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DraconusJLM
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DraconusJLM
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Posts: 360
10/14/2021 7:12 pm

I mostly play a Tele with 25.5 inch scale length, or a Gretsch G5420 with a 24.6 inch scale length. In all honesty, I've never noticed anything easier about playability other than bending the G string on the Gretsch is pretty difficult because I fitted a set with a wound third for tone reasons.

I've read and heard quite a lot about shorter scale length being easier, in which case I believe the Fender Jaguar has the shortest, but I just don't find it makes a difference for me.

Hand/wrist or thumb position, too much of a bend in the fretting-hand wrist, holding the guitar at wrong angles or too low, and general bad technique seem to me to make bigger differences.

Of course, short or overly long fingers may call for a little adapting; and there may be some things you plain cannot do without finding some kind of workaround.


I wish this forum had a "block user" feature. Possibly I'm not the only one......