Beanies

Beanies

Don’t let winter win. The last batch are for sale on mulestuff.com. “These are too nice for work.” - Will’s dad. ...
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Charlie Parr - Goin' Down Slow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0lfWZUHMFw   Charlie Parr is just the best. Here he is playing "Goin' Down Slow" on his Mule.    -Matt...
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stations

stations

The guys can do a lot of things, but the workshop boils down to stations. Not an assembly line, but specialized to the point where the work is excellent and efficient. #thenewsoundofsteel ...
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Ariel Posen in Brighton

Ariel Posen’s StratoMule goes Godzilla on Brighton. Matt...
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Mark Lavengood and His Mule Resonator Guitar

Mark Lavengood and His Mule Resonator Guitar

Mark Lavengood of Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys stopped by the shop this week and brought his Mule square neck with him. It's always great to have people come to the shop and be able to hear how they play their guitars....
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Custom steel resonator guitar built for Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys.

Custom steel resonator guitar built for Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys.

Custom steel resonator guitar built for Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys....
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Fresh Ink

Mule tattoo #2. First one belongs to Dave Hick, this second one belongs to @vietnambarrie (check him out on Instagram). To have someone who doesn't even own one of your guitars tattoo one of your guitars onto their person -...
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This is Dave

This is Dave. He owns three (3) of our resonators, has a tattoo of our headstock inlay on his hand, and and plays some monstrous blues. He's on a mission to record all of Charley Patton's songs. There's 59 of them, he's got...
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Making of the Mulecaster
Tour Time
Mule-ungeon
More resonator guitar pictures
Mule Resonator Guitar #145

No, Really

I had a guy on the internet try to tell me that this wasn't a tri-cone resonator with a single-cone coverplate. I told him that it was, that I made it, and showed him the pictures. After all that, it still sounded like he...
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Building Mule #100/Moving Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw8yz5CjA2Q...
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Randy's Patina

I think a special feature of these instruments is the patina. When I originally saw Kelly Joe Phelps play his National guitar, he made a joke about the chrome blinding the audience. I left wondering if I could build a steel...
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Owner Maker Spender Spy: Maker-Owner Worklife Balance Part 2

This is Part 2 of a series of posts aimed at helping other maker-owners achieve balanced improvement in all the aspects of owning a business and making what they sell. "If its important do it everyday." - Wrestling Coach Dan...
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Owner Maker Spender Spy- Balancing Worklife for the Owner-Maker

This is Part three in a series of posts geared towards owner-makers that are looking for a system for ensuring balanced progress in all the aspects of making a living while making stuff.  Scroll back to part 1 and 2 if you...
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Charley Hicks on Mule Resonator Guitar records every Charley Patton Song

Charley Hicks on Mule Resonator Guitar records every Charley Patton Song https://youtu.be/SuWJm4RobXQ If that's not a worthy news headline, I'm not sure what is.   Charley has #42, and tow more mules, a steel tricone and a...
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Wild Ideas and Just Saying Yes

The Yes Man. Mocked throughout the cubicles. "Don't be a yes man." is used in contexts other than the office to try to instill in people a sense of pushing back, going against the grain, standing up for their own...
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