![]() ![]() ![]() Made sense to me and I believed it as soon as I went from a 30" scale bass to a 34" scale. The notes seem more clear and defined and less like rubber bands.Ī longer scale guitar will have greater string tension but I can't quote the physics involved and I'm not prepared to defend it, I only recall reading (way before the internet) that two strings of different lengths tuned to the same pitch, the longer one is under greater tension. I never paid much attention to the scale length on a steel string acoustic but I will state a preference for a longer scale on a classical. Again, it's all in the player's preference. The scale length will have a definite impact on the tone, all other things being equal. As I understand it, there was a banjo player back in the late 20s who requested that Martin make a guitar with a slightly longer scale, which may or may not have been 25.5 specifically, but that's how the OM Martins came about. It's not so much an advantage, it's just a choice.
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