Originally written 2009. Updated 2023. NOTE: There are many other well-known tonewoods used in the making of acoustic guitars. This...

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...

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....

I have a Tonerider Rocksong pickup in one of my personal Gaskell left handed, single-pickup Explorer style guitars. The thing is a beast....

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...

All Gaskell Custom Shop guitars are 100% made in Australia using the highest quality tonewoods, hardware and electronics sourced from all...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Firebird guitars have been around since the late 1950’s. There are two distinct and unique characteristics about Firebird guitars: they...

Myth: A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception. There are various false ideas floating about in our society on the...

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...

GASKELL GUITARS is a guitar manufacturer in Sydney Australia that makes production and custom left handed guitars that are not available...