I’m 74 years old and fairly new to the guitar world. In fact I’m in the process of learning how to play. I’m addicted to this channel and find it fascinating. I’m learning so much about Guitars from watching them being repaired. Thank you.

I like your approach to repairs. Very methodical, patient and then observation for results. Excellent lesson, thank you.

“Feel free to disagree with me, I can’t force you to be correct”😅. Killing me!😅😅😅

Jerry, your dry sense of humor just kills me…rope burns LOL. Anyway, you are amazing bringing the wrecks back to life. ❤️

This is almost a 'chocolate' level rebuild... The education and wisdom in this one is fantastic.

One reason we love your videos, Jerry it’s because it’s almost like we’re in your head hearing your thoughts. You do such a great job explaining. I love it when you think about trying to make a decision about what to do. “ I think I might do this or maybe do this first no I’ll go ahead and do that one.” It’s great

I’m watching this 9/2023. I’ve watched Olaf work w hide glue and he uses loose cotton fibers and water on old glue for 10 mins. It softens the glue and makes it easy to wipe away. Olaf’s argument is that hide glue has been used for 5000 yrs and once you know how to use it it can last forever although humidity can affect it. New glues rarely last 30yrs. Olaf works on violins in Australia. Love your show.

So many thanks Jerry, Don here from Hamilton NZ on my Wife's tablet (Susan) I'm just a poor guitarist, But I Really love your videos and you're explaining as you go ,Sincere Thanks, regards Don

Love the laid back, amusing and super honest narration on this and all your videos. It's always a treat when I see a new post by RSW.

6 million $ man takes me back to my childhood 🤠

One tough fix Jerry. Congrats!

I love these videos. Very informative and strangely relaxing to watch. I'd love to be able to tear apart a guitar and rebuild it like he does. A true art.

Restoring that guitar was a MONUMENTAL task wow. Great job Jerry! Thanks for the fun🎉

I love the way Jerry can rescue the hopeless cases.

Bravo, bravissimo Signor Rosa !!!

I'm glad I found you

11/10 for dedication and ingenuity! We've come to expect that from you, Jerry!

Emeri is doing a great job producing

The improvement is already enormous. Thanks very much for showing the process. Thumbs up to crush a troll, and the same thing on your son's channel.

Sorry that looks just like my old guitar. It got smashed by seat in truck. Friend reclined on it. I used gorilla glue and those toothpicks to help solidify the face, and the back. Broke my heart. Left it at a guitar shop for repairs, and couldn’t afford to pick it up. Supposed to have belonged to Jerry g!! Gifted to a music teacher.

I'm getting ready to build my first Guitar ( 000 12 fret slot head ) from StewMac and watching these vidios gives me some awesome knowledge. I have a door shop and installed for 30 years so that helps some I hope. Learned a lot from your vids, thanks.

Ha ha! I loved Caleb's comment! "...Is it going to cost 6 million Dollars?" Nice one Caleb. :)

Doctor Jerry, that is!

Hi Happy to see Part 2 Boy you are cleaning it up (you almost needed a shovel for the amount of old glue) - enjoyed the new video inserts - you have to keep trying new stuff - the proof will be in the final sound & playability.

Hi Jerry; With the braces, additional height adds considerably more strength per millimeter than additional width does. Just by eliminating that cutaway for the bridge plate you probably quadrupled that braces strength. leaving the height of the braces higher will probably at least double their strength again. So, what you are doing is correct mechanically. I have been enjoying this series of videos very much so far. Thanks for making and sharing them.

I like the way you explain grain direction and strangh . So many people don't get it .

Pleasure to watch an artist at work.

that lady singing HE CUT ME has one heck of a voice.

After that first episode, I’m looking forward to this wreck getting finished up.

Jerry FWIW I did some research on the Martins a cpl yrs ago - the tops are FLAT. The backs do have a slight radius.

I sure do hope you replaced that small brace on the top before it got all glued up.

Now it's a real ordeal to restore. Cost is to be considered for sure (making a new top). Very interesting to watch and learn. Thank you Jerry 🎶🎶🎶👌

Opinions are like bungholes, everybody has one!

"If it don't work and it don't play and you can't use it; what good is it? I mean you can sit it on a shelf and look at it but what's that do for you?" ROFLOL! Best realist statement ever! 😂

I like your song, "It's in the Wind," Jerry. Cool fiddle player, too, IMO.

You never fail to satisfy me, Mr. Rosa.

Don’t forget about the bass side fan brace!

Another fantastic video keep them coming Jerry, thanks

You are a saint for dealing with that glue. Harsh on your poor hands. You are good mandolin player, hope you can maintain both skills. ❤

😎 Thanks RSW ⚓️ When I get at a mess like that…. I find scraping…. Then score the mess… crisscross… to allow the sudsy water penetrate. Tough job 🎸

Jerry did you forget the little side brace

That glue looks like the resin glue my Dad used to use for wood working before the modern PVA type carpenter's glues became popular. It came as a powder that you mixed with warm water and it dried a dark, reddish brown. It stuck the wood really well but any squeeze out was as brittle as glass.

It's funny how you acknowledge someone in the future might critique your work, but it's day and night better that the work you replaced. Good work enjoy watching.

I took this video as inspiration to fix the bracing on my Yamaha. Thanks. I used trimmed clothes pins for clamps ( against the back side ), and it seriously made the guitar both better bass, and brighter.

I may be wrong, but it looked like there was a small brace that was taken off but not replaced. Perhaps Jerry caught it before he glued the top back on. I guess we’ll find out in the next episode. Regardless, this repair is really looking much better!

