Gaskell Rockitt (2011 - 2012)

Note: A bolt-on neck version of this model is available from 2026 

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​When I first started making left handed guitars I had no intentions of doing a left handed Les Paul style guitar. Just about every guitar brand on the planet makes something like a Les Paul. Lefties were available.

 

After a few years I relented after being talked into it by lefty players from all around the world. I then started producing something like a lefty LP coinciding with one of Gibson's "no lefties" phases.

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Released in 2011, the Gaskell ROCKITT surprisingly sold well, much to my surprise. Mine was built with my own headstock, shared with the Gaskell HYBRID, and with Wilkinson pickups and high-quality Korean-made hardware. I made a number in Custom Shop too after factory-production ended. ​I think there were lefties who wanted to give the middle finger to Gibson for flatly refusing to show any regard for us.

 

​Of course, I made mine better and although numbers sold were small, some nice guitars made it into the hands of some very talented lefty guitarists. 

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From 2013 until 2020 I produced this model as a 100% Australian-built Custom Shop guitar. 

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