Scale length - what effect

[badgermark]

Ted where did you get the 25.5" SG? I liked my SG just the neck wasn't too my liking. Still need to talk to Wez about a possible custom job though...

[FELINEGUITARS]

We used a 25" scale on our Gothic Warpig model (same as on a PRS/ Danelectro or old BC Rich - just to allow the strings to be a bit tighter if detuned - without wanting to change the feel too much

Remember that when Gibson say that a guitar is 24 +3/4" - it is not true
It has been 24 + 9/16" in reality which is only a bit more than 24.5"

So 25" is kind of bang in the middle

Here she is (although since this piccy was taken we fitted an Earvana nut as well

[badgermark]

I honestly can't see me go back to having anything less than 25.5" of wood in my hand. My girlfriend agrees. Yes that was a penis joke.

Shame though, what other manufacturers use a 25"+ scale length these days?

[Antag]

As other posters have said, they feel different, perhaps a little more tension on the Fender scale with the same gauge of strings.  Perhaps people with really large hands might find the upper frets on a Gibson uncomfortable with not enough "room", but mostly it's a matter of personal preference & few guitarists should find any of the three most common scale lengths (24¾", 25" & 25½") unplayable.  IMO action height, fretwire & neck profile have just as much, maybe more, influence on perceived comfort of a guitars as scale length.

FWIW, I have guitars in all 3 scale lengths & happily swap between all of them.  Sure, there are somethings that are easier to play on one guitar than another, just as some guitars sound better for certain uses.  Horses for courses.

[noodleplugerine]

I honestly can't see me go back to having anything less than 25.5" of wood in my hand. My girlfriend agrees. Yes that was a penis joke.

Shame though, what other manufacturers use a 25"+ scale length these days?

I can't think of any Superstrat other than the Fusion with a Gibson Scale length irrelevent of Make.

Generally, the model of the guitar is more important than the make...

For example: ESP do  Gibson scale length on their eclipses, and Vipers, and Fender scale length on their Mirage and Horizons.

[Ted]

Ted where did you get the 25.5" SG? I liked my SG just the neck wasn't too my liking. Still need to talk to Wez about a possible custom job though...

I built my SG from Warmoth parts. You can chose scale length.

[PhilKing]

I use different gauge strings on Gibson and Fender scales to keep a similar feel to them.  My Gibsons have an 11-49/50 and my Fenders 10-46.  I find this keeps the tension more consistent.

As TO mentioned earlier, it always seems easier to get harmonics on the 25.5 scale (the basic ones are easy on both - we are talking just picking a pinched harmonic at will).

[badgermark]

Ted where did you get the 25.5" SG? I liked my SG just the neck wasn't too my liking. Still need to talk to Wez about a possible custom job though...

I built my SG from Warmoth parts. You can chose scale length.

Sexy

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Hails Feline..
so, if i would liek to use a tune like B or C standard in a guitar, with 08 or 09, or, 010 string gauge.. will it be Tight enough with a 27' baritone scale length
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