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Charlie Hunter Mule
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Can I geek out a bit? If it wasn’t for Charlie Hunter and then Kelly Joe Phelps I wouldn’t be making steel resos and casters, 700 people wouldn’t be making music on them and you and I wouldn’t know each other.
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Momoa Mavis
The Momoa Mavis, Mavis #0001 for Jason Momoa. Roasted maple, tort pickguard. Tricone. Semi hollow - 2" body depth. The arching of back plate I wanted to be next level so I enlisted my good friend @jacobyfineviolins to bring...
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Pile of Geetars
It’s a lot of name dropping but there’s a hefty amount of pro players guitars at the shop right now- Marcus King, Charlie Part, Nathaniel Rateliff, Momoa, Theo Katzmann, Robert Randolph. Watching guys like this play these...
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Mavis #0001
Production Mavis #0001, for Mr. Momoa. An electric semi hollow body archtop resonator made from torrefied Michigan Maple. Back arched by violin maker friend Chris Jacoby who really took it up a notch. The violin approach to...
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How’s It Work? Mulecaster Necks
How’s It Work? Mulecaster necks- The two main components to how I approach guitar making and design is balance and inspirational transparency. If a new T - bridge material will make things warmer, I’ll try 80/20 strings to...
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In Gracious Cooperative Labor
When we don't find our 'why' everything is a chore. Find it and everything becomes an opportunity.
Work isn't just "a job" - it provides purpose, satisfaction, and supplies relationships. It's a mechanism for...
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Wait list opening
The wait list for resonators and mulecasters will reopen Tuesday September 1st at 6 EST. The allotted spots will sell out quickly! #TheNewSoundIsSteel...
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Wait list October 1
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...
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Do the (right) work.
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...
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MAVIS Playlist
Wondering What the MAVIS sounds like? Check out the videos here: Official MAVIS Playlist
Matt...
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Wait List closed!
The jokes on me... 105 reso-savages blew up the wait list in 15 hours... you fiends! Guess I gotta keep making em, eh? I can’t wait to hear where you take these guitars. Making these musical tools for people and the stories...
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Charlie Parr guitar Raffle
Raffle! Charlie Parr is offering up his woody Mule to benefit Life House of Duluth, a charity that offers unconditional support to homeless youth. This is one of three wooden resonators I’ve made, and in collaboration with...
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Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown Release Show TONIGHT
Tyler rocked his Mule all over his new record ‘Pressure’. Check out the release show tonight at www.tylerbryantandtheshakedown.com...
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Black Market Mules
I've seen a couple Mules on Reverb for around $6,000. Here are some thoughts.
Free market and all that so if someone can buy a guitar from us fro $3000 and sell it for twice that I suppose its cool. Some would say "you...
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Jeffrey Foucault Concert TONIGHT
My good friend Jeffrey Foucault is playing his album "Horse Latitudes" live tonight on his website. It's my favorite album of all albums. Times are tough for musicians, probably the toughest, and these live shows online are...
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