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Post by Kris on Feb 11, 2020 14:29:41 GMT
The extreme weight is due to the way they are constructed with very thick gauge steel. I picked up a tricone a while ago and thought it had been screwed to the floor. It was the heaviest resonator guitar I have ever seen. Shine On Michael Good to know. National tricones are a bit heavy for me as it is. |
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Post by bluesdude on Feb 11, 2020 14:56:15 GMT
Hi Kris, The weight specs in US lbs on the mule run approx 0.625 stone (9 lbs) and above according to their forum. Lawd lawdy, Harriet Wow yeah that's heavy! My 31 Duolian weighs just under six and one half pounds, all the best sounding Nationals I've tried have all been lighter. Kenny,,,,,,, |
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Post by Kris on Feb 11, 2020 15:05:34 GMT
Anyone happen to know the weight of a single cone Mule?
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Post by slide496 on Feb 11, 2020 15:29:09 GMT
You can check by typing in"weight of single cone mule resonator", I'm not guaranteeing the accuracy but its reported by users on another forum as 10 lbs or 0.714286 stone.
I got the 9 figure for the tricone from Mule resonator's forum - that may be low.
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Feb 11, 2020 15:34:12 GMT
That's heavier than my Music Man Stingray bass which is a back killer when played for longer than 45 minutes standing up.
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Post by Kris on Feb 11, 2020 16:06:01 GMT
You can check by typing in"weight of single cone mule resonator", I'm not guaranteeing the accuracy but its reported by users on another forum as 10 lbs or 0.714286 stone. I got the 9 figure for the tricone from Mule resonator's forum - that may be low. Waoooh! That is even heavier than the tricone. Ouch!! |
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Post by Kris on Feb 12, 2020 16:42:50 GMT
I heard back from Matt at Mule and both single and tricone are 10.5lbs. Lovely looking and sounding guitars but too heavy for me sadly.
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Post by leeophonic on Feb 13, 2020 6:34:37 GMT
Ideal guitars to play Heavy metal...….
Lee
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Post by coach on Feb 15, 2020 12:15:25 GMT
The extreme weight is due to the way they are constructed with very thick gauge steel. I picked up a tricone a while ago and thought it had been screwed to the floor. Shine On Michael  hahaha, Dangerous things - any steel guitar. I moved my MM blues into the playing position the other day and smacked the edge of the lower bout right on my knee. Nice lump and bruise for the rest of the week |
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Post by Michael Messer on Feb 15, 2020 13:11:02 GMT
The extreme weight is due to the way they are constructed with very thick gauge steel. I picked up a tricone a while ago and thought it had been screwed to the floor. Shine On Michael hahaha, Dangerous things - any steel guitar. I moved my MM blues into the playing position the other day and smacked the edge of the lower bout right on my knee. Nice lump and bruise for the rest of the week Sorry to hear that, but the Mule is more than 3lbs heavier than my guitars. Shine On Michael |
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Post by Andymccann on Feb 20, 2020 14:13:52 GMT
Not entirely sure we need a link to the most common guitars on the planet
On another note the mule has found its way onto VnR website
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Post by Kris on Mar 28, 2020 19:02:53 GMT
Well folks, with life feeling so short and precious at the moment with all the misery around us, I decided to hop off the fence and go for it with a Mule. I got myself a steel tricone! I know the industrial look isn’t for everyone but I do absolutley love it! It’s a bit of a surprise for me as I had decided myself strictly a single cone person but was feeling very sold by the tone I was hearing coming out of the Mule Tricones in videos. After a push from a very talented Mule playing friend I decided to stop resisting. So now I’ve played a Mule too!
My biggest concern was the weight and I was holding my breath when I lifted it out of the box. Somehow, to my delight, the weight isn’t bothering me like it does with my brass National Tricone. To me, the Mule feels more balanced sitting in my go-to classical position and the profile of the neck is lovely in my small hand. I do barely anything in the way of playing standing up so weight isn’t bothering me as I feared, I’m pleased to say.
I do love the tone of this thing! Being a Tricone it doesn’t have quite the punchy volume and bark I love in a single cone but I find it to have such a dark and nuanced voice that I fell in love! Matt sets Mules up with normal action so it’s a guitar that is teaching me to use a slide a bit more sympathetically, and encouraging me into a bit more fret work. I’m on the fence again now as I’m not sure whether I should keep it exactly like it is or raise the action a bit. I’ll end up allowing GAS to shoot another arrow at me at this rate and keep the action as it is (as it’s gorgeous to play) and get another dedicated for slide! Lord help me!
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Post by Michael Messer on Mar 28, 2020 20:31:03 GMT
Kris, I am pleased you have a new guitar and that you are enjoying it.
Keep smiling!
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Kris on Mar 28, 2020 20:37:44 GMT
Thank you Michael! There’s a MM guitar on my list! I’ll get there soon  |
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hahaha,
