The CÁDIZ scale length is longer than the standard 650mm (25.6”) you will find on many classical guitars. Most Fender electric guitars, including the Stratocaster, Telecaster, Esquire, and Jazzmaster use a scale length of 25.5 inches (650 mm). Common sizes include 17 inches (430 mm), 16 1⁄2 inches (420 mm), 16 inches (410 mm), 15 1⁄2 inches (390 mm), 15 inches (380 mm), 14 inches (360 mm), and less commonly 12 inches (300 mm), smaller than a standard violin; These measurements are nominal and approximate. Guitars in the Hill Guitar Company’s Torres crossover series, for instance, are available in 640mm (25.2”) and 630mm (24.8”) lengths. Smaller scale instruments are also quite commonly used by full-sized players in jazz, folk music and similar ensembles. A Dreadnought, as its name would suggest is a big guitar that makes a big sound. In practice, if you laser measure any string on any guitar, the result will differ slightly from the guitar’s specified scale length. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Lutherie Info – Measuring Scale Length of Stringed Instruments", Liutaio Mottola Lutherie Information Website, http://www.stewmac.com/How-To/Online_Resources/Learn_About_Guitar_and_Instrument_Fretting_and_Fretw/Scale_Length_Explained.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scale_length_(string_instruments)&oldid=986563321, Articles needing additional references from January 2019, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "Fender's 3/4 Scale Guitars", a two-part article by Tim Pershing in, This page was last edited on 1 November 2020, at 17:02. Again, in practical terms, if you have a few different guitars with different scale lengths that you want to play really similarly, let’s say you have a set of 10s on your 25-1/2 inch or 25 inch scale guitar, once you get up to about 26, 26-1/2, or 27 inch scale length, you’ll want to go about a 1/2 gauge down in order to match the same tension at the same tuning. Baby grand pianos are the smallest, intended for homes, restaurants and similar applications where the grand style of piano is desired even at the expense of the longer scale and better sound that an upright format would permit in the available space. The two most famous violin makers, Antonio Stradivari (1644–1737) and Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù (1698–1744), both used an open string length of 12.8 inches (330 mm) for their violins, which had already been established a generation before by Jacob Stainer (c. 1617–1683). Others are intended for larger homes, and may have a simplified action lacking the repeat lever that is only useful for advanced players. After reading posts on here yesterday, I stopped by the shop, and we discussed putting a 650mm on mine. The range of tones these strings can produce is determined by three primary factors: the linear density of the string, that is its mass per unit length (which is determined by its thickness and the density of the material), the tension placed upon it, and the instrument's scale length. This is still often regarded as the standard length for a bass guitar. I wondered how that compared to the guitars I know. Violas are commonly described in terms of their body length rather than—as with other violin-family instruments—by a fraction. A few Fender models such as the Jaguar and Mustang use a scale length of 24 inches (610 mm). Gibson's nominal "24.75" in scale length has itself varied, sometimes measuring 24 5/8" or 24 9/16" depending on the production equipment used. On instruments in which strings are not "stopped" or divided in length (typically by frets, the player's fingers, or other mechanism, such as the piano) it is the actual length of string between the nut and the bridge. That is why a Fender Telecaster (25.5” scale length) has very clean, clear bass tones and stinging treble, while a Gibson Les Paul (24.75”) is known for warm, full tone but some muddiness at the low end. Gibson has used other scale lengths on various models through the years. On a modern bass guitar, 30" (76 cm) or less is considered short scale, standard (also called long) scale is 34" (86 cm) for a 4-string and 35" (89 cm) for a B-E-A-D-G 5-string, and extra-long scale basses of 36" (91 cm) also exist.