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Consensus Time - Do you use a short scale guitar?

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:03 pm
by Fran
I think we had one of these a few years ago so i wanted to get a new update on this.

Who's main guitar is a short scale or who has one in their collection?

24.75 scale does'nt count as short scale, choose third option :wink:

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:05 pm
by serfx
i rock my rob(og) jag as my main, with the white HH jag as a back up a lot these days
after that i go into mustang mode..
beyond that i'm really not sure why i have all these other guitars..

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:08 pm
by GreenKnee
Mustang as number 1, jaguar as back up at gigs.
At home I leave my jagstang, and duosonic :)

Jack

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:11 pm
by Fran
Nice. I'll add..

I own a Jaguar and Jag-Stang but they are not my main guitars at the moment. Mostly down to low tuning working out better on standard scale chunky necks.

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:15 pm
by purplehaze19x
I have 3 main guitars, and they are all Jags. If it makes you feel any better Fran, your Burgundy Mist Jag is still my #1 :)

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:29 pm
by George
You know where mine is, Fran.

Off topic: how is it by the way?

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:40 pm
by endsjustifymeans
My primary is a 69 RI Mustang with a P-90 in the bridge.

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:40 pm
by Thom
Tricky question!
All in all I probably play my Jag more than any other guitar I own, so yeah I guess I would say it is my main guitar.
However, most recent gigs I will have used my Les Paul. My nearly exclusive guitar for 8 years or so was my Jag-Stang.
Of my electrics, I've got one 22.5" scale guitar, four 24", two 24.75" and one 25.5". Something about the shortscale that just feels right to me.

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:43 pm
by stewart
my duo-sonic II is my main guitar because it stays in tune forever, i've started taking the jag out to gigs though.

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:45 pm
by SeismicProfile
My competition mustang is my main and only guitar at the moment. I hope to get a jag or jm soon though I haven't decided which one I want... :roll:

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:49 pm
by GreenKnee
Fran wrote:Nice. I'll add..

I own a Jaguar and Jag-Stang but they are not my main guitars at the moment. Mostly down to low tuning working out better on standard scale chunky necks.
My jagstang is in C# and it feels fine, though I have put 13s on it.
I'm going to change the pickups though, can't do with that humbucker, maybe try a humbucker sized p90, and a lacesensor silver in the neck cause they are just ace. I put a set of silvers in my duo and they sound so cool :)

Jack

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:59 pm
by damienblair17
Don't technically have a Shortscale anymore. Was borrowing the Vista Jagmaster I sold to my dad for a few months. I don't play guitar in a band, so my main bass is def not shortscale. I did play the Musicmaster (bass) live a few times, but sold that too.

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:09 pm
by Ankhanu
Jaguar has become my main guitar, and my main bass is now my Hellcat VI (30" shortscale). I still play my Telecaster and Jazz Bass, but mostly just to switch up :P

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:11 pm
by James
I have:

- Cornado (25.5")
- Melody Maker (24.75")
- ES-175 (24.75")
- Hagstrom II (not sure but it's more than 24", probably 24.75" or 25")

I only really play the Hagstrom and Coronado recently. So I guess one full Fender scale, three full Gibson (if that's what scale the hagstrom is) but I only play one of each.

I have a Jazz Bass but it's the standard, full 34" scale, too.

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:17 pm
by dots
i have cv duo, avri jag, and hh jag, so yeah. . . my main guitar/s is/are shortscale.

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:17 pm
by endsjustifymeans
My bass is a shorty too. 30" scale SX P/J Bass.

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:19 pm
by benecol
Full-grown man here: Jazzmaster, bass and soon to be LP Jr.

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:21 pm
by endsjustifymeans
benecol wrote:Full-grown
And then some.

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:25 pm
by Richard
My main guitar is my 69 Maverick. I don't own a shortscale right now but I've had a bunch of Mustangs, two Jaguars, two Jag-Stangs, a Bronco and a Music Master II. I will definitely own more of them in the future. I love shortscales but I'm more comfortable on the 25.5".

My only bass is a shortscale. It's the Epiphone Allen Woody sig.

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:37 pm
by crofty
#1 Mustang

LP junior special doesnt even get a look in.