One of the best reviews I've seen for the Mule resonator as far as showing the different tones available with the pickup. Mine's on order. I'm pumped! Just need to decide whether or not to get the cutaway. Thank you!
Thanks for the vid / review. Also the start is pretty cool presentation. I've decided to order a mule. There's a US band called TYler and the shakedown and he did video on his pink mule (w/ Rhett Skull) , so I dug it and came to know mule. I got into resonators from Kelly Joe Phelps, he played near my university and thought the sound he had was unique. So looked into a guitar . . . My opinion, save up and get a resonator made by someone who knows how to build them (national, beard, or mule etc) . I tried all the import mnetal resonators, from recording king (tricone), republic (tricone), grestch (spider and single cone). THe problem is the import quality is all over the place, and its hit or miss. It's like electric / acoustic import guitars of the 80's / early 90's (according to the older cats) hit or miss, while today, quality guitars for their price point can be found. It's either they have tone and basically unplayable (short of major lutheir work that'll cost more than what they are worth), or playable and smooth but the tone is lacking. You can read more for the short review . . . Grestch single cone (honey dipper) sounds nice, has that delta / banjo tone, but bass response is missing, playability is good, but it has V neck, like V the final battle not Fender soft v that is fast and genteel like ERic Johnson sig strat (Fender's best factory line USA strat), grestch spider cone sounds like a regular acoustic, kinda like a taylor, same hard V as honey (its pointless cuz I can get a taylor at half the weight and get same tone). Recording king has that bell n cream tones that national style tricones have (my friend has multi-nationals) but playability sux, its needs a neck reset (first five frets is 3mm - 5 mm but close to the body its action is index finger and a half thickness). The republics have great playability but brass tricone one has a tone that gets halfway between honey dipper and the RK a bit of cream and bell. The other one a steel tricone, sounds more closer to acoustic (like a martin boom) with a metallic zing but its pretty heavy like 14 lbs. I've decided just to keep the gretsch honey dipper, the brass republic, and the recording king (as a project guitar, going to figure out how to fix it myself since I'd have to ship to luthier who can do it and it would cost more than what its worth, RK says its beyond warranty time, it was my first guitar and didn't know it at the time) with local friend (he makes wooden acoustics and ukulele, and save for Haven't tried royall; but friend knows this cat in calif US, has brass tricone, and says its 80% of his tricone national. I'd get a royall but they are perpetually out of stock this past year. THey import them in and luthiers go over it and (my friend speculates this) set it up / reset neck etc, and re-cone them, add pick ups (optional).
@@KBRblues brass, will get their mule pick up, got powder coat but that's still up in the air. I prefer brass as it warms the guitar up tonewise, but they are heavier than steel. Usually on my acoustics don't get the cutaway, I'll grab my Epi Gibson ES-355 dot for upper fret action. On my friend's national, his steel one doesn't have the cream edge that really good nationals are known for, but his brass one and german silver one both nail the bell ring / cream edge.
Thanks man. Just started watching., but dig the Jim Morrison poster too! A huge influence of mine. I’m looking to get the National M1 Cutaway. Man, National and Mules are incredible. But spendy for a poor boy like me, lol.
I had one briefly..somewhat different than this one. Mine was used.. seems like the guy (Matt eich) is trying to make the better mousetrap..mine had poor workmanship throughout. Sent it back, too many problems and no one to take them to..
Hey I saw you posted in the other mule vid . . . Yeah the older mules didn't have truss rods (Matt believed in carbon fiber rods) and tailpieces changed. My friend bought a mule (single cone) off reverb and it was pretty bad (neck couldn't be adjusted no truss) and the owner had done some "work" like adding extra tuner for 7th string like a banjo but it was drilled into the headstock etc. He asked Matt to help fix it but Matt offered to replace it for a fee / discount off new, but he's a long time mule customer and his new mules (he has 900th ranged ones) are all great and one is the best US made reso (only beaten by Mike Lewis of UK, who does national better than national like heritage outgibsons gibson)
Man I can’t stop watching this , unbelievable at the end 😵💫😍🙏
That sounds fantastic! Love those Mules. Great playing.
One of the best reviews I've seen for the Mule resonator as far as showing the different tones available with the pickup. Mine's on order. I'm pumped! Just need to decide whether or not to get the cutaway. Thank you!
just ordered mine this week-did you get yours yet? As good as advertised?
