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When I had the idea for the “Mule Bus” in 2022 I told a couple friends about it and they, correctly, told me the same thing “This will not be an efficient way of showing...

There are a thousand different strings you could use for your resonator. Everything from cryogenically treated strings to strings shot into space to strings blessed by a shaman in a rainforest in South America. Unfortunately...

A dozen years ago I woke up to a text from @davidandthedevil with a bandage around his finger. I forget what the message said because I saw a little ear from the mule logo peeking out from behind the bandage and I knew he had...

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...

If it’s not easy it’s probably important.  Mule Bus Tours and festivals are hard when you’re such a small shop. But I’ll take being with you fine people, guitars, and music any day over sitting behind a computer pretending...

Carousel I was stuck in a revolving door of gear . My music was in a rut. I tried different pick ups, different Rosewoods, different pics, different strings. I noticed a change in my tone, but not a change in my playing....

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...

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...

I made  a resonator for the man who made the first resonator I ever saw - John Reuter, the director of training at the Roberto Venn School of Luthiery. He’s holding that prophetic instrument from 22 years ago along with his...

Not only are resonators rut busters but they make all your other guitars rut busters too. Let me explain.  If you’re stuck in a revolving door of gear that might be because you’re making small changes expecting big...

What is the boring composition chart you see above?  This is the composition of a tricone cone I sent to Metaltest in Washington state to have tested.   I'm in the process of getting my lathe set up to start spinning my own...

The e-mail sometimes goes like this: "Hey Matt, I love resonators and have always wanted to make one.  How?" I totally get the feeling.  I worked at Huss and Dalton guitars for a while and went to a guitar making school, so...

Buy the bender unit Seth Lee Jones is demonstrating here tomorrow on mulestuff.com   $350, mounts on any telecaster.   https://youtu.be/NYLUM1_r5a0...

The mild steel, baritone-tuned yet standard scale length symphony of destruction headed for @arielposen, aka Mr. Stanky Leg. “swing it wide” is a good motto in the tone-quest. Sometimes you have to pick up an instrument...