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Mulecaster Crayon Box
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Makes sense. Powder coated neck plates and matching headstocks. The Mulecasters are a unique beast. Big body volume with the steel makes for an reactive, touch sensitive playing experience. Beast mode. -Matt...
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Resonator guitar set up
Sometimes I like to call these “resos for acoustic guitar players” The nut width is the standard 1 3/4”, not the typical wider 1.825 found on most resonators. You probably won’t play this guitar every song in your set, so...
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Mule pick ups
Why a Mule Tomthumbucker for a pickup? Why not a piezo/magic ribbon/unicorn horn? A magnetic pickup will get you the most volume before feedback, important when the context is a cavernous steel chamber of awesome. It’s also...
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Fretboard Journal/Acoustic Guitar Magazine
The kind folks at Fretboard Journal posted an article about Mule Resophonic Guitars a while back, featuring an interview with moi. You can check it out here...
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Acoustic Guitar Article
When I was 20 I first saw Huss and Dalton in Acoustic Guitar, and I went to work for them. EE Bradman gave me the opportunity to be interviewed and did a fine job asking questions. We talk background, tricones, and how...
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Guitars of the Week
A present for a son, some flamey brass goodness, a steel cutaway - an excellent group. - Matt...
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Joey Landreth on Mulecaster
https://youtu.be/eD7FaZQXCl8How does the yummy fiesta red Mulecaster I posted a couple days ago sound ? Well like @joeylandreth ‘s. Your mileage may vary because hes’s well... ya know. Airy, alive -steel plus flatwounds equal...
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Henry Grace
Mule sighting- Check out the voice on this fella. Henry GRace. Mule in duet with him. Gav eme goosebumps. http://henrygracemusic.com https://youtu.be/XhugwjGtQvs...
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Charlie Parr on his Mule
Charlie Parr playing "Delia" on his Mule tricone for the Folk Alley Sessions. Sweet lordy almighty he makes it sing.
https://youtu.be/9Vh064fGz1c...
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The Most Random Guitarmaker Story You Will Ever Heat
The long and short of it: I built a Mulecaster for Jason Momoa and flew to Bamburgh castle in the UK to deliver it where they were filming season 3 of his show Frontier. As a trade I got to dress up like a red coat and run...
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Mule guitar slides
The next batch of Mule slides by @therockslide are here. The insides are tapered so they fit like a glove. Both styles have a cutout by the finger joint so it feels like you’re playing slide with a finger and not a finger...
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Mule slides on sale today
Just a reminder that the engraved Rock Slides are on sale today on mulestuff.com at 1 EST. - Matt ...
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Neck carving
I carve necks by hand because I like it. I’ve carved over 1,000 by now, split almost evenly between Huss and Dalton and Mule. Guitars should be “inspirationally transparent”. A player should oooh and ahh and hear things they...
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How we Set Up Resonators
When you see a resonator do you think, “Oh that’s cool. But I don’t really play slide.” I did too. High action, slide to the fifth fret then then 12th. We don’t “set up for slide”. 9/10 of my customers say “I play with my...
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How We Set Up Resonators pt 2
Strings. It’s all about their tune and tension, right? We use Daddario flat tops, their resonator set, but replace the high 16 with a 15. The flat tops are just phosphor bronze strings that are polished. A bit warmer but much...
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How We Set Up Resonator Guitars Pt. 3
More than most guitars resonators are played in different tunings - fingerpickin' blues for standard, Open D, Open E, Open G, and all the wonderful tunings Chris Whitley experimented with. Find one and go for it. You'll...
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