How to adjust the action

How to adjust the action

I’ve talked about how your truss rod is not an action adjuster. It’s really, really not. 

Here’s how the action is set and adjusted on resonators. It’s best done by a shop because of the special files involved but...
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Losing

Losing

I’m standing in the middle of a riot next to Mat #28. There’s over 70 men fighting at the same time. Fighters. They aren’t foamy ex frat boys at a local bar. Their face bones have changed from the pressure of being pushed...
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Jiujitsu World Championships

In Las Vegas competing at the jiujitsu World Championships for the second time. It’s equally exciting as it is terrifying - which usually means I’m doing the right thing. Back next week.
-Matt...
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These aren’t slide guitars.

These aren’t slide guitars.

They’re anything guitars. They aren’t “set up for slide” because “slide set up” isn’t really a thing. Practice is, and practicing with a slide that fits and isn’t too heavy will make practicing way more enjoyable. Like the...
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Bourbon and Beyond

Bourbon and Beyond

The Mule Bus is going to load up and head out to @bourbonandbeyond festival in Louisville middle of September. There’s going to be a Mule player there almost every day with The Killers, The Black Keys, and Bruno Mars. Also…...
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The Ballad of the Mule T-Bridge

The Ballad of the Mule T-Bridge

Watch the epic video of the process making here: https://youtu.be/HeXH_IMIuzc The new Mule T-bridge is here! The t-bridge is the direct connection between the strings and the cones in a resonator guitar. Every T bridge since...
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Mule Bus Stop: Maren Morris and Marcus King

Mule Bus Stop: Maren Morris and Marcus King

Music tools make more than music. They make us sit in parking lots and play instruments with people we don't know. They bring thousands of unconnected people and compel them to sleep in their cars together and dance in the...
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Charlie Parr at Pine Creek Lodge

Charlie Parr at Pine Creek Lodge

Promenade in green... This show was 1,000 years old. Outside at the muddy base of a un-aging mountain range. Strings of lights cutting the campsite from the natural order around it. The crowd traveling down the mountains to...
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Tap the Red Cane Whirlwind

Tap the Red Cane Whirlwind

I'm in Iowa parked in the back of a Planet Fitness parking lot. Its 11:30 pm and there's a surprising amount of people working out. It's a parking lot of misfit toys - an odd assortment of vehicles with people sleeping in...
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Don’t just do stuff

Don’t just do stuff

https://www.muleresophonic.com/videos/2045286
Don’t just do stuff. Things are worth thinking deeply about. The more intention applied, the more we train ourselves to see during the process, the more we integrate what we...
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