213 RSW Comments and Eastman A Model Review
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- Опубликовано: 17 мар 2018
- I start off with some comments received from customers. I move on to a bit of channel news before jumping into a setup of a real nice A style mandolin by Eastman.
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I've had the pleasure of playing a few Eastman guitars and was surprised by the quality compared to the price. I'm glad to hear the mandolins are made with the same surprising quality as their guitars. Excellent video as always!
Your time sheet reminds me of when I was an Auto technician "flagging" hours. You do some great work, I really enjoy your vids.
I bought the Eastman 305 on Ebay just to have an A style instrument. It was noticeably louder than my other mandolin(s) and had a fantastic tone. I'll never sell it. Great job in getting this one up!
Another interesting and informative video Jerry. I've recently acquired an Eastman MD315 as my beginner mandolin, based in part on your opinion that they are reasonably decent instruments. You've also had a role in my decision to learn the mandolin after a lifetime of guitar playing (just about 70yrs young)! I really enjoy your approach to both music and your build, repair and restoration skills.
So a big shout out from the beautiful Fraser Valley, British Columbia and please keep the great videos coming.
Thank you very kindly. Believe it or not a week ago on Friday evening I played music with a girl from British Columbia. She was visiting her grandfather in our area. And she came to the jam. She was an incredible Talent. Beautiful singing voice and played pretty well too. Her name was Zoe. I didn't get her last name but her grandfather's last name is Bookout. Thank you for watching my friend.
Not only sounds good, it has a beautiful finish. Wish I knew how to get a finish like that.
Hi Jerry thank you for helping me find that crazy little clamp you have. I looked everywhere I finely found one there only found on ebay none of the reg. Stores have them.
The clamp is called "Violin Edge Clamp" I love it ive used it on 2 guitars allready heavey little thing but it works great thank you for showing the one you have!!!!! Keep up the great work you do I love all of your repair vids!!!!!!
Thanks again
Ken
You're very welcome. Thank you very much. Glad you found your clamp.
Hi Jerry, I am not surprised that you like the Eastman mandolin. I own two Eastman guitars. I just recently changed to heavier strings and couldn't figure out why I had string buzz . Because of your excellent videos on the subject I was able to change the bridge and adjust the truss rod to perfection. Thank you for sharing your 30 years plus experience with all of us. You are very mutch appreciated, Thanks David Kaiser
Thank you very much my friend.
Old school time stamper... still VERY useful in this app and software age. Cool!!
Yes it is. I was going to get one of these 20 years ago and I wished I had. Thanks for watching.
as a guitarist of some decades, I can confirm good wax does wonders for the sound!
Thank you very much.
Great job. No negativity here. Keep up the good work.
Thank you very much. Thanks for watching.
Great video Jerry, that mandolin sounds really good!
Thank you very much.
Thank you for another great video.
Thank you my friend.
After your setup it sounds very much better. More clear beautiful intonation! You are very good and what you do. A new instrument with soooo much wrong. It came to the right place.
Actually it wasn't terribly bad it's just that I'm kind of picky. LOL thanks for watching.
@@RosaStringWorks Picky is good.
LOVE the new system! Thanks for all you do. Let the negative folks be negative...they are going to be that way anyway. Let them do their thing...you do yours friend.
Thank you very much.
First: Great video. Second: Good luck with the sales of your current and future Mandolin methods. I'm thinking of getting a Mandolin either later this, or early next year, so you'll get an order off me sometime in the near future. The Eastman A Model looks like great value so thanks for showing it here. Third: If the rest of the people in the world kept as busy as you doing something positive, most of societies problems would disappear overnight. :-) You've also wisely decided to just keep doing things your own way. Let the naysayers go somewhere else to feel important, or better still let them start their own channel and show everyone how perfect they do things themselves :-0
Thank you very much my kind friend.
Awesome video. Randy is right. The more popular you get. The more negative comments you will get. I've noticed it on many channels. Don't worry you still have all the positive people. And you will get more & more. Cause you always release great videos. I always look forward to your videos. I always hit the thumbs up before your video starts. I always know it will be a great video. Keep them coming. And your channel will keep growing. Many good people will find you. God bless you my friend.
Thank you my friend. Hope you and your wife are doing okay now. Thanks for watching.
Rosa String Works Hi Jerry, Thank you for responding to my post. My wife is doing better. She is recovering from her surgery but still has a ways to go. Thank you for everything. I will look forward to your videos always. I hope you and your family have a wonderful blessed week. You are truly a good person. Thank you for everything.
I have this Eastman md 305 mandolin, among the four I own! After watching this video, I decided to put paste wax (Turtle Wax) on the body, since Jerry recommended this. He was right, the tone of the mandolin, which was already very good, got even better I don't understand why, but am glad to learn these tips from these videos.
On some instruments it really makes a difference. I especially notice the difference on flat top guitars.
Right hand technique is definitely something I need to work on. All good players seem to have a really good fluid right hand technique mine is too stiff and lacks confidence. Good job
The right hand is like the foundation and walls of your house it is everything. The left hand is like the pictures on the wall. I like to call it decoration.
Jerry- You do toot your own horn sometimes, but rightfully so. Because you always follow up with a great repair!!!
Thanks for taking a look.
I had the exact same issue with the same tuning peg on my 305. There was a burr or rough edge. Strange coincidence.
I have the Eastman MD305 and this is a very good video on this instrument, which is a great value. There are videos on youtube of the workers in the Chinese factory leveling the frets before finishing. So, I am not surprised that it wouldn't need much "fine tuning" . The one I bought was very loud and had excellent tone, due, I think, to the satin finish, which helps the wood breathe easily. The setup was excellent, as is. It's always fun to see a video of yours on an instrument I own! This is the second one for me, so far. Thanks!
