I can't believe somebody would let an old Martin get into that condition. You breathed new life into it!

Great job! What a beauty!

A Master Luthier producing a masterpiece!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. 👍🏻

Fun, relaxing and you learn a lot. Jerry, you clearly love your work - best wishes from Perth, Australia ❤️🇦🇺

It had been about five years since I watched a long form video from front to back and then I found this channel and I'm hooked and enjoying every second!!! Great work Dr Rosa ... you have a lot of talent !!! Ty

1951 martin. You’ve got it sounding great Jerry.

Thanks Jerry!

Great Job!

Martins are fabulous guitars. I enjoy your TLC videos. 🎶🎶🎶

Always enjoy the videos!

Great song Jerry.

Beautiful work Jerry !

Another treasure from the vault!

I love what you do to make guitars new life! ❤❤❤

I just watched your final paid job repair and I am working my way backwards to pay special attention to a true artist 👍

You resurrected that D-28 from near death!! WOW, very nice work Jerry! Sorry to hear you have retired from the business, but fully understand your reasoning. Hopefully, someone ( or many) will follow in your footsteps for years to come with the skill and craftsmanship you have learned and practiced over the decades.

Great music in the background

A fair analogy. Watching your vids previously it had occurred to me it’s like watching a surgeon at work. Well done doctor.

Thanks Emeri for blowing the dust off this one from the archives. I forgot how messy the old office/work station was.... lol. Glad to see Mr. Martin was able to be released from the emergency room looking and sounding better than before. Thanks for the content.

As a former Floridian, that song means a lot to me. Nice work!

amazing sounding Martin......thanks Jerry

Good work sound good.

Great job

Curious about the Rosewood choice for the bridge... Why not go back with Ebony that Martin puts on the D-28? Great Job as always on your craftsmanship. Well Done.

Sure can learn a lot watching these projects

Hello from Piqua Ohio.

Great content, thanks.

Fantastic work Jerry

I watched the entire video! I love fixing things, stuff. I thank you for the song at the end…

Good music selection on this episode. I hadn't heard Seminole Wind and Clayton Delaney for decades. Good tunes, well played, IMO. Nice tone on the guitar, I like how the back looked after it was done. The crack lines blended in very nicely.

That was fun and educational Jerry. That old Martin came back to life beautifully. I bought a Martin D28 in 1992 and had it stolen by a thief here in Seattle, they caught the guy, jailed him for 3 months and let him go, I heard he being sought by the police again for more robberies. I bought another D28 Modern Deluxe two years ago, it's nice but doesn't sound the same as my old girl. I still hope I'll find her again someday. Great video Jerry, thanks for the relaxing evening.

Great watch. And I love your playing at the end. Always a great song choice

That is awesome work Jerry!

Amasing job, pure genius with the refurbishment skills and experience. It's a real pleasure to watch you restore the old girl. The knowledge you share is really good for those who play guitar, as setup tweeks are possible applying your tried and true technique. It's a XXXX Moonshine rating well deserved. Cheers 🥂🎉🙂✅✅✅

That old guitar looks and sounds great!

Great song and great repair Jerry!!!!!!!!! xxx

Great job & MusicJerry, the owner should be real pleased.

Went to school again... Thanks! That old Martin makes the one on my list to repair look like new so on with it.

i have learned so much from this channel the information is priceless , thank you

Great video Jerry keep them coming 👍

That guitar was in sad shape, but you did a lot of work on it and it looks great. What I really like is that after all the work it looks 100% better, but still looks like a guitar that has character from a lifetime of making music. Thanks for letting us tag along, Jerry, God bless.

Great job as usual Jerry… I love your singing at the end of these videos

Jerry! Your fantastic with your technique of waywardness in findin' 'n fixin' faults your amazing. I watch you pretty often as I'm learnin' as you go. So thank you so very much for your lessons 'n views. Cheers old mate from Australia Victoria that is. Give us a call out some time on your show.

You never fail to satisfy me, Mr. Rosa. Never!

What a guy. This was just spectacular to watch.

Jerry if you put your drill on reverse with the countersink (bevelling bit) it does not chip out and it leaves a smooth edge 👍

Well worth the effort. You restored a great soun to its home :-0

Looks like a nice vintage, well-used guitar now!

I use a plastic straw to get the bridge glue from the edge my bro🎉

Top job Jerry. 1000% better than when it came in, and still sounds like a Martin D28 should do. Some good tricks and tips in this vid too.

Aaaaand another obligatory like, well done Sir!

I have watched several of your videos and i am duly impressed. I have a '72 D-18 and this video was special to me. BRAVO!

Nice job Jerry!

I love the way you use that finger plane.. you make it love so easy, I have got to start using mine ..

what an amazing craftsman

Nice choice on the rosewood bridge. Cuts some of that brassy high end and mellows out the tone slightly.

Great video. Fascinating to watch the transformation and methods! 👍🏼

I can’t understand why people abuse such nice instruments like that the D28 … you’re doing a fantastic job on this instrument.

I have a D 16 and love it ,such good sound. Enjoying your program , Martin guitars are great.

What a nice job on this guitar! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Great job!

Very Nice repair Jerry it sounds amazing and 1 of my favorite song that you do is Seminole Wind very nicely done !!!!

Excellent vid...and great job ...hope all is well in your neck of the woods, lookin forward to the next project vid...

The twenty-eight is just about the finest 'dread' in ol'C.F.'s stable. And justice you've done for that one, well done.

