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Slot headstocks
Slot headstocks are classy, and "period correct" for resonators. All Mule headstocks are slot headstocks. If' you've never had one, never fear.
There's rumors of having to tie off strings like you're tying your shoe -...
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Tricone in a Single Cone Body
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74-r2yEhq3M
The VERY first National guitar was a tricone in what is now a single cone style body. It never went into production as it was swapped for the fancier looking art deco design...
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Charlie Parr - Goin' Down Slow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0lfWZUHMFw
Charlie Parr is just the best. Here he is playing "Goin' Down Slow" on his Mule.
-Matt...
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Building the Mule-caster
I think the most exciting part for me as a builder was that moment of "I wonder if I could make that?" leaving the Kelly Joe Phelps show four years ago where he was playing his National. I think about that almost daily as...
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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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Charlie Parr Playing His Mule Resonator - Funeral Road Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkJiOijoqCY...
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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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Sweden Trip to Deliver Mules
I was reminiscing a bit about my summer adventure to Sweden and thought I would share some pictures. One of my best friends, Elias, lives there with his family. Through the grapevine I ended up selling four instruments in...
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Mule Custom Resonator #19 headed to Sweden
What we have here is Mule #19. Almost 20, but not quite. Better than some meaningless number, this is going to a good friend of mine, one of the best in fact, Elias Rådelius. He traveled here from Sweden during highschool...
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Adele and the Mule
This is a video from last night of Tim playing his Mule resonator guitar on stage with Adele. I'm not sure there's much else I can say about that, it was tremendous but I'll try because I want you all to be part of the story...
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