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Starting Line
If you want a clean house first clean each room.
I've had a few conversations recently that made me realize that we are too far sighted and, perhaps, act a bit entitled. We know what we want so that's what we look for. The...
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Dont Believe Yourself
Mistaking affinity as knowledge. Rationalizing instead of testing. Reacting instead of contemplating. Thinking instead of trying. Comfort is not confirmation. Inclination is not experience. Habit is not practice. Inaction...
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Don’t be clever be strong
I wear a shirt with these words when football coaching season rolls back around. Sometimes new players trick themselves into trying “an easier way” - something that seems more clever. It doesn’t work. For those of us who...
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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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Charlie Parr - 1890
Charlie Parr is an American treasure. To see him doing his thing on the Mule - a privilege and so very inspiring.
-Matt
https://youtu.be/X74nBiFcMoI
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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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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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Mark Lavengood and His Mule Resonator Guitar
Mark Lavengood of Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys stopped by the shop this week and brought his Mule square neck with him.
It's always great to have people come to the shop and be able to hear how they play their guitars....
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Custom steel resonator guitar built for Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys.
Custom steel resonator guitar built for Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys....
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This is Dave
This is Dave. He owns three (3) of our resonators, has a tattoo of our headstock inlay on his hand, and and plays some monstrous blues.
He's on a mission to record all of Charley Patton's songs. There's 59 of them, he's got...
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