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How long is a guitar string? I've experimented with all different scale lengths and string guages. Personally I now prefer the longer baritone style scale lengths for CBGs. The best sounding one to me recently has been the cello scale length.
hi as promised here is the list of scale lengths I have so far....
OTHER
327 mm: Violin
350 mm: Soprano ukulele
360 mm: Mandolin
362 mm: Violas
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Great list of scale lengths, thanks, a very handy bit of info.
—B
Will Carter said:hi as promised here is the list of scale lengths I have so far....
OTHER
327 mm: Violin
350 mm: Soprano ukulele
360 mm: Mandolin
362 mm: Violas
. . . . .
No worries, sorry its metric only.
Brendan deVallance said:Great list of scale lengths, thanks, a very handy bit of info.
—B
Will Carter said:hi as promised here is the list of scale lengths I have so far....
OTHER
327 mm: Violin
350 mm: Soprano ukulele
360 mm: Mandolin
362 mm: Violas
. . . . .
When I use the term "scale length," I mean the dimension that the fret layout is based on, not the distance from the nut to bridge, which is longer and varies due to compensation. So for me, "scale length" is twice the distance from the nut to the 12th fret.
Scale length IS based on the length from the edge of the nut to the edge of the saddle or bridge. All fret layouts are based on that, not to the 12th fret. The 12th fret is one octave above the open note. There are many scales out there in the world that have more than twelve frets to an octave, therefore scale length is the "total" free length. I wouldn't think of my 25" scale guitar a 12.5" scale length guitar. Or am I missing something here? Unfretted instruments are exactly the same, scale length is nut to bridge. A violin is the same scale length as a mandolin, same open notes also. Ever seen a compensated violin bridge. Me either........
Don
BenBob said:
When I use the term "scale length," I mean the dimension that the fret layout is based on, not the distance from the nut to bridge, which is longer and varies due to compensation. So for me, "scale length" is twice the distance from the nut to the 12th fret.
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