Better than a series on Netflix !😘

Excellent work Mr Jerry!

Overtime wood takes new shape and likes it.. It's like a person wants back his younger face but the old face stay put

lots of time and effort!

Sticky as a lollypop ! Ah Ah, you made me laugh 😂😂😂

You should have done a cover of Nanci Griffith’s “Listen to the Radio” for this one. “I got a 00-18 Martin guitar in the back seat of my car and I’m leaving Mississippi with the radio on”

"Feel free to disagree with me, I can't force you to be correct" Now I'm Definitively stealing that one.

Nice work Jerry.

Still can’t wait to hear it playing when you’re done I bet the owners going to be thrilled

Great content, thanks.

Removing old softened glue I rub saw dust on it . You might have some laying around. It keeps it off of fingers and tools.

Wow Jerry, a lot to contend with on this one ! Great job so far tho!

Nice work and instruction

This is definitely a serious rebuild. I was wondering that you still have a short brace to put back on the top.

great to be so close to a serious master

Having a Martin repair tech tell me he was having a problem getting the top of my 30 year old D series to flatten out- and watching you working on this OO series, I’m wondering how you could ever solve the problem once and for all. I think every guitar I’ve ever owned has suffered from neck and bridge issues. It’s just the nature of the beast!

Nice work Jerry

And at the end Jerry will sing to us a nice song as usual Good job my friend

The purpose of the scalloped bracing is not for loos, it’s so the top can vibrate . The environment it was stored in was too much for the scalloped bracing. You made a wise decision by compromising on scalloping the new braces.

as usual, the worst part of the repair is undoing the old repair work.

For the Hyde glue I’d recommend gelled water. Use a synthetic clay/water mix to make a gel. The gel prevents the water from soaking down and keeps the water on the surface to soften the glue up and make it easier to scrape. For a reference, check out Baumgardner Restorations here on KZfaq. Granted he’s working on paintings and not guitars. But if it’s safe enough to prevent water damage for a 300-400 year old canvas painting, I’d say it would be safe on a guitar. He also uses it on frames and stretchers, as well as paintings on wood to remove Hyde/rabbit skin glue. I think it would’ve made this process tremendously easier.

That top looks like a war time top. The grain is very wide indicating a lack of beam strength.

YOU ARE BATMAN!!!!!!!!!

More great content and editing!

"We have the technology".

lol@a mill and a 1/4 and keleb's wise crack......thanks for the vid RSW

Enjoying the progress!!

I would put a really big strong brace right behind the bridge and force the top straight.

The Glue on the Back, made me think of Hardened Caramel, like you'd see on a Candy Apple...

I'd call this a Lazarus guitar.

Love the song He Cut Me

Dear Jerry I pity you ! What a mess I can't imagine the guys from Martin doing such a disaster. It's such a nice feeling to see this guitar re-born again !

One thing that surprised me was not putting a straight edge on the underside (top), under all clamps, when clamping the braces in. But, he's the master.

Jerry, everyone can see that your hands are hurting. Ever give any thought about the new sanding/cutting/vibrating tools? I have used them with some success, though you have to be very careful on account of the power in the tool can do some kind of damage. But removing tons of glue might be a great use for these brutes!

I have always used imperial and metric, but I never understood the relationship between the two. It is only since watching Jerry that I have gained an idea of this. A real game changer was the 0.040" is roughly 1mm. Now I am working in thousands, much more than I use mm, but I can convert easily for those without an idea of inches.

Perhaps if you had painted a little adhesive remover on the glue it would come off much easier ,,,,

Wonder if they put so much glue in the top repairs that it dripped onto the bottom when the guitar was turned over?

I sure enjoy the videos and watching you work Jerry, however I'm not a fan of the new video format picture in a picture, it muddies up the program. ... just an opinion! ... Keep on putting out the Great work you & Caleb do, we all REALLY appreciate it.

11:00 Houston, we have a problem!

You're forgetting a short tone brace on the top. I hope you notice it, and put in on before top reinstallation.

Should you fill in the space on the x-brace that the old plate went under? You mentioned that that may have contributed to the bow, at least weakened the brace. You could have used a slice of the old plate that was already tucked under. Wow! What a mess!!

Jerry you are to strong ❤️

You have the instrument in hand, so if I'm wrong I'm not surprised, but from the side views I've seen in this video of some of the original braces, they don't look particularly well quartered.

Looks like you forgot to replace the short brace that you took away from the bass side of the top. I hope you caught that one. I'll be looking for part three to see.

The excessive glue you discovered inside the back and sides would make me want to think twice about tackling the removal. However, you did, and as always, watching you clean these messes is more than entertaining for me.

Love your videos Jerry. And this one is fascinating. I find the floating screen within the screen to be distracting when it happens. I am not sure you need it or that it does anything good.

It's a Martin!!! It's worth fixing!! Replace the braces,

The tapping tone at 42:45 sounded like an B flat to me. I checked it twice.

I was thinking they spilled some glue down the sound hole by accident.

Jeesh. You cut the fretboard extension!! My goodness man.

Q: Are you in a hurry to get it done? If you think you can get it done fast, the truth is that you'll only be doing it HALF-FAST. 😄😆

I've gotta ask. Why carve down the braces at all? Is it for looks, weight? I don't get Why they are not just cut to size but then again I'm not a luthier, just a curious admirer of excellent work.

Jerry, is the guitar not missing one brace from the new main X brace to the top?

As warped as that top is not only would I replace all the braces while it's apart I might consider taking those tone bars out and adding a second x brace like gibson did on some guitars.

Seems that the scallop braces can actually create more problems then they fix.