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Short Scale Question - 14 fret / 12 fret - Need Advice
Lately I've been playing a Taylor 12-fret, which is a 24.9" scale guitar with 12 frets clear of the body and 18 total frets. I love how comfortable this guitar is to play. When a fingering stretches from fret 2-5, it's an easy reach for me, unlike on a standard-scale guitar, where it's a stretch.
The Martin 000-28EC (a guitar I'm interested in) is also 24.9" scale, but with 14 frets clear of the body and 20 total frets. Other than the fact that I'll be reaching a little further away to get to the first fret (since the neck is longer) isn't it true that the stretch from, say, frets 2-5 has to be - mathematically - identical to the Taylor, since they're both 24.9" scale? Or am I dreaming?
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Your logic is sound -- the reaches should feel about the same. Those 000-28ec are about as comfortable to play as the Taylor 12 fret, although the Martins typically have much higher action.
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But the action can be adjusted using the truss rod or by sanding down the saddle, yes?
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They should feel more or less the same, the 12 - 14 fret difference shouldn't put the nut that much further away in playing position, as the bodies are not the same. I like 12 fret short scale too.
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Put a capo on the 2nd fret and you really will love the playing comfort!
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