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lowest scale length for E standard
What's the lowest scale for E standard without sounding floppy. Most 3/4 guitars should handle E standard.
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I wouldn’t go below 22.75 on steel and 20 on nylon - nylon would be floppier anyway but serviceable with the right strings.
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I put 13's on my 21 1/4 guitar and it sounds fine in E.
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I'd say strings and design would have a lot to say about this on an absolute basis. I have an UBass and a Ashbory bass. I think 18" scale there and tuned an octave below E to G.
Of course the strings are ropes, but if your question is from a clean sheet of paper or theoretical frame, you can make shorter scale lengths work.
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Since you aren't asking this in build and repair - I'm guessing you aren't building a guitar. Therefore, any guitar you can buy - mini-Martin, Baby Taylor, Taylor GS Mini, Alvarez......regardless of the short-scale handle whatever "E standard" is. I've never touched any guitar that couldn't handle tuning a string up or down a half-step and most a full step. So just find a guitar you like and play away. I was playing over 20 years (through the '70's and '80's) before I ever heard "scale" in relation to a guitar. All while playing professionally. Too much ado about specs and not enough about playing.
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