Guitars With 24" Scale Length
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:37 am
Hi, my first post here.
Seems like if you're going to talk about short scale guitars, it might be useful to identify exactly what guitars you're talking about.
To me, 22.5" Musicmaster length is too short, Gibson 24-3/4" is too long, 24" feels just right. But there aren't a ton of guitars out there with this scale length. So as a public service to other interested parties, I will list every model I've found that is/was made with a 24" scale length, plus or minus no more than 1/2". (otherwise have to start adding standard Gretsch models, that's where I draw the line).
Please correct my mistakes, and add others you know about to this thread.
24" (to below 24-1/2")
Fender : Musicmaster II, Bronco, Duosonic II, Mustang, Jaguar (all permutations), Jag-Stang,
“Short Strat� (japan),
Squier Classic Vibe Duosonic, Squier Jagmaster
Peavey T-15, T-30
Harmony (also Heathkit ,Heath , Silvertone) : Bobkat ,Mercury ,Jupiter, Rocket, Meteor
Univox UC-2
Brian May (& Burns Brian May)
SX SST62, SST57
Series 10 325 Miami
Ibanez ORM1
24-1/2":
Paul Reed Smith : Santana models, SC245
23-1/2":
Gibson Byrdland
Epiphone Elitist Byrdland
That's all I've been able to find so far, in exactly this 24" scale length +-1/2".
Suggest someone might start a different thread for 22-1/2", or for 24-5/8", if they want to. Above that,the number of models becomes very large. Personally I don't regard a standard Gibson scale as "short scale". But I see that said a lot.
Seems like if you're going to talk about short scale guitars, it might be useful to identify exactly what guitars you're talking about.
To me, 22.5" Musicmaster length is too short, Gibson 24-3/4" is too long, 24" feels just right. But there aren't a ton of guitars out there with this scale length. So as a public service to other interested parties, I will list every model I've found that is/was made with a 24" scale length, plus or minus no more than 1/2". (otherwise have to start adding standard Gretsch models, that's where I draw the line).
Please correct my mistakes, and add others you know about to this thread.
24" (to below 24-1/2")
Fender : Musicmaster II, Bronco, Duosonic II, Mustang, Jaguar (all permutations), Jag-Stang,
“Short Strat� (japan),
Squier Classic Vibe Duosonic, Squier Jagmaster
Peavey T-15, T-30
Harmony (also Heathkit ,Heath , Silvertone) : Bobkat ,Mercury ,Jupiter, Rocket, Meteor
Univox UC-2
Brian May (& Burns Brian May)
SX SST62, SST57
Series 10 325 Miami
Ibanez ORM1
24-1/2":
Paul Reed Smith : Santana models, SC245
23-1/2":
Gibson Byrdland
Epiphone Elitist Byrdland
That's all I've been able to find so far, in exactly this 24" scale length +-1/2".
Suggest someone might start a different thread for 22-1/2", or for 24-5/8", if they want to. Above that,the number of models becomes very large. Personally I don't regard a standard Gibson scale as "short scale". But I see that said a lot.
