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What is the benefit (if any) for using a 25.5″ scale guitar for jazz as opposed to a 24.75″ scale?
I’m learning to play jazz, and I cannot afford an archtop, so I use a solid-body. I know there’s long scale solid-body guitars like strats and teles, and I’ve seen Warmoth has 24.75″ conversion necks for Fenders. I see that most jazz players use the 24.75″ scale as opposed to full scale. Is there a reason for the shorter scale guitar in jazz? Is there any benefit of playing the longer fender scale?
That extra 3/4″ will do nothing to jazz playing. Most jazz players I teach don’t play on the top registers like the 15th fret plus….
The shorter scale is slightly stronger and is used mainly on electric-acoustic guitars. The neck is also thicker and because the gitar is often hollow, we caompensate with a thicker and shorter neck.
Having said all this, the guitar will only sound as good as you can play it. Even if the guitar had 30 frets if you can’t play well, the extra frets won’t help and vice-versa.
Enjoy
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