Typical Guitar Scale Lengths

[Gavin1393]

We often get asked about the scale lengths of original brand name guitars. Here they are:

Scale Lengths of most Electric guitars:

Single Scale[edit]

• 18 in (457.2 mm)
  
  • Ashbory bass

• 20.7 in (527 mm):
  
  • Rickenbacker Electro (student model) Es-16, Rickenbacker 1996, 320 and 325, notably John Lennon's most famous guitar
  • Squier Bullet Mini

• 22.2 in (564 mm)
  
  • Ibanez Mikro GRGM21

• 22.5 in (572 mm), known as "3/4 scale" in Fender sales literature:
  
  • Fender Duosonic
  • Fender Musicmaster
  • Fender Mustang
  • Fender Some Musicmaster II and Duosonic II

• 22.72 in (577 mm):
  
  • Fender Stratocaster Junior

• 22.75 in (578 mm):
  
  • Gibson 3/4 scale Les Paul Junior and Gibson Melody Maker
  • Ibanez Mikro RGM55
  • Squier Mini

• 23.5 in (597 mm):
  
  • Gibson Byrdland
  • Peavey T-15

• 24 in (610 mm), confusingly called "full scale" in Fender sales literature:
  
  • Brian May Red Special
  • DGW (Durango Guitar Works) All models
  • Fender Bronco
  • Fender Jag-Stang
  • Fender Jaguar
  • Fender Mustang most models, including current production
  • Fender Most Musicmaster II and Duosonic II
  • Ibanez ORM1
  • Vox Mark III (Teardrop)

• 24.5 in (622 mm):
  
  • Mosrite guitars
  • Paul Reed Smith 245 series guitars
  • Paul Reed Smith Santana Signature series

• 24.6 in (625 mm):
  
  • Gretsch most electric guitars

• 24.75 in (629 mm):
  
  • Epiphone most electric guitars (including Casino, G-310, G-400)
  • ESP Maverick now it calls ESP MV
  • Fender Cyclone
  • Fender Stratosonic
  • Fender Tele-Sonic
  • Gibson most electric guitars (including Les Paul, most Les Paul Juniors, Flying V,Explorer, SG, Firebird, ES-175, ES-330, ES-335)
  • Gibson ES-150 (original version)
  • Gibson L-20 Acoustic
  • Godin most electric guitars
  • Guild most electric guitars
  • Ibanez Artcore series
  • Rickenbacker most electric guitars (including 330, 340, 350, 360, 370, 380, 620, 650, 660)

• 25 in (635 mm)
  
  • Danelectro guitars
  • Dobro resonator guitars
  • Patrick Eggle most electric guitars
  • Paul Reed Smith most electric guitars

• 25.125 in (638 mm):
  
  • Vox Virage II
  • Vox Virage Series 77, 55, 33, 22

• 25.2 in (640 mm):
  
  • Selmer Maccaferri Grande Bouche Model
  • Rufus Radian, Vector and Axis models

• 25.5 in (648 mm), closest to the classical guitar scale:
  
  • Fender most electric guitars (including Esquire, Telecaster, most Stratocasters,Jazzmaster)
  • Fender Stagemaster 24 Fret Guitars
  • Gibson L-5
  • Gibson Super 400
  • Gibson Johnny Smith Model
  • Gibson J-30
  • Gretsch some models
  • Ibanez most electric guitars
  • Jackson most electric guitars
  • Kramer Striker
  • Schecter 6-string electric guitars
  • Squier most electric guitars
  • Steinberger most electric guitars

[Gavin1393]

Those longer than 25.5 in

• 26.25 in (667 mm):
  
  • Yamaha RGX-TT-D6 Ty Tabor model

• 26.38 in (670 mm):
  
  • Selmer Petit Bouche model and most Mirecourt-era Gypsy Jazz guitars

• 26.5 in (673.2 mm)
  
  • Chapman Guitars ML-7 (both models)
  • Ibanez RGD series, all are 7-strings
  • Jackson Several 7 and 8 string models including DKA7, DKA8, SLATTXMGQ3-7, and SLATFXQMG 3-8
  • Schecter 7-string electric guitars

• 27 in (686 mm)
  
  • Agile All models ending in 27. First number is string count. So 627, 727 .. 1027.
  • Carvin DC7X 7-string and DC800 8-string guitar
  • Epiphone Robb Flynn signature baritone Flying V Love/Death (tuned B-B)
  • ESP/LTD James Hetfield signature baritone Grynch (tuned Drop C)
  • ESP Stephen Carpenter baritone models
  • Fender Jaguar Baritone Special HH (tuned B-B)
  • Fender Sub-Sonic Baritone Stratocaster and Telecaster (tuned B-B)
  • Gibson Buckethead Signature Les Paul (24 fret oversized Les Paul opposed to traditional 22 fret)
  • Ibanez RG XL series 6 and 7 string guitars
  • Ibanez RG2228 8-string guitar (tuned F#-B-E-A-D-G-B-E)
  • Jackson B7 7-string and B8 8-string guitars
  • Jim Soloway guitars

• 27.7 in (704 mm)
  
  • PRS SE Mike Mushok Baritone

• 28 in (711 mm)
  
  • Schecter 8-string electric guitars
  • Hagström Viking Baritone
  • Ibanez MMM Mike Mushok model

• 28.5 in (724 mm) or 30.25 in (781 mm)
  
  • Fender Bajo Sexto Telecaster

• 28.625 in (727 mm)
  
  • Agile All models ending in 28. First number is string count. So 628, 728 .. 1028.

• 29.25 in (743 mm)
  
  • Gretsch G6144 Spectra Sonic Baritone

• 29.4 in (749 mm)
  
  • Ibanez Meshuggah signature 8-string guitars M8M and M80M^[2]

• 30 in (762 mm)
  
  • Agile All models ending in 30. First number is string count. So 630, 730 .. 1030.
  • Legator All 9 string models.

[Gavin1393]

And for my 3000th post, of course the obligatory Fret Calculator should grace this thread...

Stew Mac's is great but doesn't give you a print out that you could use to cut your frets....not that you can rely on a printer to reproduce to scale.
https://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator

and then theres Fret2Find for those who really understand what's going on with the fretboard (includes multiscale).

http://www.ekips.org/tools/guitar/fretfind2d/

[wokkaboy]

congratulations Gav on the 3k posts. You join myself, DB and Stan from memory

[Gavin1393]

Your memory is good!