Bmth Builder Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 (edited) Hey, didnt really know where to put this, but I was wondering (assuming we stay in standard tuning) Does scale length affect the tone of a piezo loaded bridge? People say that baritones have a more piano like clarity or bell like tone (I dont really know how to describe it, but the tone is different anyway) so surely a piezo bridge that is directly touching the strings and feeding off the vibration would be affected by this? Would it be better to have a longer or shorted scale length for a piezo bridge? Longer I imagine, for clarity? Any way, food for thought, might just be tone voodoo though Regards Neil Edited November 27, 2008 by Neil Beith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Longer is generally better, but I think 25-25.5" would be the best because then you can still load larger strings on it and tune to standard. With a long neck like a baritone, you'd have to use a pretty thin set to tune to standard, so you'd lose the benefits of the longer scale. Heavier strings are where the better tone is probably going to come from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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