Again, this scale length issue is caused by a lack of classical understanding.
For steel string guitars, a standard scale is 650mm = 25.6"
A standard short scale is 632mm = 24.875" = 24 7/8"
For classical guitars, a standard scale is also 650mm = 25.6"
But a standard short scale is 640mm = 25.2"
Below 640mm, nylon doesn't have enough tension to project well. The finest classical guitars are readily available in 650mm and 640mm versions.
When Alistair is thinking short scale, he is thinking from a steel string perspective. He is correct that anything under 25" is detrimental to sound quality. But hundreds of years of classical guitar development has produced a short scale that isn't below 25", it's 25.2".
I'm guessing that you would find a 25.2" scale quite comfortable compared to 25.6".
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