Hey jerry, I studied wood carving here in Germany. Those carving hammers are worth gold. Made a bunch in my apprenticeship. When I get over my health issues I’ll definitely try carving my own mandolin. Thanks for the videos! Better late than never.
Watching your old videos Jerry your lutherie skills have taught me to become something I never thought I would be... with the education I already had you are giving me old school knowledge
Magnet works great for metal shavings in the eye.. As a carpenter/woodworker and a musician, this mesmerizing video is right up my alley. Fantastic job.
Really enjoyed this video. I've watched many of your repairs but this is the first build I've seen, and it's fascinating. I'm no slouch with my hands but you, sir, are deeply impressive.
I am envious of your 2 bandsaws! No matter how hard or thick the pieces you cut, I never see any blade deflection or wandering on either your large or smaller saws. Amazing!
JerryVery nice, I have been a woodworker for 35+yrs I have built furniture with almost every kind of wood, quiltedmaple is a soft maple & in order to get that grain pattern it has to be sawn just right You are right it’s tears out very badly sometimes Ialways use a tooth blade in my planes when working with any figured wood But as you stated it still likes to chip out. Sanding is the best way too tackle that issue but I could never carve that back like you , give yourself credit You are a Very talented Man. God Bless & I cannot wait to see this baby come to life.
Great to see a new mandolin being built .I love following from beginning to end .Love the looks of that back.. She`s going to be a beauty...Thank you for sharing...Stay safe my friend...GOD BLESS
Jerry, you make it look so easy! You are the best! I was wondering if you might consider doing a show on tool sharpening techniques. It is such an important part of good work and I’m sure your followers would get a lot out of it. Thanks so much for your artistry and excellence!
At around 17:00, you explain that you used a power grinder to hog out a lot of the surplus wood "but don't try to get too close". When I was just a lad, it was explained to me that at any given time, I should pick a tool and technique that would easily remove at least 80% but no more than 90% of the material that I wanted gone. This holds true for chainsaws and axes at one extreme and polishing compounds at the other. I've managed to follow this advice for several decades and it seems that you do too. Your tool and technique choices are why I (and many others, no doubt) continue to put down anything we're doing when we see a new Rosa video.
The music starting at 13:31 is amazing, best I've heard on your entertaining instructive videos yet. Thanks for your time and effort on these amazing repairs and creations!
Beautiful wood + Master craftsmanship = Leaving me in suspense again. Can't wait to see it. Still waiting on the guitar. Waiting on 2, Jerry you are making me lose my mind.
wow!!! It looks amazing !!!your skills never ever disappoint ,that mandolin is going to play and most off look amazing,wowJerry I really like the matched pattern
Bloody amazing, such beautiful wood, down here on east coast of Canada we used too make wood hammers similar to yours and we called them caulking hammers used in caulking the wooden planking. 🇨🇦🇺🇸
It's a real pleasure to watch a master craftsman create a work of art! Thanks for all you do and sharing the process with us. The curl you refer to is magnificent! Have you ever seen that effect in bubinga? It's that times 2; no lie. Bubinga has the most magnificent "curl" or 3d effect you have never/ever seen unless you've seen it. Check online now if ya haven't seen it.
That is beautiful wood. I always wanted a guitar made from that wood. I love the color. Awesome video thanks for sharing. Stay well and safe guy's. Jerry, Make a ukeli or fiddle out of those two short leftover places. For sure they would make a nice fiddle. Have you ever seen a fiddle made out of this wood? I have not. People would love it.
I love the grain on that maple. When you wetted it down, it appeared to have a 3D effect, looking like hills and valleys. I hope that look shows up once you get finish on it. Thanks for the video.
I carved a mandolin back out of birds redwood eye burl and it was horrible for tear out so I put a sanding disk like I used to use with my drill. I Chucked it into my drill press to hold it firmly in place and moved my back around to shape it so it was very similar to what you did. There is probably a good time to use each style
But its a paine in the rear end . What pretter than that is spalted quilted maple .. but in order to work with it . Spalted maple quilted or otherweise has to be stablized .or it crumbles .
If I were of the financial means to do so, I would absolutely order a Rosa mandolin. I don't yet play a mando, but that does not matter one bit.. These are absolutely the finest artisan mandolins made these days, and will pass through the ages to come with the same respect as a Loar. We are blessed to see Jerry actually build them. I love that curley maple.. tough to carve, but OH SO BEAUTIFUL.
