Mavis Unplugged

Mavis Unplugged

View link to hear it acoustically: https://www.muleresophonic.com/videos/2045283
“Can I play it acoustic?” That was the number one question three years ago when after a week of manic building and some encouragement by...
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Mule Radio - July 26

Mule Radio - July 26

These instruments are music tools and people have been putting them to work.  Videos of people using these guitars to inspire and push their playing is my greatest joy.   Thats why I started Mule and why we continue to do...
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Song circles

Song circles

Why do I make guitars? These ones, specifically.
You. Don't freak out, it's nothing personal. It's just that when you're sitting in a song circle in the Shenandoah Valley and everyone is belting "Paradise" while playing...
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Music Tools

Music Tools

These Mules are music tools. What do they build? Inspiration. What's inspiration? Sure, sometimes a song drops from heaven onto the back of a napkin at a diner, or you wake up with a tune in your head you record on your...
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We Ship Internationally

We Ship Internationally

Although we did suspend international shipping during Covid because of carriers losing or delaying instruments dramatically we have been shipping guitars internationally for the past year or so. We will continue to do...
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Modest Mavis

Modest Mavis

This not-so Modest Mavis was sold yesterday but there’s more where this came from. The Modest Mavis are our chance to stretch our luthier-legs a bit and try some new ideas that (usually) don’t add much to the $2700 price....
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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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Jeff Huss

Jeff Huss

Jeff and Diane Huss at Mule HQ. "So... what kind of music do you listen to?" This was the first question Jeff asked at my interview at Huss and Dalton-my first guitar making job. I was 20. Kelly Joe Phelps had upended my...
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Resonator strings

Resonator strings

Resonator guitars are just guitars. We are in a shift where people are seeing them as the music tools they are - different sounds create different musical choices. No high set ups suitable only for the 12 feet wiggle. You...
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Mule Bus Stop: Brothers Osborne

Mule Bus Stop: Brothers Osborne

We are bringing the Mule Bus to Hammond, IN to do some tailgating before seeing this stud rip on his Mavis @jinglejohnosborne and to make sure master- tech @zachrickardmusic doesn’t get any funny ideas about turning truss...
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