Thanks for the note. Good luck with your instruments. Thanks for watching.
thx. i learn alot from you ..you mite try tuning to right to help with the overdrive...........
Thank you very much. My only problem is I can't tell when the mic is being over driven. Because it's just a cheap little camera. The other side of the coin is sometimes it barely barely picks up at all and then I have to really turn it up in post-production. So you just can't win. Thanks very much for watching.
Good video Jerry
Thank you very much.
MD305: Best bang for the buck beginner mandolin, hands down. Good job on that setup, Jerry. Rather surprising bad bridge fitting from Eastman, and those divots are permanent.
Hi Jerry, Great video, so what new bridge did you put on this mando, I`m planning on buying this same model, How much better does the new bridge alone contribute to the sound, etc. Thanks much !! Philip.
When you break an edge, it's called a chamfer if you break the edge with a flat surface, and a radius if you break the edge with a round surface.
Thank you very much I know the terms I just can't think of them when I'm on video. Thanks for watching.
Dig your work Jerry.
Thank you.
i would suggest to put thin scotchtape over the mic hole to dampen the input signal a little , but it could be that the camera software would just boost the signal to the set level and cause it to sound even worse , its a cheap fix if it works though so it could be worth a try
The problem is I never know when it's over driving or when it's under driving. Sometimes it picks up very sensitively. Other times it barely picks up at all and I have to turn it up a ton in post. Thanks for the suggestion. Thanks for watching.
Does the wax soak into the wood with that finish? Or does it just stay on top?
Hey Jerry - any chance that your camera has some kind of limiter or compression you could turn on the audio? That will often take care of a loud source driving it into clipping - without having to fool with any external gear. They might call it some proprietary name but basically it’ll be a limiter/compressor.
It has some setting that I had to turn off because it would sometimes pick up real loud and sometimes barely pick up at all. Since turning that off it's been more consistent but it's still overdrive's. Thanks for taking a look.
Mr. Rosa, can the basics of your DVDs be applied to guitar? It would be worth looking into. Great video. :)
I do have a Nashville number system guitar method as well. both available on my website
Dang Jerry! $50.00 the hour sounds reasonable. My SIL Mark has his Physical Trainng bizness and chrges $60.00 per hour
3 of his clients are retired oil company CEO's. He and my son Dan stage tailgate parties for them at Jerry Jones World
Stadium. They BBQ on Sat nite and serve them at Sun games. The CEO's admit them to Cowboys Sky Boxes to watch the
Pokes lose. BTW. The CEO's eat no side dishes. Jus Briskets and sauce. CEO's is crazy!!!
Hi Jerry watched all your videos, this is not negative I repair guitars in the UK , when I do fret work I use a fret protector when polishing, as then usually I don't have to take any material off the fretboard with a razor (unless it's finger nail worn)
I just think if ever service I did on a guitar I used the razor even if it's minimal removal eventually there would be no or below spec fretboard left
I think your work is brilliant and only trying to add, I also use NEVR-DULL on the frets at the end of a polish it brings them up like glass
Thank you my friend.
An adolescent boy was abused by his maw and paw, the auntie, and even the grannie!!! Local Judge awarded custody to our Cowboys.
They never beat anybody!!!
Jerry,
When you went to Italy, did you go to Cremona?
We did yes we did. And we went to the museum. It was very cool. Thanks for watching the videos.
Thanks for making them. I just suspected that was somewhere you might want to go. So do I.
hi again, can you please help, you mentioned silk and steel strings! {mandolin} i think. but my question is where can i get a set of them strings, maybe i picked you up wrong, if i did i'm sorry for annoying you, thanks again, and i hope you had a good St Patricks day.
You can get the strings on my website. Here is a link. rosastringworks.com/strings-accessories/ thanks for watching.
Lost my original comment again!! Grrrrr! I'll just ask this: Is your crazy busyness coming from before or after cutting down your hours?
I don't think it has anything to do with the hours it's got more to do with the videos.
60 Dollar per hour. What is that in mm?
tone wax! :P those negative comments you spoke of get more and more as you gain subscribers, at least that has been my case. that mandolin does sound really good!
tone wax....exactly.....haha
Thank you my friend.
Thanks for watching.
Look, guys. Well-intended negative comments can be helpful. This isn't a discussion forum, but the Comment section offers a great place to get the full picture of an operation. HOWEVER, all of these sites attract butt-heads who just want to stir up bad feelings. IGNORE them. Don't respond to them. Most will move on to other sites where they can get attention. So far your site and Jerry's are the only ones I subscribe to via Patreon. Viewing yours and Jerry's provides me with links to other good sites which I'll eventually subscribe to. I know just enough about this stuff to sometimes think, 'I'd do this another way.' Most of your Commenters know how to mention other ways without insulting. And, if they're like me, they just ignore the butt-heads. So, now I realize I've ranted on long enough. Keep showing these fine repair techniques. They're great for learning stuff, and are an excellent pastime for snack-time viewing.
What an honor, I got to give the first thumbs up👍, 6th view.
Thank you very kindly.
Concerning negative comments; illigitum non orborundum, (don't let the bast**ds wear you down"). I first heard the fake latin phrase in the Navy year ago.
That's not the Eastman 304 but the 305. The 304 has an oval soundhole....
I just read what it says on the label.
I really love your videos, but if youre in so much stress i think we would all prefer having less videos to watch if it means that you dont overwork yourself
Thank you my friend.
Not me. I’ll take more videos LOL