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ID this mute?

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2024 9:22 pm
by slideandtraps
Anyone recognize the mute model? Barney Liddell, Welk show '74.


Re: ID this mute?

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2024 9:54 pm
by Burgerbob
Doesn't look exactly like one, but it sounds like a Solotone to me

Re: ID this mute?

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2024 10:14 pm
by Doug Elliott
Notice his 1st position is more than an inch out. Plenty of room for vibrato in 1st.

I've seen that mute before but I don't know what it is.

Re: ID this mute?

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2024 10:30 pm
by mbarbier
Melowah. Don't know the brand.

Re: ID this mute?

Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2024 12:12 am
by slideandtraps
Mel-o-wah was first thought as he played a Ray Robinson but his and they have black on the side as shown here in duet with Dick Dale. Beautiful duet by the way. Barney played 34 years with Welk starting in '48 until the show's end in '82 and enjoy his mute solos.


Re: ID this mute?

Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2024 2:05 am
by Posaunus
slideandtraps wrote: Sat Aug 03, 2024 9:22 pm
How about that vibrato! :amazed: