What guitars (other than the Mustang and Jaguar) have a 24" scale length?

[Jim Soloway]

I'm really enjoying playing the Mustang I picked up in December. The 24" scale length makes it really easy to play and it's still long enough to have reasonable tuning stability. So I'm wondering what other guitars have a 24" scale length? Archtop, solid body, semi ... doesn't matter. Anything other than acoustics.

[Lobomov]

I can think of several 22 inch models, but if we are into 24" scale length then all I can think of is the Fenders (Mustang, Duo Sonic, Jaguar)




In my personal collection the shortest scale I've got is this PRS Starla (one of the older US core models)

24.5" scale and a slightly wide neck .. Great player .. They made these from 2007 to 2011 or something like that .. Mine is a 2011.

I bought mine cause no one was interested. It just said in the classifieds for a couple of months slowly going from normal PRS price level and down to Fender US standard Stratocaster price level .. Must be ugly or something?

[starjasmine]

Early Byrdlands have a 23.5 in scale and a narrow nut. Not sure of the exact year but sometime in the late 70s (?) Gibson started putting the typical Les Paul scale length on these guitars. My '74 has the short scale and narrow nut but I believe that one may find them with the bigger neck from that year onward.

Interestingly, neither Sweetwater nor Wikipedia mention the change to scale length and neck width but I have first-hand knowledge from my purchase. Not all Byrds are created equal. There are a lot of overpriced Custom Shop Byrds on eBay: sellers who want what they paid for a guitar that IMO does not have the qualities that a jazz player who wants a Byrd requires.

Please tell us more about your Mustang! Year, new/used, price if you are willing to share that, photo, any tips for buying one? I've always kind of had a hankering for one but have not even begun to do the research...

The Ibanez Mikro has a 22" scale length and is under $200 retail but I did fool around with one in a shop briefly and it seemed playable.

[Jim Soloway]

I posted some things when I got it. It's a 2016 MIM. They came in both P90 and the usual Mustang singles but with none of the usual complicated Mustang switching, just a conventional Gibson style-three way switch. It also has a simple hardtail bridge. So it's a really basic guitar (which I like). I have since replaced the neck pickup with a Lindy Fralin hum cancelling P90 and it sounds really nice ... a lot thicker and richer than the original Mustang pickup. The construction is decent. I bought the guitar for $700 Canadian ($550 US) with a really crappy gig bag.

If I was actually gigging these days I would have no hesitation about playing this guitar in public. It's comfortable, stays in tune, and sounds pretty good. Here's a look with the Fralin installed and a listen.

[vintagelove]

Warmoth does these. I think it's the 7/8th body. The Mustang headstock/neck supposedly fits it. Confirm before ordering of course.

I wish they were more options for this, especially for Lefty.

[Jim Soloway]

Warmoth does these. I think it's the 7/8th body. The Mustang headstock/neck supposedly fits it. Confirm before ordering of course.

I wish they were more options for this, especially for Lefty.

I've already confirmed it and I'm considering that option, probably with a T-shaped body.

[starjasmine]

I posted some things when I got it. It's a 2016 MIM. They came in both P90 and the usual Mustang singles but with none of the usual complicated Mustang switching, just a conventional Gibson style-three way switch. It also has a simple hardtail bridge. So it's a really basic guitar (which I like). I have since replaced the neck pickup with a Lindy Fralin hum cancelling P90 and it sounds really nice ... a lot thicker and richer than the original Mustang pickup. The construction is decent. I bought the guitar for $700 Canadian ($550 US) with a really crappy gig bag.

If I was actually gigging these days I would have no hesitation about playing this guitar in public. It's comfortable, stays in tune, and sounds pretty good. Here's a look with the Fralin installed and a listen.

Nice! Sounds great! Thanks for the info, too.

[JazzPadd]

Closer to 25" but the Fujigen Masterfield semi-acoustic line has a 24.7" scale:

MSA-HP-C/AWH : Masterfield MSA |MSA-HP-C/AWH : Masterfield MSA

Another MIJ guitar, the Westville Aruba full-acoustic also has a 24.7" scale:

Aruba — Westville Guitars