Mullen players

Terry Sneed · Post by **Terry Sneed** » 16 Jun 2005 9:44 am

Yea Billy, it's a blue maple mica. Mullen also has a blue burl mica that looks similar to the blue maple. I like the Blue maple mica better than the blue burl. It's just purtier to me.

Terry

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Mullen D10 /8x5 / session 500rd/ American Strat Highway 1 model
steelin for my Lord

Malcolm McMaster · Post by **Malcolm McMaster** » 16 Jun 2005 1:00 pm

Mullen D10 ,Rosewood mica, pre RP, George L Tommy White pickups,fantastic guitar.

B.Jenkins · Post by **B.Jenkins** » 16 Jun 2005 3:12 pm

Terry that is a beautiful steel, I am sending my oreder in for a SD-10 Mullen this coming week, and they sent me their sample chip's of mica, and it is really hard to pick one over the other's, but it will probley be the Mahogany aprons and not sure about the deck right now.
God Bless
Billy

Terry Sneed · Post by **Terry Sneed** » 16 Jun 2005 6:26 pm

Thanks Billy, and congrats. I know you'll love that Mullen. They're super guitars

Terry

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Mullen D10 /8x5 / session 500rd/ American Strat Highway 1 model
steelin for my Lord

Larry R · Post by **Larry R** » 17 Jun 2005 12:38 pm

Six Mullen rigs from Lacquer to Mica, SD10's and D10's, one SD12. Pickups used in mine have to be tailored to the guitar because no 2 rigs sound alike with the same pup in it (at least to my ears anyway). Geo L's, Jerry Wallace, Mullen, Bill Lawrence pups are used in mine. Don't know how to post pics on the forum. Why 6? They just fit, feel, and sound good (not that others don't. Personal preference). Bought 1/2 of them from forumites. But I wouldn't mind owning a couple of other brands if the opportunity came along. Stay on the forum long enough and you'll see all brands change hands at various times. Several Mullen rigs came available and I bought them. Get yourself one.

B.Jenkins · Post by **B.Jenkins** » 18 Jun 2005 2:36 am

You shoiuld start a museum show caseing all of your Mullen steel's.
I was going to order a Mahogany color Mullen, But I think I will go with the Black Maple color..
Billy

Dave Grothusen · Post by **Dave Grothusen** » 18 Jun 2005 4:54 am

I have two of them. Did have three. I would like to relate a story about the one I no longer own. I bought if from someone off of this site. It was located in WS I believe but he had purchased it from someone in TX. When he sent it to me it still had the TX address on it and for some reason it got sent back to TX. They refused the guitar and it was sent back to WS and then to me here in KS. I set it up and it was still in tune. Now I am not saying it did not need some tweeking but it was playable as it was. WOW. I was impressed.
By the way my picture is on the Mullen site with my three guitars. I now have the one with black mica and a laquer one that Del made for me with a special color. Kind of light brown.

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 18 Jun 2005 7:31 am

great guitars those Mullenses

Db

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"Promat"
~when tone matters~
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Bill Moran · Post by **Bill Moran** » 20 Jun 2005 3:32 am

Just ordered a new HWP Mullen from Herby.
This will be the second new Mullen for me. I
tried a Franklin,Carter and GFI .

Bill Moran
Marion,Va

B.Jenkins · Post by **B.Jenkins** » 20 Jun 2005 4:43 pm

I just pruchased a new Mullen from Duane's Music today, looking forward to getting behind it and trying it out.
Billy

Buck Grantham · Post by **Buck Grantham** » 20 Jun 2005 4:55 pm

I been playing mine over four years now and I am very very pleased with it . I have the sound that I want. And it holds up real good traveling up and down those bumpy roads. Mine is all wood.

Charlie Moore · Post by **Charlie Moore** » 20 Jun 2005 7:12 pm

Just got me a mullen black mica alum.neck's it has george L's in it the tone is TERRIBLE,but i will change pick up's and see,if not then back to old emmons i go..any suggestion's???
Charlie........

John McClung · Post by **John McClung** » 20 Jun 2005 7:14 pm

May as well chime in and brag how much I like my 1991 D-12 rosewood mica guitar. Really has magic tone. Great action. Brilliantly engineered, everything fits and works perfectly, very classy, professional undercarriage. I've been checking out many makes under the hood lately, only other brand that I feel is as good mechanically is the Zumsteel. HOWEVER: as yet Mullen doesn't offer gauged rollers as an option, or as a standard feature. I'm working on them to do so, it's a bad problem on a 12-stringer. Other than that, it's fabulous!!! Stephen, they do sound great through a Webb amp; well, ANY guitar sounds great through a Webb.

