A Mavis for Marcus King

A Mavis for Marcus King

A Mavis fit for a King… Marcus King that is. 

Check out the video: 
https://youtu.be/1YlzMMDuMSo ...
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MOST MODEST MONDAY

MOST MODEST MONDAY

THE MOST MODEST MONDAY. The cases we’ve been waiting for have arrived! On Monday morning at a random time between 8am-noon Eastern Time we will be releasing 10 Modest Mavis upon you reso-fiends. Muleresophonic.com. Is there...
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We ship internationally

We ship internationally

We ship internationally. There was a couple year stretch where we didn’t. Things were weird in the world in many ways and internationally shipped guitars ended up lost for months or apparently at the bottom of a swamp in...
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These aren’t slide guitars.

These aren’t slide guitars.

They’re “guitars”. Music tools. What you build with them is up to you. They are set up like normal acoustic guitars. (Pro tip: don’t raise the action to play slide, just use a slide that fits like a @therockslide and practice...
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Turpin’s 12 string hand off

Turpin’s 12 string hand off

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or a saw a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like...
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12 string Mavis!

12 string Mavis!

We made a 12 string Mavis for Chris Turpin of Ida Mae and it is awesome. I also accidentally nicknamed this guitar while making this video… luckily it’s a tough name to beat. We’re going to keep making these babies, I just...
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Modest Mavis Delay

Modest Mavis Delay

We are waiting on cases so no Modest Mavis the next two weeks at least. 

We arestill making them though, and will have a BIG drop when we’ve got the cases. 

matt...
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Chris Turpin’s 12 string Mavis

Chris Turpin’s 12 string Mavis

12 string Mavis with a soundboard back for Chris Turpin @surfburst. The man needed a new tool of destruction with way more strings on it so here we go! The top is one from my secret stash. I love it because it looks like...
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Don’t be yourself.
Bourbon and Beyond Festival Day 2

Bourbon and Beyond Festival Day 2

My wife dropped me off at the staff entrance to the festival. A man got out of the van in front of me with a lunchbox and stopped and turned to wave to his dad. His dad was probably 70, the man was probably around my age and...
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12 string Mavis

12 string Mavis

The Tallest Mule. When doing something new do you wait until the grand reveal or let people in on the secret? Marketing strategies be damned… here’s a 12 string Mavis with soundboard back in the works for @surfburst He needed...
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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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How to adjust the action

How to adjust the action

I’ve talked about how your truss rod is not an action adjuster. It’s really, really not. 

Here’s how the action is set and adjusted on resonators. It’s best done by a shop because of the special files involved but...
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Losing

Losing

I’m standing in the middle of a riot next to Mat #28. There’s over 70 men fighting at the same time. Fighters. They aren’t foamy ex frat boys at a local bar. Their face bones have changed from the pressure of being pushed...
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Jiujitsu World Championships

In Las Vegas competing at the jiujitsu World Championships for the second time. It’s equally exciting as it is terrifying - which usually means I’m doing the right thing. Back next week.
-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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Bourbon and Beyond

Bourbon and Beyond

The Mule Bus is going to load up and head out to @bourbonandbeyond festival in Louisville middle of September. There’s going to be a Mule player there almost every day with The Killers, The Black Keys, and Bruno Mars. Also…...
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The Ballad of the Mule T-Bridge

The Ballad of the Mule T-Bridge

Watch the epic video of the process making here: https://youtu.be/HeXH_IMIuzc The new Mule T-bridge is here! The t-bridge is the direct connection between the strings and the cones in a resonator guitar. Every T bridge since...
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Mule Bus Stop: Maren Morris and Marcus King

Mule Bus Stop: Maren Morris and Marcus King

Music tools make more than music. They make us sit in parking lots and play instruments with people we don't know. They bring thousands of unconnected people and compel them to sleep in their cars together and dance in the...
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Charlie Parr at Pine Creek Lodge

Charlie Parr at Pine Creek Lodge

Promenade in green... This show was 1,000 years old. Outside at the muddy base of a un-aging mountain range. Strings of lights cutting the campsite from the natural order around it. The crowd traveling down the mountains to...
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