Members mattiasb Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 I play a lot of acoustic guitar, and i've noticed that smaller guitars with smaller body and shorter scale sounds pretty different than dreadnoughts. They answer more directly and give more clarity fingerpicked. I guess it takes less force to make a smaller guitar vibrate. Besides that, i think they sounds more compact, sort of.I've been interested in the Fender Musicmaster recently because it seems really cool with the single pickup and short scale and the thing i was wondering was if the theory i had about acoustics also applies to electric guitars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Temple of Light Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 Not so much, the size{if you will} of tone on an electric is more to do with how hot the pickups are, how many are being used at one time, and how open the volume control on those pickups is. The short scale guitars can sound just as loud as a long scale guitar, with the right electronics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mattiasb Posted June 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 If we are talking unplugged then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members imbuedblue Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 If you have the same pickups and use the same string gauges on a short scale guitar versus a more standard scale guitar, you will notice differences in tone and response due to string tension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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