Steel Resonator Guitar - #201

Hertz - Setting Yourself Up For Failure

A couple months ago I rented a car to get to the Dallas Guitar Show. It was my first time doing so and Hertz seemed just as bad as any. I made the reservation before my trip. When I showed up at the counter there was a line,...
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Grade School Tour

Grade School Tour

Today a group of grade schoolers came to the shop.  When you ask, "who wants to use the spokeshave?" and five hands go up you have a good group.  I was a bit nervous I would let them down, but they asked insightful...
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Be Your Own Cake

A few years ago when I got done busking in Chicago I was talking to a grizzled veteran of musician who we affectionately referred to as Crazy Uncle Ken.  I told him that it was a great busking day, as far as they go, where...
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Strength/weakness

Strength/weakness

Your strengths got you where you are but they are not what's keeping you from where you want to be. Working alongside them is rewarding work and it comes naturally. That work shows you where you want to go. Give priority for...
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Tricone in a style O body

Tricone in a style O body

Tricone in a single cone body. It’s true, see them three little circles? That’s a tricone soundwell. If I posted this on Facebook I would still get “that’s not a tricone” , but you guys know better. I’m a big fan of doing...
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The Most Random Guitarmaker Story You Will Ever Heat

The Most Random Guitarmaker Story You Will Ever Heat

The long and short of it: I built a Mulecaster for Jason Momoa and flew to Bamburgh castle in the UK to deliver it where they were filming season 3 of his show Frontier. As a trade I got to dress up like a red coat and run...
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Balance

"Success is the balance between two ideas," a piece of advice given to me by a guitar making mentor. Do I try a new tool or process hoping it will work, or use that time to produce work I have to do? In professional guitar...
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Testify

Testify

Most creative Mule resonator review ever in the world. -Matt   ...
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I can’t get no...
Long term review
Social satiation

Social satiation

The problem with social media and technology is this: satiation. We as humans want to connect and share with people, we want to accomplish things and be respected for those things and we want to be included in something...
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Mule Charity Beanie

Mule Charity Beanie

Phil’s Friends is a cancer charity in Chicago that sends care packages andonthky cards to cancer patients. There’s plenty of research based charities out there and focusing bringing some Love right now is a cool thing. I got...
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Sean Rowe at Mule HQ

Sean Rowe at Mule HQ

Sean Rowe stopped by Mule HQ and shared his magical songs with that other worldly voice. It was amazing. Videos to come.-Matt...
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#400

#400

For the 100’s I try some new ideas that have been stewing. Introducing the sweater-best of Mule, #400. ...
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Mule in Rolling Stone

Mule in Rolling Stone

Ariel Posen and his StratoMule made it to Rolling Stone. So. Cool. Matt...
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curvacious

curvacious

those curves tho.  ...
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Making a Guitar Neck

Making a Guitar Neck

  When the motivation to make a steel resonator guitar dropped in from above I had never cut a piece of metal, nor attached one piece of metal to another by means of tapping and threading, soldering, welding or the like....
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Spinning lathe acquired

Spinning lathe acquired

Adventure. After three years of looking for a spinning lathe, an instagram acquaintance, Brian Alfonsi, found a sweet score. A spinning factory is going out of business and unloading their machinery. He's going down to pick...
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