In October 2025 I got in touch with Kahler in the United States after having read their announcements about the new 2700 Fulcrum series being relaunched. I bought a left-handed Kahler Steeler Traditional after watching this YouTube video: I do not have a guitar to hand to install it into as the block is wider than a Floyd Rose cavity and it will not go straight in to anything routed for a Floyd Rose. But at this stage, I will not be installing it. Here is my review: I am rea

I just found out that Floyd Rose will now be making all his tremolos in the United States. This is after 40 years of exclusive production by Schaller in Germany. I am happy about that for a few reasons. I am a not a fan of Schaller because of a personal "bad customer experience" with Lars Br ü nning a couple of years ago that put me offside. Since then, I have pretty much refused to use or recommend Schaller products. I took their locking tuners and tremolos off my website. T

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....

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...

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...

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