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Topic: Scale Lengths and Practice |
Mark MacKenzie
From:
Franklin, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 1 May 2008 8:52 am |
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My favorite lap is my Electar which has a scale length of 22 and 3/8ths.
My Dobro has a scale length of 24 and 3/4s.
My Vega is 22 and 7/8s.
It seems hard for me to play my slants in tune going from one guitar to the next. Is this common?
Do y'all try to stick to one scale length?
Thanks,
Mark |
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Carroll Hale
From:
EastTexas, USA
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Posted 1 May 2008 9:07 am scale lengthj
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would someone explain "scale length"
is it from nut to bridge....
or from nut to the last fret...???
a dumb question...I know... |
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Mark MacKenzie
From:
Franklin, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 1 May 2008 9:09 am
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Maybe scale length is not the right term, I'm not sure.
But, I measure from nut to bridge. |
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 1 May 2008 9:17 am
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Nut to bridge is correct. And yes, I think that most people do find it easier to to have all their guitars at one scale length. But I do ok with a 23 electric and a 25 acoustic. I do have to admit, though, that I'm very single string oriented.
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Last edited by Edward Meisse on 1 May 2008 11:25 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 1 May 2008 3:33 pm
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That's just something you will get used to over time.
Almost like string spacing on various guitars being different. |
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