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):
- 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