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Mule Tricones
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Long-time Mule fans will know that our tricones look identical to our single cones. It’s understandably let to some internet battles on pictures of them whether or not it’s a tricone. The way to tell the difference from the...
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Pinky-Mule
Tyler Bryant and and Jason Moma have their color preference straight and we wanted to join the party with Pinky-Mule. Also the sound of these steel hollow bodies have made it reeeeallly hard for us to play anything else......
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The new sound of steel
Post your Mule pics/videos, use the hashtag #thenewsoundofsteel and tag us, and we'll repost it on our feeds.
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The New Sound of Steel - No Specs
Why aren't there any specs on our website? https://youtu.be/Zld7q7-fmK4...
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Seth lee Jones and Joey Landreth at Mule
Some days you work and some days your good buddies Joey Landreth and Seth Lee Jones stop by at the SAME TIME. We drank so much coffee and ate too much sushi. Thanks guys for your friendship, as people and players you men are...
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How We Set Up Resonator Guitars Pt. 3
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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