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I've never tried a Byrdland, but I did have a short scale (23.5") Larrivee parlor for a while...it was a great sounding guitar, but it always felt weird to me. I blamed the scale.
But that's coming from "Mr. Telecaster" over here, so...
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11-19-2021 01:03 PM
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Hello friends.
In 1992 I tried a Gibson Byrdland and it has remained my favorite guitar ever since.
Unfortunately in all these years the price has gone up incredibly and now a Byrdland is completely unattainable for my budget.
Let's say I missed the train….
For some time I have been thinking about an Epiphone Byrdlland Elite / Elitist but I see that in the last few months the price of this guitar is also going up a lot.
On eBay USA I see one over 4,000 USD and in England we are talking about over 3,000 USD.
I'll probably miss this train too.
I'm a little sad...
ettore
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I've now had my 24" Mustang for several months. There's not a lot else that I love bout the Mustang but I love the shorter scale length. For my very old hands, it's a real blessing and pretty much the only way that I can play in standard pitch. The efforts to get Soloway Guitars back up and running are going remarkably slowly but they are moving forward and I'm pushing the idea of a model with a 24" scale length as hard as I can. I'm not sure how long it will take but I do think it's going to happen.
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Originally Posted by Jim Soloway
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Originally Posted by JohanAbrandt
Last edited by Jim Soloway; 06-23-2022 at 02:33 PM.
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Originally Posted by jads57
Last edited by Hammertone; 06-25-2022 at 05:40 PM.
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Originally Posted by equenda
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Originally Posted by Jim Soloway
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I guess the jazz elites want to pretend he doesn't exist, even though no one has done more to make The Byrdland famous.
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Ted Nugent has been recording and performing with Byrdlands for over five and a half decades. And no mainstream artist has made the guitar more famous. I've seen nor heard any evidence of Page or Hendrix ever playing the Byrdland. If you could provide some I'd gladly admit I'm wrong.
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Originally Posted by ScattinNBeboppin
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Fenton played a Byrdland....
I'll take a shorter scale anytime. 24 3/4. I just can't afford a Byrdland to give it a try. I suspect the limited upper fret access would be a bigger problem than the short scale.
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Originally Posted by DawgBone
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Originally Posted by Stringswinger
Hmmmm. Slide guitar.
Tony
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Originally Posted by pcjazz
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Originally Posted by pcjazz
Scale length, nut width. We are talking about a tiny amount of difference spread over 22 frets and maybe what, a 1/16 or 1/8 of an inch in width difference at the nut? To me it sounds mostly like an excuse. I have large hands and it ain't a problem. My fingertips are like swisher sweets and I manage to squeeze them in there down low. Stay in good playing shape and none of this is an issue.
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Originally Posted by starjasmine
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I have an early 70’s Byrd that has been my main axe for the last 6 or 7 years until recently. I’m 6’2” and have giant hands and also go back and forth between 25.5 scale guitars and the Byrd frequently without it ever feeling strange. The difference between 24 3/4’s and 23.5 is decernable but negligible at best. As the scale length gets shorter, the tone warms up typically and these guitars love heavy strings. The necks on these guitars are actually pretty robust, round and I’d imagine pleasant for anyone who wasn’t looking for an extreme at either end of the spectrum. These guitars have 22 frets and ,despite what has been said in this thread, playability in the upper register is quite good if set up correctly and the right fret wire employed. I’ve had three other Byrds, another couple early 70’s and a late 60 florentine - - it was interesting to find that the scale length, depth and bracing was different on each one. After going down that rabbit hole I ended up sticking with the 1st one I acquired…..playability and sound was the best on the most beat up instrument although I did try to find a sparkly new one back when they were ‘affordable’, Lol.
sidenote - these guitars are 16.5” at the lower bout as opposed to 17” which is almost exclusively reported.Last edited by Chris236; 06-22-2023 at 11:51 PM.
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Some slightly amplified noodling on Rhythm Changes, recorded on an iPad:
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first two offloaded, last one kept.
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Originally Posted by Chris236
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Originally Posted by starjasmine
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Originally Posted by DawgBone
Originally Posted by DawgBone
I'm one of those guys who has never liked Strat necks. IDK what it is about them, but they just don't feel so good to me. I try one once every 10 years or so just to double-check :-)
Originally Posted by DawgBoneLast edited by starjasmine; 06-23-2023 at 01:18 AM.
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Originally Posted by Chris236
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Originally Posted by Chris236
But damn, smile a little bit. You're playing great, on a Byrdland, which is a dream guitar of mine. You're looking at the camera like you plan on kicking my ass! lol
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