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Five Years of Mule
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Five. Years. Five years of Mule actually started 13 years ago when I started trying to put pieces of wood together to make guitars that weren't being made. That took me to a guitar making school run by ex hippies in Phoenix,...
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Torrefied maple and titanium
The qualities of a good neck - a shape that everyone likes - not just a C, not just a V, not "thick" not "thin". After handcarving around 1,000 necks Mule customers are telling me I'm on the right track.
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Brass Resonators vs Steel Resonators
Charley Hicks' three Mules. Charley is the man, and recorded every one of Charley Patton's songs on youtube. I'll start you off with this one: https://youtu.be/QGvXbSd0Muw
Steel resonator guitars versus brass resonators....
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What are resonator guitar Cones made from? Resonator Biscuit Cone Material Revealed
What is the boring composition chart you see above? This is the composition of a tricone cone I sent to Metaltest in Washington state to have tested. I'm in the process of getting my lathe set up to start spinning my own...
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Oliver Bates Craven at Mule HQ
The Mini-Mule Sessions continue with stud muffin @oliverbatescraven This fella is one of my faves. We became friends while riding 600 miles pulling instruments on trailers with the @thesteelwheels . Oliver has got all the...
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Frontier Season 3
Jason Momoa wanted a dirty pink Mulecaster and I wanted to pretend to be a movie star. So I flew to a castle in the Uk, we drank Guinness for a week, and he stabbed the red coat version of me in the dunes. Season 3 of...
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Jay Lapp of The Steel Wheels with his Mule Resonator Guitar
Jay Lapp of The Steel Wheels with his Mule. www.thesteelwheels.com
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The MuleCaster Lives
The MuleCaster Lives.
Neck through design because simple is awesome. Hipshot bender for pedal steel dreamy goodness. McNelly Pickups. It sounds alive, it looks so damn good.
I want to make one for you. One of the...
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Certificate of a Authenticity
In the home stretch of the carving for the certificate of authenticity done by Jack Baumgartner. Check out the detail. ...
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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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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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Guitars of the Week
A present for a son, some flamey brass goodness, a steel cutaway - an excellent group. - Matt...
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