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Old 09-19-2021, 04:46 PM
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Unfortunately, upon luthier inspection, the neck on this guitar mostly likely has a manufacturing defect and will need to be completely replaced. He speculated that the location/angle of the stick may be incorrect. Not trying to put down Mule, I'm sure 99% of their stuff is fantastic. This stuff happens. Plus, who knows how well the previous owner took care of it? I will be shipping it back to the shop. I hope they ship it back to Mule for a replacement neck and somebody gets a great guitar.
I cannot imagine Matt Eich would let a defective guitar out of his shop. He is well known for perfection. But attaching an 8lb body to a light Mahogany neck and a maple biscuit sitting on very thin and fragile cones can definitely cause damage in shipping.

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Old 09-19-2021, 08:38 PM
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Have you considered contacting Mule to find out what a neck replacement would run, and then see if the seller would drop the price by that much? If they are as hard to come by as you say?
I have, yes. Having trouble getting an answer.
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Old 09-19-2021, 08:49 PM
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I cannot imagine Matt Eich would let a defective guitar out of his shop. He is well known for perfection. But attaching an 8lb body to a light Mahogany neck and a maple biscuit sitting on very thin and fragile cones can definitely cause damage in shipping.
Yes, when you put it that way, I can’t imagine the guitar would have left the shop like this either. However, the guitar case has a card from Chicago music exchange in it, and I bought it from a shop called Willie’s, so that would probably mean I’m at least the third owner. Heavy strings for slide, a neck with no truss rod, and previous owners that did lord knows what to it….who knows how it got to be this way. I can say I noticed the neck was messed up the second I opened the case. I was hopeful that resos had some weird neck angle quirk I wasn’t aware of and it would still be ok, but upon attempting to fret the higher notes I realized something was seriously wrong.
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Old 09-20-2021, 11:51 AM
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Yes, when you put it that way, I can’t imagine the guitar would have left the shop like this either. However, the guitar case has a card from Chicago music exchange in it, and I bought it from a shop called Willie’s, so that would probably mean I’m at least the third owner. Heavy strings for slide, a neck with no truss rod, and previous owners that did lord knows what to it….who knows how it got to be this way. I can say I noticed the neck was messed up the second I opened the case. I was hopeful that resos had some weird neck angle quirk I wasn’t aware of and it would still be ok, but upon attempting to fret the higher notes I realized something was seriously wrong.
Seems like it's between you and the shop you bought it from, and not really related to Mule at this point.

Have you contacted Willie's?
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Seems like it's between you and the shop you bought it from, and not really related to Mule at this point.

Have you contacted Willie's?

Definitely contact Willie's--they have a great reputation in Minnesota and the upper midwest...
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Old 09-20-2021, 01:55 PM
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Definitely contact Willie's--they have a great reputation in Minnesota and the upper midwest...
Yes I contacted Willie's about 5 mins after playing the first notes on the guitar. They have been helpful, and I will shipping the guitar back tomorrow for a refund. I also asked them if they would be able to reach out to Mule to inquire about a neck replacement but I haven't heard anything on that front.

I am little peeved that they allowed this guitar to even leave their shop. I'm guessing they got it in and somebody ripped a couple quick slide lines on it, it seemed fine and they put it up for sale. Oh well, mistakes happen.
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