curvacious

curvacious

those curves tho.  ...
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Joey Landreth’s Mulecaster

Joey Landreth’s Mulecaster

Ain’t she Purdy? I delivered it to him right before Christmas at Konrad Sauer’s place over in Kitchener, ON. Lots of friends and a good story- the best part of this work. The bodies on these are steel too. The hollow steel...
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Steel Tricone Cutaway for Mr. Kowalcyzk
Slotted Headstock stringing

Slotted Headstock stringing

All Mule headstocks are slotted these days. I don’t know much about classical guitars but there’s some misconception carried over from them when it comes to stringing up your steel string Resonator guitar . There’s no need...
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Tricone in a Single Cone Body

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74-r2yEhq3M The VERY first National guitar was a tricone in what is now a single cone style body.  It never went into production as it was swapped for the fancier looking art deco design...
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Customer Progress Pictures

Customer Progress Pictures

Customers get some progress pictures as there resonator guitar is being made. Here are some for Mr. Musselwhite (yes there is a relation). -Matt...
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Know Your Limits

Know Your Limits

  How much is too much? Too much work, too much leisure... too much talk, too much doing?   Sometimes finding the questions is the hardest part.   Are you working too hard? Are you working hard enough?   Are you enjoying...
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Tools of the Trade: Side Bending Jig

Tools of the Trade: Side Bending Jig

  A little different than a wood bending form, eh?   After the back has been flanged we place it on this beastly thing.  The sides locate on tops of the toggle clamps to the correct height.  Using steel cauls we clamp the...
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Neck finish

What finish do we use on our guitar necks and why? Matt...
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Aquaman and Mule

Aquaman and Mule

Jason Momoa’s movie Aquaman comes out today. He’s a good man. A big one too. He got himself a pink Mulecaster and in return he killed me on camera for his Netflix show Frontier. Best story so far. Matt...
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