I’m looking for a tele or strat style guitar with a 24.75 or Gibson scale roasted maple, satin finish neck, compound radius roughly 12 to 16 inch, hardtail, non wrap around bridge, HH or HSS (or H90)?

PC part picker may have spoiled me in this regard but why isn’t there a page with a filter-able list of makes/models/year/feature/whatever that lets you search for your favorite spec’d instrument?

  • @sundrei
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    69 months ago

    I wish there was a list. I’m on a mission to collect strats with short scale lengths. My advice, create a doc and write down every model you hear about, and some day there will be a list.

    tl;dr for the rest of this: I can’t think of anything that does everything you want :(

    The issue I’ve run into is there’s not a lot of factory-build 24.75 scale strats (there’s a few partscasters that come up on Reverb and eBay from time to time). Another problem: shorter scale strats often have 3/4 sized bodies. Hardtail, 24.75 scale, non-wrap around bridges are like hens’ teeth.

    Off the top of my head… the Squier Vintage Modified Thinline Telecaster gets you part of the way there – it’s a single/single pickup, 7.25" radius fretboard guitar, so that doesn’t quite fit.

    Ibanez’s AZ Essentials are 25" scale, 10" radius, but have tremolos.

    From Fender look for their Boxer series; their Aerodyne series (but double check, there’s some 25.5"s in there), and quite a few other Fender Japan models, come to think of it. But most have round fretboards and tremolos.

    On the other end, the ~2009 Schecter C-1 Custom has a 24.75 scale, has an 11" to 16" compound radius, and HH pickups… but, it’s got a tune-o-matic style bridge (though it’s a string-through body).

    There’s the PRS SE EG HSS. It’s a 25" scale length, 10" radius… but it’s got a strat-style tremolo.

    You might have to compromise, wait a long time, or build/mod one yourself I’m afraid. Good luck, whatever you choose though!