Question about a..changing...?...scale length

[NateS]

what is it called / what's the point of having the fret length be anything other than symmetrical? Such as in this picture:

does it make it easier, change the tone, better for smaller hands? I'm just confused a little...

 

[the humanity]

it provides a more even tension. it makes sliding barre chords a bit annoying, IMO, so I don't really like it. anyways, neither Warwick nor Fender do it. so I'd be sacrificing my preferred tone to give myself something I don't want.

 

[BurningSkies]

It injects a bass full of awesomeness.

 

[NateS]

It injects a bass full of awesomeness.

it definately looks cool..the bass is so modern//sleek looking to begin with.


it helps have the correct tension? so...having a longer scale length allows less tension? I know very little about this stuff

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Generally, a longer scale (more tension) will make the lower strings speak more clearly and sound better, but can make higher strings sound thin in comparison. Used a fanned fret system, your lower strings get the benefits of the higher tension that a longer scale provides while your higher strings get a lower tension than suits their sound better.

 

[BurningSkies]

Generally, a longer scale (more tension) will make the lower strings speak more clearly and sound better, but can make higher strings sound thin in comparison. Used a fanned fret system, your lower strings get the benefits of the higher tension that a longer scale provides while your higher strings get a lower tension than suits their sound better.

...and what bryan means is 'it injects a bass full of awesomeness.'

 

[BurningSkies]

I prefer this one:

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