Why do you play a shortscale?

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:59 pm

Because i like the feel and look and its very easy to play. And the sound of a mustang i simply incredible.

frettedlefty · Post by **frettedlefty** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:50 am

I like the fact that I own a mustang more than the fact that it's short scale. I play my strat and my les paul more than my stang really, but my stang is my favorite looking and I like the sound. Feel wise I'm more of a strat guy.

TimEMT94 · Post by **TimEMT94** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:55 am

I use my Mustang and Strat about equally. I have pretty big hands and prefer my Strat for playing high up the neck, not to mention the thinner neck is much more comfortable for such styles. But when I'm playing chords with hard to reach fingerings, I prefer my Mustang. Plus I just love the dynamic vibrato.

frettedlefty · Post by **frettedlefty** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:53 am

TimEMT94 wrote:I use my Mustang and Strat about equally. I have pretty big hands and prefer my Strat for playing high up the neck, not to mention the thinner neck is much more comfortable for such styles. But when I'm playing chords with hard to reach fingerings, I prefer my Mustang. Plus I just love the dynamic vibrato.

I swear once I set up my mustangs vibrato properly it stays in tune better than the floyd knockoff crap on my RG. And that's locking. LOL.

FredJr · Post by **FredJr** » Wed May 15, 2013 1:12 pm

The Jaguar was my first really good guitar. It feels right, it sounds right, it plays right. Leo got it RIGHT the first time, what more can I say

LizardKing · Post by **LizardKing** » Thu May 16, 2013 2:56 pm

FredJr wrote:It feels right, it sounds right, it plays right. Leo got it RIGHT the first time, what more can I say

I couldn't add anything to that....

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Thu May 16, 2013 3:00 pm

I play a shortscale because I am a midget and I have tiny baby hands that can't stretch on a full length scale.
Hi, my name is Tom Cruise.
*lolwut*

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Thu May 16, 2013 8:53 pm

My Musicmaster is black, beat to shit, looks cool, sounds beautiful and it's so small that I kind of forget it's there. What's not to like?

Brandon W · Post by **Brandon W** » Thu May 16, 2013 9:01 pm

I have big hands also. It's not just shortscales for me though. I love most fender necks. They are perfect for me.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Thu May 16, 2013 10:12 pm

Fran wrote:I voted 'looks cool'. I wanted a Jag before i even learnt to play guitar.
In the late 80's it seemed to me anyone that was anybody 'different' used a Jag, with the odd exceptions like Mascis with the JM and Sonic Youth

Park me here as well

iCEByTes · Post by **iCEByTes** » Fri May 17, 2013 1:24 am

actual jag-stang is unfinished project

the neck never got Correct copy , itÂ´s a mustang neck like any other jag mustang neck , of course it isint neck profile of kurt jag-stang
ItÂ´s come whit Strato pickup on neck , not an Texas special on neck
itÂ´s come whit generic crap bucker on bridge while kurt choice has an black JB
itÂ´s come mustang bridge , i know its polemical but even that kurt choice has Gotoh Tom
itÂ´s come whit Klusons while Favorite Kurt Tuners Was Gotoh SM-38 Sealed Tuners
itÂ´s donÂ´t have any comfort curves on gigantic guitar itÂ´s horrible to play sit , at last an comfort curves on back.
the wood choice of kurt one was alder , the jap comes in basscrappo , donÂ´t know others but mine sound was a shit.
neck is nice but i would wish have kurts guitar neck copy was itÂ´s a signature guitar.
bridge comes complete incapable keep in tune from factory setup and donÂ´t came any manual , i locked , flipped over down , did voodoo , until an friend called mad-mike shows how setup that shit

ie itÂ´s unfinished , incomplete and my 2K Copy sounds like crap at humbucker.

kurt favorite tuners by the way.

can tell yuck or whatever want but thats kurt choice and should be respected , but fuck that its fender what you can get from lols

StevePirates · Post by **StevePirates** » Sun May 26, 2013 5:53 pm

I play an offset for the looks (no doubt influenced by who was playing what when I was 13 in 1993), a short scale because I have large hands but short fingers.

The fact that I like the sound of Jaguar pickups is an added bonus.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Thu May 30, 2013 12:07 pm

Punkacc9 wrote:
NickS wrote:I'd never seen a Swinger before and I bought it because it looked unusual and it was cheap (Â£80). So I voted COOL.
Whaaaaa? Was this when they came out or did you just get one killer deal?

Sorry, missed this first time round.
About 1975, beat to hell, pickup was o/c - seemed not so bad when plugged into a valve amp (1 Mohm input) but disappeared when plugged into the HH (100K input) They threw in a hotter pickup rewind for the price.

superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Thu May 30, 2013 4:45 pm

Short scale guitars get all the girls. Thats kind of the only reason to play one really.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Thu May 30, 2013 9:26 pm

for me switching to a shortscale just made sense as aesthetically they look so much sexier, and with my hands being totally fucked, makes it much easier to DO AN RIFFS, while also rocking out on whatever other jibberjab i like..
mind a gibson 24 3/4" scale also work fine for me, but stretching up to the 25.5" my hands just get all cramped up and i'm done playing after about 15 - 20 minutes..

oddly, i don't have this issue on bass, but I suspect that is more to do with how my playing technique changes for bass from guitar..

Walnut · Post by **Walnut** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 1:39 am

I hate Kurt Cobain and thought it would be ironic.

blane · Post by **blane** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 3:20 am

I have really small hands. I liked the jag-stang neck and found it more comfortable than all the other guitars I played. I just assumed it was the 24'' neck that made it comfortable for me. Much later i realized it was the 7.5 radius that made the neck comfortable, not really the scale. I find strats and tele's with 7.5'' necks just as comfortable so i don't even own a shortscale anymore.

Though I do think the mustang is the best looking guitar ever.

LuvN Guitars · Post by **LuvN Guitars** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 10:01 pm

I'd never thought about playing a short scale until the last couple of years. I have shortish fingers, but always played 25.5" scale guitars. Tried a Jaguar and found I liked the ergonomics when sitting down (Mustang is the same) also the shorter scale worked with my somewhat beat up left hand. I now have a MUstang and a Jaguar.

tomin8r · Post by **tomin8r** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:42 am

Shorter scales = Heavier Strings.

Me likey.

thaiairways · Post by **thaiairways** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:47 pm

The Jaguar sound. Scale's got nothing to do with it.

Why do you play a shortscale?

Why are you here?