Thank you for making this video. It’s one of the few you hear someone plug it in with some effects.
Electrifying the Mule does open up a whole different world of sonic possibilities. Lightening in a bottle.
Thanks for the vid / review. Also the start is pretty cool presentation. I've decided to order a mule. There's a US band called TYler and the shakedown and he did video on his pink mule (w/ Rhett Skull) , so I dug it and came to know mule.
I got into resonators from Kelly Joe Phelps, he played near my university and thought the sound he had was unique. So looked into a guitar . . . My opinion, save up and get a resonator made by someone who knows how to build them (national, beard, or mule etc) .
I tried all the import mnetal resonators, from recording king (tricone), republic (tricone), grestch (spider and single cone). THe problem is the import quality is all over the place, and its hit or miss. It's like electric / acoustic import guitars of the 80's / early 90's (according to the older cats) hit or miss, while today, quality guitars for their price point can be found. It's either they have tone and basically unplayable (short of major lutheir work that'll cost more than what they are worth), or playable and smooth but the tone is lacking.
You can read more for the short review . . .
Grestch single cone (honey dipper) sounds nice, has that delta / banjo tone, but bass response is missing, playability is good, but it has V neck, like V the final battle not Fender soft v that is fast and genteel like ERic Johnson sig strat (Fender's best factory line USA strat), grestch spider cone sounds like a regular acoustic, kinda like a taylor, same hard V as honey (its pointless cuz I can get a taylor at half the weight and get same tone). Recording king has that bell n cream tones that national style tricones have (my friend has multi-nationals) but playability sux, its needs a neck reset (first five frets is 3mm - 5 mm but close to the body its action is index finger and a half thickness). The republics have great playability but brass tricone one has a tone that gets halfway between honey dipper and the RK a bit of cream and bell. The other one a steel tricone, sounds more closer to acoustic (like a martin boom) with a metallic zing but its pretty heavy like 14 lbs.
I've decided just to keep the gretsch honey dipper, the brass republic, and the recording king (as a project guitar, going to figure out how to fix it myself since I'd have to ship to luthier who can do it and it would cost more than what its worth, RK says its beyond warranty time, it was my first guitar and didn't know it at the time) with local friend (he makes wooden acoustics and ukulele, and save for
Haven't tried royall; but friend knows this cat in calif US, has brass tricone, and says its 80% of his tricone national. I'd get a royall but they are perpetually out of stock this past year. THey import them in and luthiers go over it and (my friend speculates this) set it up / reset neck etc, and re-cone them, add pick ups (optional).
Bro you are making a fantastic choice with the mule! You will have no regrets …
What variation are you going for? Brass, cutaway, pickup etc?
@@KBRblues brass, will get their mule pick up, got powder coat but that's still up in the air. I prefer brass as it warms the guitar up tonewise, but they are heavier than steel. Usually on my acoustics don't get the cutaway, I'll grab my Epi Gibson ES-355 dot for upper fret action. On my friend's national, his steel one doesn't have the cream edge that really good nationals are known for, but his brass one and german silver one both nail the bell ring / cream edge.
Amazing 😵💫😍🙏
Nice, love it! Sweat sounds!
Thanks man. Just started watching., but dig the Jim Morrison poster too! A huge influence of mine. I’m looking to get the National M1 Cutaway. Man, National and Mules are incredible. But spendy for a poor boy like me, lol.
kick ass playing!
I had one briefly..somewhat different than this one. Mine was used.. seems like the guy (Matt eich) is trying to make the better mousetrap..mine had poor workmanship throughout. Sent it back, too many problems and no one to take them to..
When did you get yours ?
Hey I saw you posted in the other mule vid . . . Yeah the older mules didn't have truss rods (Matt believed in carbon fiber rods) and tailpieces changed. My friend bought a mule (single cone) off reverb and it was pretty bad (neck couldn't be adjusted no truss) and the owner had done some "work" like adding extra tuner for 7th string like a banjo but it was drilled into the headstock etc. He asked Matt to help fix it but Matt offered to replace it for a fee / discount off new, but he's a long time mule customer and his new mules (he has 900th ranged ones) are all great and one is the best US made reso (only beaten by Mike Lewis of UK, who does national better than national like heritage outgibsons gibson)
Ahhh good to know, I was thinking of getting one 🤔😵💫