Just read this on their site (posted in August). It's always a bit of sad news to hear a lefty dealer or builder is going out of business. Gaskell Guitars is an Australian-based company that has specialized in making lefty instruments, primarily Gibson inspired designs. To date, they're the only company I know of that was offering lefty Explorer and Flying V styled basses. I did manage to purchase a lefty Explorer bass (X Bass) from them back in '09, and gave it generally good reviews:
"Completion of Builds + Hiatus
On completion of our current builds we will be going on hiatus indefinitely. We are not taking any more orders but will be concentrating on the builds we have going now. We are already behind on our time frames so every effort will be spent to complete the current orders. It has been a pleasure dealing with all the many left handed guitarists and bassists we have helped over the years."
Best of luck to Kevin and Gaskell.
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