Great Job thanks for sharing your mastery work.. Very successful surgery

Good job 👍

Today, a 50s D28 with Brazilian rosewood is worth $5000 or more - the guy who put the screws in the bridge never imagined that...

Your awesome with the instrument.

I’m thinking Martin uses lacquer. I over-sprayed the back of a 1950 00-18 with “rattle can” lacquer a while back and it bled in quite well.

" Seminole Wind " , My absolute Favourite R.S B. tune. Beautiful. Musician of 46 or so years. Respectfully.

It's funny because that practice of cutting the fret board at the 14th fret, or at the body joint, was practiced in early guitar repair days for sure, and was the recommended procedure back then (even by Martin). But they don't do it now because cutting the fret board, right at the body joint, allows the neck to pull forward again much sooner. Because it's like you created a hinge there. The fret board helps make everything stable and solid. I understand why you would need to cut the fret board in some cases but it would be much better to cut it 2 or 3 frets up the neck. But I'm not a luthier so what do I know... Lol... That old Martin looks great again Jerry. Nice work.

The countersink bit you're using is actually made for metal, not for wood. Search for a zero flute countersink. These are by far the best countersink bits for wood use. Great repair once again!

Nice job

12:20 mins Wow you’re doing magic now as well 😁

1:08:01 Thank you for the song🤠

I like the little intro's you have started using in your videos. Kudo's to Emeri Rosa (if this was her idea) or whoever thought of this. Another great repair too!

I have a Fender Starcaster that I bought for $10, it has 3 big cracks on the top, that’s a good project to practice and I thank you for the videos you make, I learn a lot.

Love all your videos a quick tip if you run the bevel tool in reverse you get a great finish

Love the song in the video.

50's D28 with oversized rosewood bridge? Mr. Martin may be out of surgery, but he is still sick 😫.

You always get a thumbs up from me Jerry, I enjoy sharing your work. Why not plug the ebony sattle and cut a new bridge slot. Ted Woodford does it regularly.

Instead of sanding the mark off from the old pick guard, I would have probably used steel wool. What do you think? Btw, I love your videos and have been binge watching them for days. Thank you for providing such outstanding content!

It broke along the pins because they forced the bridgepins in too deep. As per the owners manual the bridge pins are not designed to bottom out up to the collar of the pins. Just received my HD-28 and low and behild the bridge pins are not inserted all the way to the collar. Owners manual says just insert the pin in deep enough to securely hold the strings

Ever thought of bee's wax to guarantee your blocks don't stick? I watch a KZfaqr who coats everything with bee's wax. He says bee's wax sticks to everything, but nothing sticks to bee's wax. He melts the wax, and then brushes it on.

U can use a pallet knife & an iron & as long as it was hide glue or fish glue it will come off very easy. There's no need to pop off the length of the fretboard as long as you're only pulling the top off of the body.

The Ebony is Macassar Ebony, From the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

Great work! Sad to see such a fine instrument so mistreated!

*"You can really do a lot more damage sometimes trying to do good"* @31:40 Wise words Jerry reminded me of Tom T´s song "Too many do-goods" And one of my favorite Bluegrass songs is named "Leave well enough alone".

Mr. Jerry wow it needed a load of work. Almost flatlined a few times lol. Great to see she is back in prime playing condition.

your band sounds cool good vocals

Looking back I knew the Martin cult would come for you, I hope the customer was happy.

I sure enjoy watching your videos I enjoy watching your professionalism and your work ethic is impeccable and I really appreciate your skill in your work and it's very entertaining to watch though I'm not a very good guitar player I do own a Epiphone 12 string acoustic which plays very well and I I enjoy it immensely though I am more of a bass player I have a six string Ibanez a four-string Ibanez and a Dean six string Electric in the style of the old Gibson Les Paul which plays well also with sevens on it and I've learned so much about caring for my guitar from you just wanted to let you know that I appreciate you very much and enjoy your work I'm wishing you and your family all the best and God's blessings upon you and your family and the subscribers to your Channel

I noticed the binding as soon as the video started

I"ve seen a bridge that was cracked exactly like that through the peg holes. The strings had been over-tightened. Apparently the strings didn't break but the bridge did.

Hey! Love your videos, and this one was especially satisfying. One thing that piques my interest, however, is seeing all these solvents coming into contact with the finish of the guitar (such as lighter fluid and CA glue accelerator). How do you know which ones are safe (short of potentially disastrous trial and error)? I guess you develop a sixth sense for these things over the years, but I'm always afraid I'll wind up wiping the finish right off (or leaving a big smudge at least). The main ingredient in my CA glue accelerator is acetone, which seems like it would be especially caustic. Not to mention the chore of cleaning super glue off of the finish... I'm probably more likely to make an even worse mess out of a bad one.

The 2 wood screws are quite common in less expensive ukulele , not what I like .

20 years later!!!!!!! Jeez, give it a break!

I hate when people drill holes and use bolts on bridges. I doubt that was from the factory as you said. That guitar was beat up wasnt it haha. Nice work as always. Love the videos and thanks for all the ideas and tricks you teach all of us with every video you post. :-) Greatly appreciate all the effort you put into these videos

I would be dubious that Martin did those repairs, especially the bridge. More likely a "authorized Martin repairman" which I have had some experience with. Martin may have authorized some luthier to work on the instrument but those folks vary in their methods from one to another.

It is Madagascar ebony it has brown streaks in it.