I Love the sound of that wood as Your Plane hits it It may be softer than the surly or birds eye but it still has a beautiful music instrument sound to it and along with the beauty of it it looks like its going to sound AND look like a beautiful quality instrument
I had gone off the curly and quilted maple look over recent years with just about every electric guitar manufacturer doing it to death . But , yes but, this back is absolutely stunning. 👍🏻☮❤
I am not familiar with working with Western Maple, but it has always been my understanding that it is a fairly soft wood. We just don't get the cold winters that make good hardwood west of the Cascade Mountains. We had an enormous Western Maple on the back of our property, so they do get big, but not too hard.
hi Jerry and team, reguarding the top being close to perfect we have a saying in our workshop ,"any better than that is wrong."......great work, entertaining too thanks
I use manual mode on my cameras now, on my channel videos. That will stop the changing of color when it gets a large white area in front of the cameras lense. I used aperture priority for a long time then switched to manual and found I had more controlle over the video quality. Just something to consider. Thanks for another awesome video.
Such a nice piece of wood. I have one mandolin. I do get real guilty after a while of not playing it and sticking to guitar. I usually write a tune and go mandolin crazy to remind myself to never give it up. Health and happiness dude ✌️
Hello Jerry,just wanted to say love the videos, I am a luthier although been away from it for a while. You have inspired me to pick up the tools again, I would like to see a video on dealing with bouncing frets after a re -fret, I am struggling with a Gibson S1 that has stainless frets..
That is a beautiful slab of wood Jerry! I am going to experiment with a cypress top on my next build, it is a conifer of sorts, and some of the old growth cypress has a ring to it, wish me luck I have never heard of a cypress top...
Good luck on your build, Brian Kientz. One college buddy built one three plus generations back and I wound up getting it. Lots of talent went into this build. It was the best looking wall hanger ever. Dale Redmen was the builder from Oregon.
@@paullanier8280 you say wall hanger, what a shame, why has it been relegated to the wall? I know some of the young, or fast grown cypress can be a bit dumb, or punky. The old growth (close grain) cypress I have in mind as a top is pretty bell like, kind of between spruce and cedar!
@@briankientz2926 hi Brian . The talent from Dale was very high. He had challenges having it tune to proper pitch. I also fought to get it tuned and this is one reason. The other was the slab cut top. Nonetheless it was too nice of a build to just part with it and that left wall hanger status. If you have great tap tone, it should make a great instrument. I'm just a novice at music instruments but have always learned much from pros like you and Jerry and Randy Shartiger.
I don't know much about Cypress. If it is considered a softwood it would probably work as long as it is a quarter sawn top you do not want slab cut wood for a top
When you can, post some progress notes on your cypress mandolin. I'm not too far away from your area and it would be a great road trip to hear the sound it has. One of my brothers has a music store in Mandeville, Louisiana If you can drop in when you travel through. His name is Randy.
Little belt sander like this usually have a speed control. You have to watch at what speed you use it because the faster it goes the quicker you can dig a whole.
For quilted maple, I like to use a toothing plane. Not sure if you can buy one for the finger planes you use, but they are not difficult to shape from larger ones, or you can have Ron Howk make some for you. Beautiful work though!!
I have a few guitars made from maple including a couple of Hofners and I also have a couple of ukuleles made from flamed maple or plain maple but, I wouldn't mind one from quilted maple..it looks beautifully aesthetically.
feel free to film and post any or all of the build Jerry.- y`see, it`s a bit like a James Bond movie (now there`s a comparison you never thought you`d read, but stick with me here)! y`know what yer gonna get, but, we watch it, because we enjoy it!
Hey jerry, I studied wood carving here in Germany. Those carving hammers are worth gold. Made a bunch in my apprenticeship. When I get over my health issues I’ll definitely try carving my own mandolin. Thanks for the videos! Better late than never.
Watching your old videos Jerry your lutherie skills have taught me to become something I never thought I would be... with the education I already had you are giving me old school knowledge
I love Emeri singing “ Ain’t No Friend Like You”. Beautiful.
Looking forward to this! Oh boy!
Magnet works great for metal shavings in the eye..
As a carpenter/woodworker and a musician, this mesmerizing video is right up my alley. Fantastic job.
