Gaskell XBass (lefty Explorer Bass) 2008 - 2012

Gibson Guitars introduced the Explorer bass in 1981. Since then, they have never made it in left hand, not even as an Epiphone. I have never been able to identify another major guitar brand that makes a production left-handed Explorer bass. Is that still true on 2024? 

 

The X-BASS was my first left handed bass guitar, introduced in 2008.

 

I use the same body size and shape of my 6-string Explorer which itself is slightly smaller than its Gibson inspiration. This smaller Explorer bass body actually makes the bass easier and better to play. It does not suffer from "neck dive." It is perfectly balanced. It has my standard Gaskell "duck bill" headstock, used in just about every other Gaskell guitar. 

 

This was always a very popular Gaskell bass and there are bass players in nearly every country in the world that own a Gaskell Xbass. It was a no-brainer to continue it as a Custom Shop guitar after we were forced to discontinue factory production in 2011.

 

UPDATE. From 2024 I have had to become very selective about what Custom builds I want to do. Post-COVD, the world is a very different place and people are either waking up or remaining hopelessly ignorant of the larger agenda in play. Those who are in the latter are proving to be very "difficult to deal with."

 

Additionally, with Gibson having sued Dean Guitars in 2022 for making Explorer guitars I might need some convincing. Do I really want to risk it?