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The Mule Team
Sometimes people use the word 'talented'. I am not that.
I think its a thing, but that's not me. I know this, and you would too, because the Wall of Shame I had started while I was at H&D with all the mistakes I would...
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Randy's Patina
I think a special feature of these instruments is the patina. When I originally saw Kelly Joe Phelps play his National guitar, he made a joke about the chrome blinding the audience. I left wondering if I could build a steel...
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Heavy Metal Resonator
A heavy picture, literally and metaphorically. Mule #1, a resonato rguitar put together by someone who didn't know how to cut a piece of steel, didn't own a resonator, put together in a closet about 5 feet wide and 10 feet...
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The Eyes Have It
Here's the thing about eyeballs - you only get two.
Phil taking his eye protection seriousl...
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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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A Guitar, The Black Keys, and Grand Theft Auto
Dan Auerbach of @theblackkeys Mule. My first concert was a Black Keys show in Virginia with my friend Smithers. We both worked at Huss and Dalton guitars at the time, and drove up to Washington DC for the show at the 930...
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Jeffrey Foucault's Mule Resonator
This is the resonator guitar we made for Jeffrey Foucault. I've been listening to his songs with admiration for last seven years or so, and now he's going to be playing them (writing them?) on this instrument. Pretty...
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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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Old Steel (and Brass)
Applying the patina to our resonator guitars is a creative process and one that is something we're constantly tweaking, improving, and trying to make more beautiful.
We could chrome plate them, but you wind up with a...
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Charlie Parr Playing His Mule Resonator - Funeral Road Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkJiOijoqCY...
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Spinning lathe acquired
Adventure. After three years of looking for a spinning lathe, an instagram acquaintance, Brian Alfonsi, found a sweet score. A spinning factory is going out of business and unloading their machinery. He's going down to pick...
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