"Relic" guitars are new guitars made to look old. I have decided to do some through the factory I am using for the 2023 Hybrid Series...

Well, I could say it's better late than never, but finally Gaskell Guitars has Instagram. Here it is: https://www.instagram.com/gaskellg...

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

I am in Orlando, Florida and today is 5 November, 2024. As an Australian watching the U.S election it is very interesting to me. I am an...

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...

These are the last of the Gaskell Hybrid Series guitars made in 2023, plus a couple of personal guitars of mine that I am willing to let...

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....

It's taken me a year to put this together, but I have finally written the absolute definitive guide on left handed Floyd Rose tremolos. I...

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...

Well, I am HAPPY to say that most customer orders for the Gaskell HYBRID Series are in! I have preliminarily inspected these guitars and...

Well, I am not very happy to say that all guitars in production are behind schedule, some as much as four weeks. I am not sure exactly...

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...

As lefty players very well know, left handed guitar availability has never been consistent with the mainstream guitar brands. ​ Some big...

At the end of 2022 I decided to experiment with making factory guitars again. The last time I made factory guitars was in 2011. The...

I have been through storage and have found a number of N.O.S guitars, unfinished or not even assembled. ALL ARE FOR SALE.  No pictures...

Natively-grown Swietenia  (American mahogany) is no longer available in the world market and has been commercially banned since 2003....

Natively-grown Swietenia  (American mahogany) is no longer available in the world market and has been commercially banned since 2003....