. I’m much impressed in your wood working skills. I have really enjoyed your videos. Sincerely Lin Lowery

i had a flat top arched back mahogany acoustic a no name from the 70's it had a bolt on neck and it had no pin in it, it was wide and felt good in my hand the nut was smaller then my classical and a bit wider then my 12 string Yamaha, then a few years later in some pawnshop i saw the same make but a 12 string i should have bought it but let it pass

Wow, this was stressful for me to watch somebody else do. I can't imagine doing it myself.... with an audience. I think it's above my pay grade.

I never liked those fender acoustic guitars, but that's my opinion, set necks pearls my boy pearls.