Mule Resophonic Guitars

Adventure. After three years of looking for a spinning lathe, an instagram acquaintance, Brian Alfonsi, found a sweet score. A spinning factory is going out of business and unloading their machinery. He's going down to pick...

Why yes we do....

Some will spend $8000 on an instrument only to hang it on a wall or in a glass box to display the craftsmanship - and while craftsmanship is important, it should always be in service to the sound. A beautiful car without an...

This is a wonderful photo of Charlie Parr and his Mule, taken by Jason Marck....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3QIG8GY8yI...

Authenticity is a lie. Ok, that's an extreme way of breaking down my point. I don't usually say things that needlessly blunt so I wanted to try it. It felt good! I'll keep going. Authenticity is a distraction. (That's more...

The other day at lunch I made sure to not get on my phone. I just ate and then when I was done I just sat there. Didn't think about anything or do anything, just sat there. I felt uniquely rested when I went back to work. We...

I heard a really great phrase the other day. The context was chemotherapy medication but I think it can be applied elsewhere usefully - the "Optimal Minimum". Because chemotherapy can have negative consequences you can't...

So after 10 years of working factory jobs save for a precious few at Huss and Dalton, I had a long wait list and was building guitars full time.  The wait list grew to 80 in two years, and even though I have a real shop and...

A guitar we just finished up.  Tasty looking fingerboard.   -Matt ...

I wrote a post a few weeks ago about The First Equation.  The idea being that if you want to go venture out and do something you need to find the math equation that tells the story.  We want to hide our heads in the sand and...

If you work with other people or have people who work for you or work on your own - so everyone- remember: there are things only you can do. Why spend your time doing things everyone else can do? You have a skill set,...

Courtesy of James Mann....

Brass resonator guitar start to finish ...

... and tune down. Standard is now a half step or full step down. Tune down to Open C# or C. Strings do the most moving and the more mass you get can moving the more that other parts of the instrument will move. This equals...

All Mule headstocks are slotted these days. I don’t know much about classical guitars but there’s some misconception carried over from them when it comes to stringing up your steel string Resonator guitar . There’s no need...

https://youtu.be/WspUxDSoDu0?t=1126 Click to watch Joey Landreth play his steel Mulecaster and explain the Hipshot Bender.  I'll have 10 of them for sale on mulestuff.com tonight at 9 pm est.    Matt...

What finish do we use on our guitar necks and why? Matt...

Things might get a little bit spicy. 10 years ago when I was at Huss and Dalton as an eager 20 year old I wanted to build guitars all the time.  I did many operations during the day but not the whole deal.  I wanted to keep...

"Most precise...exacting...perfect....unwavering quality"  We hear a lot of words and phrases like that used when being referred to what makers make don't we?  Whether those words or true and honest or not is a subject for...