Matt’s on a Podcast

Matt’s on a Podcast

I fulfill my childhood dream of talking to real life violin makers on the Omo Podcast. Lots of ranty stuff, listen to beau hannam talk about his cool ukes and guitars and then I start at 38 minutes. ...
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Vacation

Vacation

I’ll be on my way to the Tippy Dam area of the Manistee National Forest here in Michigan in search of some summer run steelhead and to pedal some bike, two of my happy places. This means any inquiries and questions while I’m...
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Steel Single Cone For Sale

Steel Single Cone For Sale

This RARELY happens... like almost never happens, that we have a guitar around ready to ship. But we have here a steel single cone with an outstanding fingerboard ready to go. You can make it yours and skip the wait here:...
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Yummy guitar photos

Yummy guitar photos

If you flip through books for the pictures like me head over to this link for literally hundreds of final pictures of Mules. https://www.muleresophonic.com/photo_albums...
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Wait list October 1

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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Wait List closed!

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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Community

Community

This theme keeps coming up this week - community and connection. The Mule-tide Christmas videos are an example of this. Sometimes we can be overwhelmed to inaction by thinking too big -“How can I help everyone...
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Mule-tide Carols: Tyler Bryant

Mule-tide Carols: Tyler Bryant

Tyler Bryant rocking Christmas: https://www.muleresophonic.com/admin/videos/2044182...
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Celisse - “ Rockin Around the Christmas Tree”

Celisse ripping “rocking around the Christmas tree” on a tricone.
https://www.muleresophonic.com/videos/2044204...
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The Ballad of the Mule T-Bridge

The Ballad of the Mule T-Bridge

Watch the epic video of the process making here: https://youtu.be/HeXH_IMIuzc The new Mule T-bridge is here! The t-bridge is the direct connection between the strings and the cones in a resonator guitar. Every T bridge since...
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Jiujitsu World Championships

In Las Vegas competing at the jiujitsu World Championships for the second time. It’s equally exciting as it is terrifying - which usually means I’m doing the right thing. Back next week.
-Matt...
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Don’t be yourself.
These aren’t slide guitars.

These aren’t slide guitars.

They’re “guitars”. Music tools. What you build with them is up to you. They are set up like normal acoustic guitars. (Pro tip: don’t raise the action to play slide, just use a slide that fits like a @therockslide and practice...
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NAMM

NAMM

Pops Mule and I are coming to see some sunshine and bring ya guitars. See you there! Matt...
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Mule Bus Stop 2024 #1: Charlie Parr

Mule Bus Stop 2024 #1: Charlie Parr

I saw Charlie Parr play at the Pabst Theatre in Milwaukee a few years ago. He was opening for Derek and Susan. It’s a big place. He played his set and got a standing ovation. One guy sitting on keyboard stool he padded...
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We made a guitar from Monel

We made a guitar from Monel

https://youtu.be/HeZiG7PdRlY?si=ZO2FlXxUqD8xQBZt
Monel was the first guitar string material. You’ve seen it on the Retro strings a lot of manufacturers are doing now. It crisp but it’s warmer in a unique way. The sound...
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Flashback to Mule Bus Stop Numero Uno

Flashback to Mule Bus Stop Numero Uno

https://youtu.be/7m1bU3vAjfo?si=hS4YumYCfP0NQfWg What happens at Mule Bus stays at Mule Bus. Flashback to the first: Fretboard Summit/Ariel Posen in Chicago. During Fretboard I stopped at Walgreens to live my best snack...
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Michigan Mule Bus Tour

Michigan Mule Bus Tour

https://youtu.be/tpD8aDGHGNA?si=PaOQISO1Qq4nr27T
MICHIGAN MULE BUS TOUR Come tailgate with us, play some Mules, meet some friends and see great music. @charlie.parr June 6 Marquette, MI
@jeffreyfoucault...
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Customer Review

Customer Review

Matt and Will, Gentlemen, I feel like I joined a very special family of Musicians by getting this guitar. Really it does not feel like a guitar, it is something else. First off, the Guitar is absolutely beautiful. I love...
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Fretboard Journal Article

Fretboard Journal Article



Hey Mom we’re in Fretboard Journal!
Jason Verlinde made this publication that makes the space for human stories. Guitars are the mechanism but people are the point. What an amazing thing to be a part of. Noah...
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