Gaskell Sage

2008 Gaskell SAGE - Australian guitar commpany. Left handed headless guitar with a Steve Vai monkey grip. Designed in Australia. Made in China. 24 frets. 2 humbuckers, 1 single coil. 5-way selector. Pickups are Korean. Basswood body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard. Bridge is by "Overlord of Music"

Nice features. Pretty unique guitar. Don't know of any other like it.

Sound is good. It can pitch bend whole chords. I like it better tuned to D rather than E. Really suits Metal like that. Quite funky tuned to E.
Single coil pickup is a bit noisy. Don't really like S/C sound anyway.
Good variety of sounds.

Takes a bit of getting used to this guitar. Because of the tremolo it is pretty sensitive regarding the action. After playinmg around with it for myself I got the action perfect for me once I tuned the whoel guitar down to D. Tuned to E it is a bit high but good like that for chording.
No flaws of action, fit, or finish. Looks really nice. Looks like a much more expensive guitar.
Sounds like a more expensive guitar. The electronics (sound) are really excellent.

Withstand live playing? Absolutely no problem
Hardware will last? Looks like it. It is not a "cheap" guitar. It is made very very well
Will the finish last? I think so. It is well made.
Would use it at a gig without backup? This is really a showy sort of guitar. I would use it for show so it would not be my only guitar on stage.

The company is great. Very down to earth. Virginia, the customer service person was a pleasure to deal with. You can buy them in some shops here in Australia. They prefer if you do that rather than go direct.

This is a good guitar. It was surprisingly a lot better than I thought it would be. I bought it from the website information and photos. I never saw one in the shops first.

For the price, it is an above avergae guitar and excellent value for money. It is unique.

It is great that there is a company in the world that actually cares about left handed guitar players.