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Originally Posted by ukejon
My custom Hatcher is 24.75" and it feels very comfortable in terms of string tension and overall playability with no loss of clarity. Indeed, being an uke player also being inspired by some of Tommy Emmanuel's comments I play with a capo on the second fret about 90% of the time on all my guitars and really like the tonal sweet spot that is found there--around a 22" to 22 1/2"scale! Larry Pattis on AGF is a short-scale fan, 24" I believe, and his Fay guitars ring like bells....just perfect.
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Do you also tune down with the capo on? I've been doing that lately (on a 25.4 scale length) and sort of like the results, however I feel like other guitar purist would frown on that