![]() ![]() Possible different sound, this can sometimes be good or bad depending.Besides the shorter string length, you often get a smaller body so the right hand can reach the strings without extending the shoulder forward or having to spread the legs more than is comfortable.People should be comfortable playing the instrument and not forced into a situation where they are struggling with the size of the instrument. Overall, I think this is a very good thing in terms of variety and making a connection between the guitar and people’s body type. However, I’ve started noticing, especially in the past five years an explosion of smaller scale guitars 640mm and less. The standard today has been 650mm for a number of years. What is standard and are guitars getting smaller? Fifteen years ago I remember seeing 660mm guitars around but now I’d be hard pressed to even see one. Just because the scale length is smaller doesn’t mean the luthier has built a significantly smaller instrument (although that is sometimes the case as with mine). Don’t confuse scale length with a smaller bodied guitar necessarily. What is small scale? When talking about scale length we are referring to the string length from the saddle to the nut. Bradford’s small scale guitar from the video: check out my article and video on my new small scale guitar: My new 2018 Small Scale Douglass Scott Guitar
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