Sebastian Müller

Sebastian Müller (Mueller) is from Berlin, Germany. Around age 10 he started playing Tenor Horn in a brass section, and at 15 he started on classical guitar. Inspired by a player that he met at the Boy Scouts, he started out with Classical guitar and moved to playing electric, mostly Blues, Rock and Funk in local bands.

Sebastian started out with Dobro using Cindy Cashdollar's DVD. His interest in the Hawaiian steel guitar was inspired by trips to Hawai‘i to vist his in-laws. His first exposure to Hawaiian Music was hearing Slack key master Ledward Ka‘apana performing at the Kona brewery. Impressed, he started to play a bit of slack key and bought a CD which contained mostly tricone recordings from the 20s and 30s. He then began playing Hawaiian music exclusively.

He loves vintage instruments, and has some nice electric guitars and amps. His favorite is a 1931 Tricone and his favorite electric is a Rickenbacher A-25 longscale Frypan postwar model. In addition to the Hawaiian steel guitar, Sebastian also plays guitars, bass, ‘ukulele, and synthesizers.

Sebastian and his group Hula Hut have performed mostly in Europe. In addition to recording a CD as Hula Hut and the Seven Seas, he has a YouTube channel with many of his videos.