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Originally Posted by seannx
In person it looks like the neck on my 24.875" short scale meets the body at the edge of the 14th fret on the neck side, and the standard 25 1/2” meets the body on the other edge of the same fret. I took photos of where the neck meets the body on both guitars, but the 1/8” difference there is hard to tell because of the gloss finish and curved edges, so they aren’t much use. The other 1/2” is from a shift in the bridge position.
Earl’s X20 has a 24.6” scale, 0.9” shorter than a standard X20, compared to the 0.625” difference from the stock 25 1/2” length on mine. And from the info on this thread, it sounds like the 0.9” difference occurs where the body meets the neck, with no shift in the bridge position.
Both of my X20s have a similar sound quality like my RainSong. Strung with PB J16s they are clear and warm, with a nice full bass. My youngest son is an excellent guitarist, and he really likes how the X20s sound. His main acoustic is the Martin SW00-DB Machiche in my signature, so he has a good base for comparison.
This is pure speculation, but I wonder if Earl’s new X20's problem sound could be due to taking all of the scale length difference from where the neck meets the body, with no shift in bridge position. It’s also possible that there is something else happening with that specific guitar.
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this is an interesting hypothesis (relating to Earl's guitar) but only he will be able to confirm it, maybe posting some photos in order to verify the position of the bridge. However, I believe that, if that were the case (a design error), Earl would have already reported it and the guitar would already be at Cavanacaw totally at Emerald's expense, but it seems that it is not.
I have already written it everywhere and I am sorry to repeat it for those who have already read: I am waiting for an x20 with 24 "scale length and 12 frets. In theory the bridge will have to be moved considerably. Surely we will be able to resume this exchange of ideas when my x20 will be here (I will post some photos for comparison), awaiting Earl's opinion, if he deems it appropriate to tell us more about the position of the bridge on its x20 short scale.