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. Behold! The Modest Mavis. Modest in appointments but not in sonic inspiration. I want...

“We’re friends because Kelly Joe told me about your guitars.” I’m in Jeffrey Foucault’s kitchen. It’s beautiful and authentically classic, like the uncurated quaintness of his adopted city, Shelburne Falls. I’m drinking beer...

“The great psychologist The Big Lebowski said, ‘well that’s just, like, your opinion man,’ You can say that to yourself. You can change your mind. I’ve really been exploring this idea of the observing self in an effort to...

“That was the beginning of the end of my life.” Joey and I are sitting next to each other on a leather sofa in a surprisingly stunning green room at Magic Bag outside Detroit. Our conversation has covered “shit we...

The Bus rolls on! Mule Bus Stops are tailgates to thank musicians who play our guitars. I’ll be bringing guitars, Saginaw Mules with Meili, Faygo, hot dogs and hijinx. Come hang out before the show. Location of the bus in...

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...

I'm standing on the front of a 400 LB Dallas Guitar Show pallet tipping precariously down a ramp made from a big piece of steel "strapped" to the loading dock so hopefully it doesn't slide and dump the pallet. I'm about to...

NAMM can be about stuff or it can be about people. Shuji @bluebell_straps @nicolecerminara @markhopkinsmusic @simona_malandrino @austinonguitar @zeppelinbarnatra @rhettshull @beetronics Pops Mule


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My good friend and spirit animal Dave Hicks took his tricone to see the mighty Dinnie stones in Scotland. In Scotland there are historical tests of strength called lifting stones. Most are massive. The Dinnies combined are...

The Jae Foundation is a suicide prevention organization and they are auctioning off a Modest Mavis. You can bid on it here: https://jaefound2023.ggo.bid/bidding/package/14135174 Read more about their mission and how they...