My word Jerry! that is some truly beautiful wood, it almost has a holographic effect on it! Can't wait to see the movement through a finish.
You are definitely a warrior your attitude is fantastic it's great!!!!!
Really enjoyed this video. I've watched many of your repairs but this is the first build I've seen, and it's fascinating. I'm no slouch with my hands but you, sir, are deeply impressive.
Really enjoy these mandolin builds I'm starting to watch this one now as I'm practicing my Bass
That back looks beautiful Jerry , thanks for the video. Chocolate sounded brilliant !!! 👏👏👏👍🇬🇧
Nice work, Jerry! Looking forward to part 2... 😊
I am envious of your 2 bandsaws! No matter how hard or thick the pieces you cut, I never see any blade deflection or wandering on either your large or smaller saws. Amazing!
Beautiful wood. I love the grain pattern despite it not matching. It's just magnificent. ❤❤❤❤
The matching is phenomenal......
Great build so far. Looking forward to the rest. Thanks, Jerry.
JerryVery nice, I have been a woodworker for 35+yrs I have built furniture with almost every kind of wood, quiltedmaple is a soft maple & in order to get that grain pattern it has to be sawn just right You are right it’s tears out very badly sometimes Ialways use a tooth blade in my planes when working with any figured wood But as you stated it still likes to chip out. Sanding is the best way too tackle that issue but I could never carve that back like you , give yourself credit You are a Very talented Man. God Bless & I cannot wait to see this baby come to life.
Great to see a new mandolin being built .I love following from beginning to end .Love the looks of that back.. She`s going to be a beauty...Thank you for sharing...Stay safe my friend...GOD BLESS
Jerry, I enjoy a lot your videos, they are really instructive and fun. Love your Luthier T-shirts!
You are the marvellous, magical, Madeline and musical luthier, nice one Jerry, always cheer me up thanks.
Jerry, you make it look so easy! You are the best! I was wondering if you might consider doing a show on tool sharpening techniques. It is such an important part of good work and I’m sure your followers would get a lot out of it. Thanks so much for your artistry and excellence!
That's an absolutely stunning grain! Reminds me of a turtle shell. Cheers from Canada!
This summer I built two violins with slab curly maple backs. They turned out to be my best sounding fiddles to date.
That is amazing looking maple it really pops!!! You are an AWESOME CRAFTSMAN!!!!!
Awesome work Jerry she's going to be a beauty you are one patient artisan luthier,have a great weekend,Cheers!
That is some beautiful tuneful wood! Gonna be a rare treasure of an instrument, I've no doubt! It's a pleasure watching you work, Jerry!
At around 17:00, you explain that you used a power grinder to hog out a lot of the surplus wood "but don't try to get too close". When I was just a lad, it was explained to me that at any given time, I should pick a tool and technique that would easily remove at least 80% but no more than 90% of the material that I wanted gone. This holds true for chainsaws and axes at one extreme and polishing compounds at the other. I've managed to follow this advice for several decades and it seems that you do too. Your tool and technique choices are why I (and many others, no doubt) continue to put down anything we're doing when we see a new Rosa video.
Beautiful wood. I love repairs, but new builds are awesome. Thank you so much kind Sir.
This is one of my all time favorite channels. Jerry, you are a true artist and i just love your calmness.
The grain reveal party!
Phenomenal!
And no woods were set on fire!
Thats gonna be a pretty mandolin when done thanks for another great video Jerry & co
That back is GORGEOUS!!!! I LOVE the figure on it!
Those grains have some beautiful dancing flames even for being somewhat unfinished it's going to be awesome
What incredible wood you are using Jerry, both the front and back and sides are going to be gorgeous.
Thanks for posting.
Never seen anything like this before Gerry , finding it fascinating to see you do this with such skill , amazing !👌
The music starting at 13:31 is amazing, best I've heard on your entertaining instructive videos yet. Thanks for your time and effort on these amazing repairs and creations!
Beautiful wood + Master craftsmanship = Leaving me in suspense again. Can't wait to see it. Still waiting on the guitar. Waiting on 2, Jerry you are making me lose my mind.
FASCINATING! I love watching the process! Keep up the good work!
I can’t wait to see this one and hear it. Great work Jerry! And yes, you will be involved in your wife’s project. You are a funny luthier!
