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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...

The reason we do this is to get people inspirational musical tools. Seeing what comes out of combining our work with yours is our greatest joy. 

The Modest Mavis is the work horse version of our standard Mavis....

Zach came up to Mule HQ for the tailgate before Jason Isbell's show. Zach has a Mule and the thing with customers is that a lot of times they end up being friends. "In Grateful Cooperative Labor" is on the certificates that...

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

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Who plays these resonator guitars? After 1700 instruments I can tell you 8/10 customers have never owned a resonator guitar before. I’m tremendously proud of that. You can do anything with them, it’s just a tool. They aren’t...

These guitars don’t just show up on your doorstep. They are made for YOU by people who decided to dedicate their life to doing just that. When work begins you get to follow along through progress pictures and watch it come to...

We have a limited number of international spots available each month  I stopped shipping internationally during Covid because shipping was a mess - guitars were lost for months, one ended up in a swamp in Spain. Things are...

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP. I'm 18 and pre-cellphones every alarm made the same disastrous noise. It's 1 A.M. and that means the dryers at the laundromat are free so I grab my laundry bag and walk across the soundless complex...

Find out here : https://www.muleresophonic.com/videos/2044327 -Matt...

John Smith playing “River” on his Mavis  merry Muletide! https://www.muleresophonic.com/videos/2044217...

Celisse ripping “rocking around the Christmas tree” on a tricone.
https://www.muleresophonic.com/videos/2044204...

Tyler Bryant rocking Christmas: https://www.muleresophonic.com/admin/videos/2044182...

No one takes resonators into uncharted waters like Doug.  https://www.muleresophonic.com/videos/2044180 Matt...

Holiday season is awesome. And it can be hard. If you’re struggling send me an email, muleresonators@gmail.com. And if you need help, we are providing a month of counseling to two Mule Team members (if you’re reading this,...

When a Charlie Hunter from every timeline shows up to play "Youre a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and one of them is playing a Muelcaster.... ...

Sure they are steel but other than doubling as a home defense weapon how does that matter musically? Get knowledge today on Mule School.

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In limited amounts each month. I’ve always wanted everyone to have a Mule who wanted one. When covid messed up logistics this made international shipping even more tenuous while orders were sky rocketing. We are a small...

10 years of Mule. When I was 27 I saw Kelly Joe Phelps play a resonator and he changed my life for the second time. He showed me what this instrument was capable of expressing. I didn’t recognize it then but he showed me what...

Looking to buy a used Mule? Here are some things to consider. https://www.muleresophonic.com/videos/2043958...

Ariel Posen  convinced me the Mulecaster was a thing. I started making steel bodies electrics mainly because I wanted to learn how to TIG weld. With their sharp cutaways I knew I wouldn’t be able to flange and solder them...

Big thanks to Kenny Kaiser for introducing me to my new friends The Killers and Johnny Marr. We joked around and played guitars for a couple hours and Ronnie used the Mulecaster during the show. Great human beings, every...

The moment before something important is said on a morning walk with a new love or an old one. The lift after. The coffee. The pause between casts on a winter steelhead stream. The second glove pulled off, the...

Well that was fun.  Tyler Bryant, aka the Pied Piper of Nashville, playing at th eMule Bus right before he melted our faces at The Basement East.  Imagine being in line an hour early to see someone you traveled 200...

That’s @bennettdeanlewis. We shared a slide on Saturday, it was our second time hanging out. He plays a Mulecaster with Maren Morris and we went to see him enjoy playing music more than probably anyone. The first time I...

It’s not just fun and games here at Mule HQ.  I mean… it’s a lot of that.  But it’s a complex operation with lots of logistics and not much margin for error. It’s really hard. The rollercoaster meme of business...

The Mule Bus has been wrapped and we are getting along just fine. Just need to finish the flooring, install some rear seats and bed and then we are ready to take this show on the road. Mule has always been about what has...

We bought a van. ⁣
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We know it’s best to say thank you in person. We want to say thank you to you Mule-fiends and all the musicians who use our instruments for a living. ⁣
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Mule has always been about people -...

Kelly Joe Phelps changed my life three times.  I was at guitar making school, and was only into hard rock. I didn’t know you could play guitar without a pick until I read about him in a magazine, a review for Tap the Red...