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Thread #78954   Message #1426444
Posted By: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
03-Mar-05 - 09:29 PM
Thread Name: Guitar scale length dilemma,suggestions?
Subject: RE: Guitar scale length dilemma,suggestions?
by coincidence..
tonight i've been rummaging through my electric guitar collection
comparing neck dimensions..
i've got big 'blunt instrument' fists & short thick fingers
and although I can cope ok with a well set up lower action
Fender style 25 1/2" scale length.

the guitars i find easier to play are 24 3/4" scale
[ 1 5/8" @ nut
2"    @ 12th fret
2 1/8 @ 22nd fret
with flatter radius fingerboards..]

though, i've never bothered owning a 'real' Gibson..

and for some odd reason..
guitars that conform to this ideal dont all feel equally comfortable, or easy for me to play ..
even though the neck thickness & shape profile seems to be the same..

Probably, just the slightest millimetre of well worn or newly sanded
bevelled edge gives the advantage over a flat sharper edged fingerboard..
..and i'm not too keen on overglossed neck finishes either..