"Grain reveal party" that's another time shirt right there and let's face it, that's the best best kind of reveal party
Sublime wood and great craftmanship as usual ! The tone of teh top sounds amazing almost like an indian tabla amazing
Whoa, what a beautiful back good carving my man!
wow!!! It looks amazing !!!your skills never ever disappoint ,that mandolin is going to play and most off look amazing,wowJerry I really like the matched pattern
You’re a patient man, very nicely done! Can’t wait for the rest Jerry, thanks 👍
That is some beautiful maple. It's going to come out great, as does all of your instruments. You make beautiful quality instruments.
That curling is insane !!! I see a japanese face mask in that pattern ! Holy ! Moly!
You are absolutely a wizard.
My mouth actually went into an O shape when I heard the tone that top has to offer, so full sounding and resonant on its own
Bloody amazing, such beautiful wood, down here on east coast of Canada we used too make wood hammers similar to yours and we called them caulking hammers used in caulking the wooden planking. 🇨🇦🇺🇸
WOW what a gorgeous piece of wood Jerry... ( when you wet the back down ) Almost has a 3D perspective...
beautiful wood Jerry cannot wait to see the end result👍👍👍
It's a real pleasure to watch a master craftsman create a work of art! Thanks for all you do and sharing the process with us. The curl you refer to is magnificent! Have you ever seen that effect in bubinga? It's that times 2; no lie. Bubinga has the most magnificent "curl" or 3d effect you have never/ever seen unless you've seen it. Check online now if ya haven't seen it.
That is going to be a beautiful mando. Can't wait to see what your dye / stain treatment looks like on it!
Super beautiful grain ! Congrats !
That is beautiful wood. I always wanted a guitar made from that wood. I love the color. Awesome video thanks for sharing. Stay well and safe guy's. Jerry, Make a ukeli or fiddle out of those two short leftover places. For sure they would make a nice fiddle. Have you ever seen a fiddle made out of this wood? I have not. People would love it.
Really enjoyable to watch you work - you handle that bandsaw like a true master! And great to hear Old Chocolate in the background 😀
That is some Lovely Maple there Jerry i know that if it sounds as good as it looks the customer will be very happy
The book match pattern is awesome. I am eager to see it once it has been stained and finished. Holy cow. It is going to be a beautiful mandolin.
it's one of the best bookmatches I've ever seen. It's simply incredible.
That is stunning!
Sounds great, great choice of wood. I love carving.
I love the grain on that maple. When you wetted it down, it appeared to have a 3D effect, looking like hills and valleys. I hope that look shows up once you get finish on it. Thanks for the video.
Love the site Jerry You are the man Brother enjoy yo very much ~~~Bill Sterling
That is definitely going to be a gorgeous mandolin!
All that instrument needs is a Natural finish .... Awesome !
Beautiful the grain looks 3D!
I carved a mandolin back out of birds redwood eye burl and it was horrible for tear out so I put a sanding disk like I used to use with my drill. I Chucked it into my drill press to hold it firmly in place and moved my back around to shape it so it was very similar to what you did. There is probably a good time to use each style
Quilted maple’s is some of the purtiest of woods
But its a paine in the rear end . What pretter than that is spalted quilted maple .. but in order to work with it . Spalted maple quilted or otherweise has to be stablized .or it crumbles .
If I were of the financial means to do so, I would absolutely order a Rosa mandolin. I don't yet play a mando, but that does not matter one bit.. These are absolutely the finest artisan mandolins made these days, and will pass through the ages to come with the same respect as a Loar. We are blessed to see Jerry actually build them. I love that curley maple.. tough to carve, but OH SO BEAUTIFUL.
Instablaster.
I Love the sound of that wood as Your Plane hits it It may be softer than the surly or birds eye but it still has a beautiful music instrument sound to it and along with the beauty of it it looks like its going to sound AND look like a beautiful quality instrument
what beautiful wood that is! and kidney stones OUCH! been there too and hope I never feel pain like that again.
Absolutely beautiful wood.
I had gone off the curly and quilted maple look over recent years with just about every electric guitar manufacturer doing it to death . But , yes but, this back is absolutely stunning. 👍🏻☮❤
Posted 12 minutes ago, I drop everything to watch when I see it.
That maple curl! I’d love to have a cello with a back like that.