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E9 lessons
Mullen D-12/Webb amp/Profex II

Skip Cole · Post by **Skip Cole** » 22 Jun 2005 10:11 pm

I bought mine new in ' 03, crazy about it. Great steel, great folks to do business with.

Charlie : which p/u do you have in yours. I asked Del to replace the stock p/u's in mine with some wound like the ones in Buck Grantham's and Del obliged. Now it sounds great (to me) and would sound greater with Buck playing it.

D-10 RP , Red maple mica, 8 X 6

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"I Can Only Imagine"

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 23 Jun 2005 6:22 am

I'm fortunate enough to own a 90s, sunburst, lacquer D-10, 8 + 8 with "mother of toilet seat" striping. Very responsive pedal and lever action. Supposedly the guitar was finished at the Gibson factory & belonged to Junior Knight for a short while. Mr. Wayne Pauly sold it to me a while back; it's resting in China now. Only one wish: that it had the guaged rollers, steve t

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 23 Jun 2005 8:45 am

Billy asked about "Mullen" Not "Mullen".
Different guitar?

Bobbe
Emmon D-10
Peaveys 1001
Bos echo
Geo.L. cord
Sho-Buds volums pedal

Roger Crawford · Post by **Roger Crawford** » 23 Jun 2005 9:26 am

Bobbe....UR2 much!

Mike Vallandigham · Post by **Mike Vallandigham** » 23 Jun 2005 1:06 pm

All kidding aside, I often wonder how someone w/ a $4000 guitar cannot know what the sticker on the front apron says. I know the originator of this post dosent have a Mullen, but I've seen it done.

"I've got this killer black Mullen for sale!"

Didn't he used to play for the Golden State Warriors?

All kidding aside again, and to contribute to the thread, I have a Mullen and it is an absolutley awesome guitar. Beautiful to play, hear and look at. Plus, Del and Dixie and all the folks that make these guitars are just top notch. I met them and their grandkids (who work there building steels) and they were very friendly and nice.

Get one![This message was edited by Mike Vallandigham on 23 June 2005 at 02:15 PM.]

B.Jenkins · Post by **B.Jenkins** » 24 Jun 2005 3:06 am

If some reason you would replace the pickup on the Mullen from a single coil to a humbucking, which one would you use?
Is the stock pickup that bad for it to be changed out?
Billy

Mike Mantey · Post by **Mike Mantey** » 27 Jun 2005 1:03 pm

In my experience here building many guitars, the most popular humbucker is the George L 10-1. I think it works best on the R.P. The main reason for switching to the humbucker is to eliminate humm, especially in recording situations. However the single coil pickup offers a beautiful punch. There are so many combinations of pickups and amps, and I encourage those who want to seek out their own tone.

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Mike Mantey
Sales & Production Manager
Mullen Guitar Co., Inc.
(970) 664-2518
www.mullenguitars.com

B.Jenkins · Post by **B.Jenkins** » 28 Jun 2005 6:20 pm

Mike, thanks for the reply
my new Mullen will be here this Thursday,
Billy[This message was edited by B.Jenkins on 28 June 2005 at 07:21 PM.]

Jerry Lee Newberry · Post by **Jerry Lee Newberry** » 29 Jun 2005 5:48 am

Jerry and Austin both play a MULLEN . They love them and the people that make them!!!!!!! Donna

Terry Sneed · Post by **Terry Sneed** » 29 Jun 2005 9:12 am

Billy, if your gettin the RP model then I think you will be happy with the stock pickups. My D10 RP has the stock pups on it and the tone is as good as any guitar I've heard. I don't know about the Herby Wallace model. But if you happen not to like the stock pups you might want to try a True tone single coil. A friend of mine has a True tone on his 94 D10 and it sounds great!
Let us know how you like your new mullen.
That black maple is gonna look great on your SD-10. That was one of the colors I had in mind when I was goin to order myself a new SD-10. But I saw this D10 Blue maple that Hugh Jackson had for sell on the forum, and I only had to add about $300 to get it. So I canceled my order for the SD-10 and bought Hugh's guitar. Glad I did because I'm really enjoyin this C6 neck.

Terry

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Mullen D10 /8x5 / session 500rd/ American Strat Highway 1 model
steelin for my Lord

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William Peters · Post by **William Peters** » 29 Jun 2005 2:54 pm

I love my RP U-12. Its a perfect instrument. Just wish I was a perfect player

B.Jenkins · Post by **B.Jenkins** » 29 Jun 2005 6:09 pm

Terry,
I will have photos of it, and I will see if someone will post them on here for me.
Billy