Modest Mavis Mondays

Modest Mavis Mondays

Every Monday morning at 10 eastern time we post some Modest Mavis guitars. First come first serve. We build whatever we’re into and put them up for you fine people. These three will be available today. They are all around...
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New Model

New Model

Our tricones are 12 fret guitars and although we offer a cutaway option we often get requests for a 14 fret option. So for you whose musicality knows no bounds and whose creativity cannot be contained by three puny octaves...
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Current wait times

Current wait times

These are our current wait times for guitars. 

If someone else tells you something else… they are wrong. 

-Matt...
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An amazing story.

“Greetings Matt/Mule Team. I ordered my Mule in June 2019. There was a 9-12 month wait. Eight months later my build started on February 6,2020, it was completed on Feb 24th.  I received my Mule February 26,...
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Modest for May 20th

Modest for May 20th

These three Modest Mavis will be posted for sale Monday May 20th at 10 am eastern. 

We post at least two modest Mavis every Monday at 10...
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Let go.

Let go.

Let go.  We get in our own way when we approach the guitar with facts and figures and preconceived notions.   We think we like certain measurements and dislike others.   We 'would never ____' and "really like____'. But...
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Wait list closing March 1st

I'll be closing the wait list March 1st, and it will reopen April 2nd at 12 PM eastern time with a limited amount of spots.   We've gotten a ton of orders and I want to be able to provide accurate estimates for customers...
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Modest Mavis Mondays

Modest Mavis Mondays

The Modest Mavis are guitars that are $2700 and have no wait list. We build a couple each week and release them Monday mornings, EST. 

There’s no wait list to get on for them, Monday Mornings are your chance to pick...
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Closer to the heart.

Closer to the heart.

"Closer to the heart." Can a more human thing be built than an instrument?  They are crystal balls. Hammers.  Translators of loss. Magnifiers of love.  A song can make you eighteen. It can make you cry. It can make you...
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Jeff Huss

Jeff Huss

Jeff and Diane Huss at Mule HQ. "So... what kind of music do you listen to?" This was the first question Jeff asked at my interview at Huss and Dalton-my first guitar making job. I was 20. Kelly Joe Phelps had upended my...
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Scotland Trip

Scotland Trip

https://youtu.be/BxhDesCMnsA?si=tV0WLlzbJTuClOdq
“I’m going to say something that might sound a little crazy,” James, the director for a video done at the shop in 2017, said. “You guys are kind of each other’s spirit...
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Mule Bass

Mule Bass

It’s been a while since the other tenants complained about the noise so we made something more thunderous. Hollow steel body Mule Bass

-Matt


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These aren’t slide guitars.

These aren’t slide guitars.

They’re anything guitars. They aren’t “set up for slide” because “slide set up” isn’t really a thing. Practice is, and practicing with a slide that fits and isn’t too heavy will make practicing way more enjoyable. Like the...
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Joey Landreth “The Christmas Song”

Joey Landreth “The Christmas Song”

Joey Landreth is one of my favorite humans and this video is one of my favorite things about Christmas. -Matt ...
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Builder's Choice Mavis

Builder's Choice Mavis

https://youtu.be/w0a1wLKGats?si=B-_s8DCPBw7AWBW_ This Builder's Choice Mavis with a top from our Secret Stash will be available Monday December 4th....
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Wait list closing

Wait list closing

I’ll be closing the wait list March 1st. It will reopen with very limited quantities on the first Saturday of every month. Last time we did this it was difficult to get on the list so how’s the time to ensure a...
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#1000 and The Scavenger Hunt

#1000 and The Scavenger Hunt

1000 connections, 1000 hands locked in grateful cooperative labor.  We've now made 1000 resonators, 400 Mavis, and 400 mulecasters. How many songs is that? How many stories and connections is that?   In 2009 I had almost...
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Squarenecks

Squarenecks

We make ‘em. 

Tricone or Mavis. like this beauty for Shawn Verreault. 

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Progress pictures

Progress pictures

We want to start feeling connected with your instrument as soon as it begins, so we send you progress pictures every major step of the way. 



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Used Mules/After market parts

Just a reminder to y'all - if you are an original owner of a Mule and the guitar needs repair or a part or something, I got you. Send me an email and we will work something out.  If you've bought a Mule used and it needs...
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