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I feel the same about short-scale guitars. I can just about cope with 24.75" but definitely prefer 25.5"
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@JB when I started out my fingers felt like fat sausages, I couldn’t strike a clean note. Imagine then first chord ‘A Major’, I struggled a lot and thought jeez on a full sized fender strat. I don’t know whether switching guitars is the answer for you. I’d say stick with it, but I’m not really qualified to suggest staying with or changing.
Barre chords are horrible 30 min exercise on one finger, 6 fret positions x 6 string test x 3 reps. this finger is not happy.
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You could go into a shop and try a longer-scale guitar, but TBH I think that nut width probably has more effect on feel than scale length. Also, are you only playing chords or doing single-note exercises too? Doing single-note exercises is possibly a better way to develop feel as you learn how hard you need to fret strings (only just enough) rather than trying to mash down lots of strings together in a chord.
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Dunno dude… Everyone’s different, but I clearly remember thinking that I’d never be able to play this chord shape cleanly, or this barre chord down at the lower frets.
Some of these things take time - months, years maybe - to get the knack.
Get down to a shop and try out some other guitars, but nothing beats practice -
The spacing is roughly the same as playing a 25.5" with a capo on the first fret.
I played 24" for years and got used to 25.5" later. String tension was the greatest issue for me.
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Wait till you a try a mandolin...
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I bought a Squier Bullet Mustang cause they're cheap. It has a 24" scale and
12" fingerboard radius. I've never played a guitar before but it just feels SO small. The distance between frets, even at the headstock end, just feels tiny.
I can't tell if it's just because I am new to guitar but I can't physically get my fingers into the right position for some really simple chords because everything feels so cramped. It feels like I'm riding a bike that's a size too small for me. Has anyone else had this issue on a short scale guitar and gotten used to it? Or should I just return it and buy something with a standard 25.5" scale? I am still well within the return period so it's not a problem to take it back.