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Hertz - Setting Yourself Up For Failure
A couple months ago I rented a car to get to the Dallas Guitar Show. It was my first time doing so and Hertz seemed just as bad as any. I made the reservation before my trip.
When I showed up at the counter there was a line,...
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Grade School Tour
Today a group of grade schoolers came to the shop. When you ask, "who wants to use the spokeshave?" and five hands go up you have a good group. I was a bit nervous I would let them down, but they asked insightful...
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Strength/weakness
Your strengths got you where you are but they are not what's keeping you from where you want to be. Working alongside them is rewarding work and it comes naturally. That work shows you where you want to go. Give priority for...
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Tricone in a style O body
Tricone in a single cone body. It’s true, see them three little circles? That’s a tricone soundwell. If I posted this on Facebook I would still get “that’s not a tricone” , but you guys know better. I’m a big fan of doing...
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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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Social satiation
The problem with social media and technology is this: satiation. We as humans want to connect and share with people, we want to accomplish things and be respected for those things and we want to be included in something...
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Mule Charity Beanie
Phil’s Friends is a cancer charity in Chicago that sends care packages andonthky cards to cancer patients. There’s plenty of research based charities out there and focusing bringing some Love right now is a cool thing. I got...
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Sean Rowe at Mule HQ
Sean Rowe stopped by Mule HQ and shared his magical songs with that other worldly voice. It was amazing. Videos to come.-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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Maker Owner Spender Spy Part 5- Promotion
Here's part 5 in a series meant to help other maker-owners navigate minimal stress improvement in different areas of making things for a living. Improving your work day conserves energy for living life outside of what you do...
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