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Originally Posted by Lillis
...Looking forward to the short scale and P-90’s...
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Suggestion:
When professional-quality short-scale electrics - Gibson Byrdland, Rickenbacker 320/325,
et al. - were developed in the 1950's, it was with the intention that then-cutting-edge techniques (deep bends, widely-spaced chord voicings, fast multiple-octave runs) would be easier with the relatively heavy strings of their day (bear in mind flatwound 12's were considered "light gauge" into the late-60's, and were standard issue on electrics for another decade thereafter); that said, if you're used to playing an acoustic - or even a 25-1/2" scale electric (think Strat/Tele) with 10's - you might find them a little too loose and rubbery-feeling on the 24" scale Mustang (not to mention the wonky-sounding plain G, intended to facilitate bending on a long-scale guitar). You might want to consider moving up to a set of wound-G 11's from the get-go - D'Addario EXL115W if you want to stay with roundwounds, ECG24 Chromes if you want the flatwound sound/feel - and go with 12's (EJ21 round or ECG25 flats) if you want some extra vibrating mass to drive the pickups harder (and get some body resonance into your tone)...
Use it well, often, and LOUD - looking forward to the AGF-mandatory NGD review...
