Mule

Also known as: Mule Resophonic, Mule Resophonic Guitars, Mule Resonator Guitars, Mule Guitars

Mule Resophonic Guitars is a small steel and brass resonator guitar shop based in Saginaw, Michigan. Founded by luthier Matt Eich in 2012, the company grew out of a garage workshop after Eich trained at the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in Phoenix and spent several years building instruments for Huss & Dalton in Virginia. Inspired in part by seeing Kelly Joe Phelps perform on a resonator, Eic...

4 Products · Used by 19 Artists

Mule Resonator Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

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Mule Resophonic Guitars: Mulecaster Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

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Mule Resophonic Guitars Stratomule Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

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Mule Mavis Resonators

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The shop's catalog centers on a handful of core models — including the twelve-fret steel-bodied Resonator, the Mavis, the Parr Mule, and the Mulecaster, an electric-style resonator. Mule guitars are typically built with hand-shaped steel or brass bodies, slotted headstocks, and pickup options such as P-90s, and they are known for a loud, complex tone with strong natural sustain and a vintage aesthetic.

Mule instruments have become a fixture among slide and roots-leaning players, with notable users including Kelly Joe Phelps, Charlie Parr, Joey Landreth, Jeffrey Foucault, Ariel Posen, Doug Wamble, and Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys.

Mule has 4 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars and Resonators. Their gear is featured by 19 artists, with the strongest followings in Blues, Rock, and Folk, World, & Country. Notable users include Ariel Posen, Joey Landreth, and Chris Turpin.