Why do so many people say this?
I've recently been playing my Gibson scale things more, and also an oddball guitar with 25 3/4" scale, and, for my money, longer scale guitars seem slinkier; shorter feels tighter.
So why would one want lighter strings on a guitar where the longer scale would already make it feel floppier?
Is it because you have to bend the string physically further to hit the target pitch on a longer scale?
I would think, if you wanted the guitars to feel like they had similar string tension, you'd put 10s on the Fender and 9s on the Gibson.
I've recently been playing my Gibson scale things more, and also an oddball guitar with 25 3/4" scale, and, for my money, longer scale guitars seem slinkier; shorter feels tighter.
So why would one want lighter strings on a guitar where the longer scale would already make it feel floppier?
Is it because you have to bend the string physically further to hit the target pitch on a longer scale?
I would think, if you wanted the guitars to feel like they had similar string tension, you'd put 10s on the Fender and 9s on the Gibson.