2006
AL#85 p.56 ALA1 p.44
Dan Erlewine Tim Shaw Don MacRostie
▪ Every repair person who’s seen generations of Gibson guitars knows that the 24 3/4 inch scale ain’t necessarily so. If you measure from the nut to the 12th fret you get several magic numbers, and you deal with it. But here’s the low-down on why they may have changed and why the number has stayed the same. With 4 photos.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.