I am new to guitar playing. However I did consider scale length after reading an article on this subject in 'Guitarist' magazine. It all makes sense, however two thoughts entered my mind. Firstly, a boring but obvious comprimise would be to produce a guitar with a scale length that sits in the middle i.e. 25.125? Secondly, surely with all the great amps and effects on offer, any slight deficit in tone between the two standard scale lengths can be compensated for?

David Voss