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.