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Gaskell Guitars Australia
Nov 1613 min read
Tonewoods for electric guitars
Originally written 2009. Updated 2023. NOTE: There are many other well-known tonewoods used in the making of acoustic guitars. This...
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Gaskell Guitars Australia
Oct 232 min read
The first production Gaskell left handed acoustic
As part of my experimenting with factory-made guitars in 2023, I spent a great deal of time researching whether there might be a need in...
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Gaskell Guitars Australia
Oct 71 min read
What happened to www.gaskellguitars.com.au?
I was a bit slow in renewing my domain ownership for www.gaskellguitars.com.au this year and hackers jumped on it before I got to renew....
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Gaskell Guitars Australia
Feb 292 min read
Why I like Tonerider pickups
I have a Tonerider Rocksong pickup in one of my personal Gaskell left handed, single-pickup Explorer style guitars. The thing is a beast....
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Gaskell Guitars Australia
Feb 21 min read
Gaskell Hybrid Series is discontinued
Well, you can't say I didn't try. But the bottom line is that in the ruins of this post-Covid world, doing one-off guitar builds using...
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Gaskell Guitars Australia
Dec 20, 20232 min read
Pricing
All Gaskell Custom Shop guitars are 100% made in Australia using the highest quality tonewoods, hardware and electronics sourced from all...
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Gaskell Guitars Australia
Dec 20, 20231 min read
Christmas 2023
It's been a good year for Gaskell Guitars, hardly sustainable (hence why I have a "job" too) but still worth it, even if just...
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Gaskell Guitars Australia
Jun 3, 20231 min read
Left handed guitar knobs
One thing that all the major guitar brands utterly fail on when it comes to making left hand guitars (if they even do) is fitting them...
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Gaskell Guitars Australia
Dec 16, 20161 min read
Christmas builds (2016)
Just an update on the builds going in the shop. I have finished just about all the Christmas builds and we are still on target for our...
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Gaskell Guitars Australia
Oct 20, 20163 min read
Upgrading pickups
Although pickups are a major contributor to the final sound of any electric guitar or bass they are not the be-all-and-end-all of how a...
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Gaskell Guitars Australia
Oct 12, 20162 min read
Gibson to make left handed guitars again?
12 October, 2016 Guitar sales must be a bit slow at Gibson. When they’re down, Gibson has in the past tried to salvage things by suddenly...
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Gaskell Guitars Australia
Aug 1, 20162 min read
Kluson Firebird tuners
Firebird guitars have been around since the late 1950’s. There are two distinct and unique characteristics about Firebird guitars: they...
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Gaskell Guitars Australia
Dec 12, 20103 min read
Myths about left hand guitars
Myth: A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception. There are various false ideas floating about in our society on the...
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Gaskell Guitars Australia
Nov 1, 20084 min read
News 2008
And even more OCTOBER, 2008 - what a month! Well, this is not good news for Australians, but the Australian dollar has dived 35% in the...
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Gaskell Guitars Australia
May 22, 20081 min read
Gaskell Guitars - About Us (2008)
GASKELL GUITARS is a guitar manufacturer in Sydney Australia that makes production and custom left handed guitars that are not available...
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