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by mountain2012
Tue Oct 27, 2015 4:34 am
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: Please help me find a guitar...
Replies: 20
Views: 9537

Nah. A 10" difference barely registers for me anymore, switching between my Jaguar, Strat, Tele, VI and Jazz Bass all the time. You notice it at first, but your brain and fingers adapt. You guys must be blessed with big phalanges. A 24-inch scale guitar is the difference between me using my ri...
by mountain2012
Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:44 pm
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: Please help me find a guitar...
Replies: 20
Views: 9537

Either way, 24" vs 24.75", the difference in distance between from nut to 1st fret would be 0.042" or a gnats knacker over 1mm. Are you going to notice that difference while playing? I don't. Yes, absolutely. When you play hours a day, small differences like that are huge. It's like ...
by mountain2012
Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:03 pm
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: Please help me find a guitar...
Replies: 20
Views: 9537

timhulio wrote:24" scale is a pretty tall order, luckily...
I can't believe the neck width is 47mm on the Brian Mays while most guitars are 42-43mm!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Special
by mountain2012
Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:01 pm
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: Please help me find a guitar...
Replies: 20
Views: 9537

Please help me find a guitar...

I'm looking for a 24-inch scale, set-neck, angled headstock, solid-body electric. Anybody know of one?
by mountain2012
Sat Aug 15, 2015 7:47 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: Short-scale Les Paul style guitar?
Replies: 14
Views: 11556

Short-scale Les Paul style guitar?

Can someone please direct me to one?

Seen any short SGs around?
by mountain2012
Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:21 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: Body thickness of avg. fender mustang?
Replies: 8
Views: 9680

thanks guys! I like that the body is a little slimmer. It puts my picking hand in a better position compared to feeling like I'm reaching over the guitar with thicker bodies.
by mountain2012
Sat Nov 01, 2014 6:21 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: Body thickness of avg. fender mustang?
Replies: 8
Views: 9680

Body thickness of avg. fender mustang?

please?
by mountain2012
Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:38 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: Asking for a favor from Jaguar or Mustang owners...
Replies: 4
Views: 5018

Asking for a favor from Jaguar or Mustang owners...

Can someone please measure the distance from the bridge-end of the nut to the headstock-end of the first fret of their Jaguar and Mustang? Then can you measure the distance from the bridge-end of the nut to the end of the fretboard on both models as well? I'm trying to figure out if the distance bet...
by mountain2012
Wed May 08, 2013 5:46 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: Early '90s CIJ Mustang body material?
Replies: 10
Views: 5153

Thanks smallbox. I should have specified, the early '90s CIJ Mustangs.
by mountain2012
Wed May 08, 2013 7:05 am
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: Early '90s CIJ Mustang body material?
Replies: 10
Views: 5153

Early '90s CIJ Mustang body material?

What material do you think the early '90s crafted in Japan Mustangs were made of? Basswood, Poplar, Alder?