Beautiful piece of wood
I am not familiar with working with Western Maple, but it has always been my understanding that it is a fairly soft wood. We just don't get the cold winters that make good hardwood west of the Cascade Mountains. We had an enormous Western Maple on the back of our property, so they do get big, but not too hard.
When my wife makes something it means she watches and I get to do the work ,God love them
hi Jerry and team, reguarding the top being close to perfect we have a saying in our workshop ,"any better than that is wrong."......great work, entertaining too thanks
Beautiful, I experienced the same tear out on some Birdseye
The song bringing Mary home is such a sad song. Great song Jerry.
I've been binging your videos and it took me a second to realize there's no part two yet 😭🤣🔥👏 fantastic work brother, instant sub.
I use manual mode on my cameras now, on my channel videos. That will stop the changing of color when it gets a large white area in front of the cameras lense. I used aperture priority for a long time then switched to manual and found I had more controlle over the video quality. Just something to consider.
Thanks for another awesome video.
That will be one beautiful instrument. The back is gorgeous! That maple will probably give it a brighter tone, don't you think?
Such a nice piece of wood. I have one mandolin. I do get real guilty after a while of not playing it and sticking to guitar. I usually write a tune and go mandolin crazy to remind myself to never give it up. Health and happiness dude ✌️
What 2 beautiful pieces of wood. 😁😁😁😁😁
Hello Jerry,just wanted to say love the videos, I am a luthier although been away from it for a while. You have inspired me to pick up the tools again, I would like to see a video on dealing with bouncing frets after a re -fret, I am struggling with a Gibson S1 that has stainless frets..
I'm not even a luthier, nor a wood worker, and I don't play mandolin. But I subscribed.
No doubt carving figured grain, burls, ect is an exercise in patience for sure. Godspeed my friend
That maple is purty! The quilt my grandma made ain't that purty! And of course, Caleb just HAS to get on camera.
That quilted maple deserves a clear finish so the grain shows thru.
That is a beautiful slab of wood Jerry! I am going to experiment with a cypress top on my next build, it is a conifer of sorts, and some of the old growth cypress has a ring to it, wish me luck I have never heard of a cypress top...
Good luck on your build, Brian Kientz. One college buddy built one three plus generations back and I wound up getting it. Lots of talent went into this build. It was the best looking wall hanger ever. Dale Redmen was the builder from Oregon.
@@paullanier8280 you say wall hanger, what a shame, why has it been relegated to the wall? I know some of the young, or fast grown cypress can be a bit dumb, or punky. The old growth (close grain) cypress I have in mind as a top is pretty bell like, kind of between spruce and cedar!
@@briankientz2926 hi Brian . The talent from Dale was very high. He had challenges having it tune to proper pitch. I also fought to get it tuned and this is one reason. The other was the slab cut top. Nonetheless it was too nice of a build to just part with it and that left wall hanger status.
If you have great tap tone, it should make a great instrument. I'm just a novice at music instruments but have always learned much from pros like you and Jerry and Randy Shartiger.
I don't know much about Cypress. If it is considered a softwood it would probably work as long as it is a quarter sawn top you do not want slab cut wood for a top
When you can, post some progress notes on your cypress mandolin.
I'm not too far away from your area and it would be a great road trip to hear the sound it has. One of my brothers has a music store in Mandeville, Louisiana If you can drop in when you travel through. His name is Randy.
The back is awesome! Thanks!
I like “perfect is good enough”!
Little belt sander like this usually have a speed control. You have to watch at what speed you use it because the faster it goes the quicker you can dig a whole.
that quilting sure is something
For quilted maple, I like to use a toothing plane. Not sure if you can buy one for the finger planes you use, but they are not difficult to shape from larger ones, or you can have Ron Howk make some for you. Beautiful work though!!
Potential Christmas present for Jerry: Comfortable and high quality pair of safety glasses
I have a few guitars made from maple including a couple of Hofners and I also have a couple of ukuleles made from flamed maple or plain maple but, I wouldn't mind one from quilted maple..it looks beautifully aesthetically.
feel free to film and post any or all of the build Jerry.- y`see, it`s a bit like a James Bond movie (now there`s a comparison you never thought you`d read, but stick with me here)! y`know what yer gonna get, but, we watch it, because we enjoy it!
Jerry, that wood looks quite nice. I hope it will be given a nice light colour stain and not the dark sunburst stain you normally use on a mandolin.
My favourite saying is- perfect will just have to do.