Originally Posted by: KFS1972My Ibanez has a 24 frets, most strats I have seen have at least a couple less. Does that mean that the distance between the lower frets is longer or that there are simply more frets down on/over the body?

I think most Ibanez are 25 1/2. Scale doesn't have anything to do with the number of frets. My 25 1/5 inch strat has 21 frets, my 24 3/4 L6 has 24.

Scale length is the distance from nut to bridge. This is best measured from the nut to the 12th fret, then doubling that number.