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Originally Posted by domen
it would be really interesting to be able to compare, via image, these guitars in order to understand how they create a shorter scale guitar: how much and how is the bridge moved?
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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.