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Connecting the Dots
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A customer was somewhat justifiably upset that I had drilled the fret dots wrong and just filled them with ebony. Let me calm your fears reso enthusiasts!Underneath those ebony plugs are screws that go into the neck wedge...
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Charlie Parr - Goin' Down Slow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0lfWZUHMFw
Charlie Parr is just the best. Here he is playing "Goin' Down Slow" on his Mule.
-Matt...
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Ariel Posen on Strat-o-Mule
Ariel Posen on his steel baritone Stratomule... we affectionately call him “Mister Stanky Leg “ at the shop due to his sheer amount of sass.
Matt...
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Jeffrey Foucault and Kris Delmhorst - All The Way Around
https://vimeo.com/237489274
If ever there was a favorite moment of mine it was driving down to the Ark to meet Jeffrey Foucault. I brought a whiskey made in Detroit that tasted like it was made in Japan. He's from...
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Aquaman and Mule
Jason Momoa’s movie Aquaman comes out today. He’s a good man. A big one too. He got himself a pink Mulecaster and in return he killed me on camera for his Netflix show Frontier. Best story so far. Matt...
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Tools of the Trade: Side Bending Jig
A little different than a wood bending form, eh? After the back has been flanged we place it on this beastly thing. The sides locate on tops of the toggle clamps to the correct height. Using steel cauls we clamp the...
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Know Your Limits
How much is too much? Too much work, too much leisure... too much talk, too much doing? Sometimes finding the questions is the hardest part. Are you working too hard? Are you working hard enough? Are you enjoying...
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Customer Progress Pictures
Customers get some progress pictures as there resonator guitar is being made. Here are some for Mr. Musselwhite (yes there is a relation). -Matt...
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Tricone in a Single Cone Body
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74-r2yEhq3M
The VERY first National guitar was a tricone in what is now a single cone style body. It never went into production as it was swapped for the fancier looking art deco design...
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Slotted Headstock stringing
All Mule headstocks are slotted these days. I don’t know much about classical guitars but there’s some misconception carried over from them when it comes to stringing up your steel string Resonator guitar . There’s no need...
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Joey Landreth’s Mulecaster
Ain’t she Purdy? I delivered it to him right before Christmas at Konrad Sauer’s place over in Kitchener, ON. Lots of friends and a good story- the best part of this work. The bodies on these are steel too. The hollow steel...
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Hipshot Benders
Buy the bender unit Seth Lee Jones is demonstrating here tomorrow on mulestuff.com $350, mounts on any telecaster.
https://youtu.be/NYLUM1_r5a0...
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Joey Landreth on Mulecaster/bender sale
https://youtu.be/WspUxDSoDu0?t=1126
Click to watch Joey Landreth play his steel Mulecaster and explain the Hipshot Bender. I'll have 10 of them for sale on mulestuff.com tonight at 9 pm est.
Matt...
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Mule in Rolling Stone
Ariel Posen and his StratoMule made it to Rolling Stone. So. Cool. Matt...
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