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Do the (right) work. I’ve learned from watching my JV football players that most of the mistakes they make are doing things they think are working but aren’t. They are pushing hard and running so it feels right. Techniques...

In very limited quantity. Last month they sold out in under 1 minute. There were 340 people on the website and they clicked refresh over 3,700 times. Reso-fiends! If next week you break out the torches and pitch forks gimme a...

There are a thousand different strings you could use for your resonator. Everything from cryogenically treated strings to strings shot into space to strings blessed by a shaman in a rainforest in South America. Unfortunately...

JEFFREY FOUCAULT - 4 A.M. (RICHARD BUCKNER) from Jeffrey Foucault on Vimeo. ...

A bit of a primer on the pieces of these resonator guitars. If you are new to the world of resonators, this will help you get acquainted. The body of a resonator guitar is typically either steel or brass.  My guitars are no...

This past week a friend and I traveled to the barren tundra of Ontario to visit our friend and hand plane-maker extraordinaire Konrad Sauer. Oh, and JL stopped by to pick up his Mulecaster. https://youtu.be/eD7FaZQXCl8...

Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys is preparing his Mule for the road next year, so he was kind enough to send me his super cool 1930's Dobro to check out.  It has fiddle edges and a spider cone.  Lots of exploring and learning...

Owners- if you show up to a supplier with money and they don't get back to you, or take your money and don't get your stuff, or say it will "be done next week" but isn't they are holding you hostage. And you're letting them....

The Mavis. When I went to carve the back for the second Mavis I thought that violin makers are the most badass carvers of things. There’s a science to it. Hundreds of years of accumulated knowledge. They use tiny little...

I’ve been making #600, a woody Mule, with Pops Mule.  It’s been an awesome thing to share with someone who has shared so much with me.  And no no you can’t buy one...yet.   When one comes available I'll put an email out...

For sale next week, $2750. No saved seats so stay tuned! -Matt ...

I just completed a shell pink-steel body-celluloid pickguard -Mule pickupped Mulecaster built for sonic assault for Khal Drogo/Aquaman/Declan Harp/Jason Momoa. The story gets better but that’s for another time. -Matt...

Ever bit off more than you can chew?  Work 80 hours in a week? How was that for ya? I read something in regards to repeat-ability in regards to physical effort and working out that struck a chord. Eighty percent of your...

The Mulecaster affectionately known as honeybear is for sale over at mulestuff.com...

The e-mail sometimes goes like this: "Hey Matt, I love resonators and have always wanted to make one.  How?" I totally get the feeling.  I worked at Huss and Dalton guitars for a while and went to a guitar making school, so...

If you want to get paid $20 an hour, do work worth that when getting $10.  -Matt...

The most fun and valuable part about resonators is that they sound SO different.  They wake up your ear and push you out of your ruts like few other guitars can.   Since they are so loud small changes you make to the...

"Dirty Work" by Steely Dan is one of the greatest songs written. Am I right? This guitar is also for sale. A warm and wooly single cone. If you're looking for bite this is not your dog but if you want to cuddle up with...

Okay. Here goes. We like making stuff.  Like, a lot.  But we like doing things that aren't being done. This is how Mule was born, how I learned what I needed to learn to make it happen. One day we got it into our heads...