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How We Set Up Resonator Guitars Pt. 3
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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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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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Brass/Steel
Brass is just a shade darker sounding than steel. More fundamental. Think dark roast coffee- bold and full. Steel is medium roast- a bit more nuanced. The difference is not huge- our steel doesn’t sound like what you’re used...
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Making Resonator Guitars or Just About Anything: Consistency
As it applies to making a living making stuff: I, at one time, was someone who didn't make anything who transitioned into making things full time to make a living. It was, well, hard. But being on both sides of that coin has...
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Permission Slip
"The Fighter" is one of my favorite movies. Great acting by everyone involved. One of the best scenes is the one where Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams sit down with his family to tell them he's going to train in Las Vegas with a...
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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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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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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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Three Mules and a Funeral
I'm not sure if there are any more life events that haven't been marked by a Mule. They've been present at births and played for newborns (Christopher porterfield and James those videos are my faves) engagement presents...
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Don’t Believe Yourself
Thoughts are just thoughts. But we mostly hold onto whatever pops in our brains about something as a summation of our vast and valid knowledge and experience *cough -entitlement- cough*. “I think that..” “I feel like...” and...
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Do it for the story
The main reason we like vintage gear is the story connected to it. A ‘54 strat was there at the beginning. The marks are proof of where it’s been since. Getting an instrument from a maker is another way of becoming part of...
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Work Life Balance for Work/Life Balance
I'm going to start a series of posts of maintaining a work life balance directed at fellow maker/owners. A lot of been written about work/life balance which is basically 'work less and do not work things more'. There's some...
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