Modest Mavis Mondays

Modest Mavis Mondays

The Modest Mavis are guitars that are $2700 and have no wait list. We build a couple each week and release them Monday mornings, EST.  Behold! The Modest Mavis. Modest in appointments but not in sonic inspiration.   I want...
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12 string Mavis

12 string Mavis

The Tallest Mule. When doing something new do you wait until the grand reveal or let people in on the secret? Marketing strategies be damned… here’s a 12 string Mavis with soundboard back in the works for @surfburst He needed...
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Modest Mavis Delay

Modest Mavis Delay

We are waiting on cases so no Modest Mavis the next two weeks at least. 

We arestill making them though, and will have a BIG drop when we’ve got the cases. 

matt...
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MOST MODEST MONDAY

MOST MODEST MONDAY

THE MOST MODEST MONDAY. The cases we’ve been waiting for have arrived! On Monday morning at a random time between 8am-noon Eastern Time we will be releasing 10 Modest Mavis upon you reso-fiends. Muleresophonic.com. Is there...
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Taste the rainbow

Taste the rainbow

We don’t build in batches here (Toyota4lYfe)but I carved all these necks just for this picture.  Matt ...
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New Interior labels

New Interior labels

Jack Baumgartner is the man responsible for hand carving and printing our epic certificates of authenticity.  We set him loose to design interior labels for the guitars.  Heres some close ups.  -Matt ...
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How’s It Work? Mulecaster Necks

How’s It Work? Mulecaster Necks

How’s It Work? Mulecaster necks- The two main components to how I approach guitar making and design is balance and inspirational transparency. If a new T - bridge material will make things warmer, I’ll try 80/20 strings to...
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FAQ

If you're looking to buy a Mule this page is a must read! https://www.muleresophonic.com/pages/want-to-buy-definitely-read-this -Matt...
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MAVIS Playlist

MAVIS Playlist

Wondering What the MAVIS sounds like?  Check out the videos here: Official MAVIS Playlist Matt...
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Black Market Mules

I've seen a couple Mules on Reverb for around $6,000. Here are some thoughts.   Free market and all that so if someone can buy a guitar from us fro $3000 and sell it for twice that I suppose its cool.  Some would say "you...
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Mavis Guitar.com Review

Mavis Guitar.com Review

Holllly smokes..... if anyone was ever able to capture in words what we try to build into these guitars its Chris from guitar.com in this review of the Mavis.  Check out what he has to say and the video...
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Waitlist opens tonight at 6PM Eastern

Reminder - Like every month, the waitlist opens up at 6 pm est. LImited quantity. They sell out very fast.  At 6 pm go to https://www.muleresophonic.com/products You'll be able to add the deposit to your cart. Check...
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Guitar for Francis Lawrence

Guitar for Francis Lawrence

Aged Leica-style Mule for director Francis Lawrence. The Hunger Games. SEE. I Am Legend. Music videos for like freaking everyone. I remember watching the video for Third Eye Blind’s “10 Days Late” as a high schooler and being...
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The garage

The garage

Bad days make the best stories.    After going to Roberto -Venn I tried college for a semester. I was 19 and done studying and wanted to work. I left in January and moved into this garage. Not the seedy apartment above the...
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Case of the Mondays

It’s not just fun and games here at Mule HQ.  I mean… it’s a lot of that.  But it’s a complex operation with lots of logistics and not much margin for error. It’s really hard. The rollercoaster meme of business...
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Black Market Mules

Black Market Mules

Looking to buy a used Mule? Here are some things to consider. https://www.muleresophonic.com/videos/2043958...
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10 years of Mule.

10 years of Mule.

10 years of Mule. When I was 27 I saw Kelly Joe Phelps play a resonator and he changed my life for the second time. He showed me what this instrument was capable of expressing. I didn’t recognize it then but he showed me what...
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The Dinnie Stones

The Dinnie Stones

My good friend and spirit animal Dave Hicks took his tricone to see the mighty Dinnie stones in Scotland. In Scotland there are historical tests of strength called lifting stones. Most are massive. The Dinnies combined are...
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Dallas Guitar Show

Dallas Guitar Show

I'm standing on the front of a 400 LB Dallas Guitar Show pallet tipping precariously down a ramp made from a big piece of steel "strapped" to the loading dock so hopefully it doesn't slide and dump the pallet. I'm about to...
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Dave Hick

Dave Hick

I woke up to a text message with a picture of a bandaged index finger. I don’t remember what the words in the text were exactly but what I said out loud was “oh shit”. Dave had sent me a picture of the tattoo he had just...
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