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Gaskell Guitars is an Australian guitar manufacturer that makes production and custom left handed electric guitars and basses that are not available, or no longer made in left hand by other manufacturers.
Left handed guitarists in every country in the World have always had few options regarding availability of left handed guitars. To make matters even worse, in recent times several major guitar manufacturers have completely turned their backs on left handed musicians and have stopped making left hand guitars all together. When you do find a left hand guitar in a shop somewhere it is normally 10-20% higher in price than a right handed one and often of lesser quality too. What is that really? That's a "penalty fee" for being a left handed guitarist! Not acceptable!
Gaskell Guitars was started in Australia by New Zealand-born left handed guitarist Kevin Gaskell, initially out of frustration over the lack of availability of popular electric guitars in left hand! Kevin made his first left hand guitar in 1992, but it was not until 2006 that Gaskell Guitars officially went into full production starting with a few models that were always unavailable as left handed versions.
Since then, Gaskell Guitars has grown and expanded very quickly, as news spreads around the world that there is a guitar brand that makes left handed guitars and basses exclusively. Gaskell guitars are suitable for all levels and are always professionally set up for immediate playability. This is included in the price of the guitar. As an additional service customers can have their guitar put through our Platinum Setup Service which is a full setup treatment you would expect only on high-end guitars, triple or more in price. This is done in-house and available only when you go through Gaskell Guitars direct.
There is no other guitar manufacturer in the world that specializes in left handed guitars only.
Several music stores in Australia carry Gaskell guitars and we have a satellite office in San Diego, California that takes care of USA and Canada exclusively. Even with the costs of international door-to-door delivery, it is cheaper for European customers to purchase a Gaskell guitar from Australia than to get one through a European store. Local charges and taxes on purchases made in European countries work out higher than the freight cost from Australia to Europe!
No matter where you are in the world, you can get a Gaskell guitar. For you maybe it will be the guitar of your dreams - because you could never get one before! Well, some dreams do come true!
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