“The great psychologist The Big Lebowski said, ‘well that’s just, like, your opinion man,’ You can say that to yourself. You can change your mind. I’ve really been exploring this idea of the observing self in an effort to...

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...

This past week a friend and I traveled to the barren tundra of Ontario to visit our friend and hand plane-maker extraordinaire Konrad Sauer. Oh, and JL stopped by to pick up his Mulecaster. https://youtu.be/eD7FaZQXCl8...

A bit of a primer on the pieces of these resonator guitars. If you are new to the world of resonators, this will help you get acquainted. The body of a resonator guitar is typically either steel or brass.  My guitars are no...

The moment before something important is said on a morning walk with a new love or an old one. The lift after. The coffee. The pause between casts on a winter steelhead stream. The second glove pulled off, the...

I showed up to the steel Quonset hut reflecting the 118 degree air back hotter yet. 15 yards past the spray booth were piled up junk cars. Surrounding the yard were rusty barbed wire fences too high to climb. I was 19...

PARR If ever there was a way to kick off 2024 Mules Bus Stops it would be seeing Charlie Parr in Chicago. Tailgate will start around THREE (not two like in the video) and I’m going to the early show at 5 because I’m old and...

When you need a pallet full of awesome guitars to Safely get to NAMM, get you a man who has been shot in the neck in Albuquerque and survived. Bahaa begins his cross country Mule Road Trip now. All the driving is tough on...

Owners- if you show up to a supplier with money and they don't get back to you, or take your money and don't get your stuff, or say it will "be done next week" but isn't they are holding you hostage. And you're letting them....

Time change to 5 pm. Jiujitsu is open again and I need to go see my people. The wait list has very limited amount of spots. It’s 1/6 of what we had been selling. When the wait list opened last time we had 150...

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...

Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys is preparing his Mule for the road next year, so he was kind enough to send me his super cool 1930's Dobro to check out.  It has fiddle edges and a spider cone.  Lots of exploring and learning...

So we buttoned up the black and tortoise themed trio this week and they are stunners. We knew you liked black and also tortoise so this pic is for you A single and double cut Mulecaster, and a black resonator with tort...

I’ve been making #600, a woody Mule, with Pops Mule. It’s been an awesome thing to share with someone who has shared so much with me. And no no you can’t buy one...yet. When one comes available I'll put an email out...

The MAVIS. Semi hollow, all roasted Michigan maple. It's part archtop guitar part resonator. And something completely different to your ear. It's weird, it will push you. You'll find something new. This is a very...

For sale next week, $2750. No saved seats so stay tuned! -Matt ...

The spots sold out in three minutes last month. There is an element of chance involved. International orders still a no-go. May the odds be ever in your favor....

The most fun and valuable part about resonators is that they sound SO different. They wake up your ear and push you out of your ruts like few other guitars can. Since they are so loud small changes you make to the...