| Mullen or GFI |
| Mullen |
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86% |
[ 45 ] |
| GFI |
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13% |
[ 7 ] |
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Topic: Mullen or GFI |
Greg Johnson
From:
Greencastle, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 29 Jul 2014 2:25 pm |
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What's your take from those who have played both? (Headed to Billy Coopers Tomorrow)
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Ken Pippus
From:
Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 29 Jul 2014 3:15 pm
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Mullen, unless I had to buck it up a flight of stairs on the way to the stage.
(I own both.) |
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Fred Thompson
From:
Zephyrhills, FL
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Posted 29 Jul 2014 5:38 pm
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I've had both. The Mullen played easy and sounded great. The GFI played nice, was easy to carry, and sounded fine. The Mullen was definitely built better and was smoother playing. I would recommend either.
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Carl Kilmer
From:
East Central, Illinois
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Posted 30 Jul 2014 6:40 am
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Mullen all the way. I have 2 of them and a friend
has 2 GFI's. I don't like either of the GFI's and
my friend always says she wishes they played and
sounded as good as my Mullen's do. I love Mullen's. 
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 30 Jul 2014 9:34 am
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I'm not a big Mullen fan, but if I had to choose between the two, I'd pick Mullen.
We have a GFI-S10 Expo, that is my Wife's. That's all I'll say about it.
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Larry Baker
From:
Columbia, Mo. U.S.A.
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Posted 30 Jul 2014 2:10 pm
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Mullen G2 since 2009, no plans to change...
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Hamilton Barnard
From:
Oro Valley, Arizona (deceased)
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Posted 30 Jul 2014 2:47 pm
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| I've owned both, Mullen hands down. |
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Greg Johnson
From:
Greencastle, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2014 4:19 pm
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I spent the morning at Billy Coopers down in Virgina. Billy needed to do a small repair to my pre RP S-10 Mullen I just bought a couple months ago. He did a great job, him and Wanda are great people. Anyway I played a GFI Ultra and A Mullen RP both SD-10. In my humble opinion both guitars played well, smooth action and nice feel. But and this is only my opinion so no slams please. But I really liked the sound of the stock Mullen. Again just my opinion. Unfortunately, I didn't bring the big check book with me so that beautiful blue baby is still sitting at Billy's. Thanks for the votes and the advice.
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American Takimine |
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Dan Behringer
From:
Jerseyville, Illinois
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Posted 31 Jul 2014 4:11 am
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I was facing this question about a year ago and I went with the GFI. I have to admit that the Mullen sounded better right from the start, although I decided that changing the sound isn’t that difficult.
What impressed me about the GFI was the extensive use of stainless steel. In my experiences in life, I’ve found stainless to be 20 times as tough as aluminum. Also, I don’t care for those steel guitars where they bend the pull rods 90 degrees and stick them in the bell cranks. I’d much rather have the pull rods clamp onto the bell cranks. It just gives you a little more adjustment and I can get the tuning nuts exactly where they should be.
I’ve been happy with my decision, but I’m sure I would have been happy with the Mullen if I’d went that route.
Another point to consider.....If you’re buying a new steel, a Mullen seems to hold it’s value better. If you’re buying used, the GFI gives you more bang for the buck than anything out there. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 31 Jul 2014 5:43 am
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While the thread has altered from which is better and for the original person that posted its not an issue now.
My Franklin has 4 pulls on the RKR, 3 on the E9th and one on the C6th and is not stiff (I also have 4 pulls on the RKL - 3 on the E9th and 1 on the C6th).
My Wife's GFI, except for one change on the RKR was identical to my Franklin's E9th, except the GFI does not have the LKV. The stock (as it comes from the factory) knee lever changes on the LKL, LKR and RKL are identical to my Franklin. The stock RKR is the 2nd string lower (with feel stop) and 9th string lower. I decided to add the 7th string raise a half tone (F# to G) so it would be identical to my Franklin. I added it and after trying many leverage configurations, I took it off. Either it required a long knee throw and/or stiffened up the knee lever too much.
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Jack Wilson
From:
Marshfield, MO
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Posted 31 Jul 2014 9:34 pm vote for GFI
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| Everyone is different in what they like. I had a Mullen SD-11 pre-royal that I bought off Tom Brumley and played it a few years. I bought a GFI SD-10 keyless and after I played it a while, I sold the Mullen and bought another GFI Keyless. |
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 1 Aug 2014 3:08 am
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Never played or seen a Mullen in person. Do own a GFI SM-10, and when and if I get to upgrade, it will be a GFI SD-10 or D-10.
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Norbert Dengler
From:
germany
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Posted 1 Aug 2014 4:18 am
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i own GFI and played Mullen.
the Mullen is a more traditionally made steel and it works and sounds great.
hats off to the Mullen family for building a fantastic instrument.
the GFI is different, looks a little special, not everybodys taste.
anyhow it sounds great with a singlecoil on it and is extremely reliable.
the customer service is hard to beat.
i love mine!  |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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