Post your mini/short scale guitars, 22" scale or shorter!

[widefault]

Just noticed I seem to be amassing some small guitars lately, then realized I have a few already. Here's mine, show me yours!

2005ish Squier Mini I bought new when they were $100 with a case. Basically still like new.

Harmony-branded mini-LP. Might be the worst guitar I own, and it's not worth enough to bother selling.

Another Harmony, this time an old one. H150 from 1963, very similar to a Stella, but with a shorter 21.5" scale. Luckily the previous owner didn't break the bridge!

Hondo Fame Series 7634, made by Samick in Korea around 1985-87

Karera with built-in amp, also seems to be Korean

Stunman mini-Charvel Star copy, made in Japan

Lotus mini-Strat with it's original branded Levys bag


And a couple I sold and regret.

Starcaster Colt, which was a candy-apple red version of the Mini sold in big-box stores that also had two tone controls.

Another Hondo 7634

Phased Systems D'mini Explorer, below with it's full size counterpart that I still have. At least it paid for a few others.

 

[Dan German]

I’m not sure how many replies you’re going to get—it looks like you have the market cornered.

 

[ElJay370]

Not mine..but I did work on one of these a little while back. Hondo Chiquita. Fun little guitar. Came with a high powered humbucker that sounded surprisingly huge. Like a Les Paul with a capo at the 5th fret. The Playboy bunny badge was not original, btw

 

[Riffi]

Not mine..but I did work on one of these a little while back. Hondo Chiquita. Fun little guitar. Came with a high powered humbucker that sounded surprisingly huge. Like a Les Paul with a capo at the 5th fret. The Playboy bunny badge was not original, btw
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Hey Marty nice to see you’re a member here. Say can you shed some light on that time traveling Gibson you played in 1955?

 

[hemingway]

No offense and each to their own and all that, but I think the OP might have cured my GAS for a while. Evil goblin guitars!!

 

[ElJay370]

Hey Marty nice to see you’re a member here. Say can you shed some light on that time traveling Gibson you played in 1955?

Haha! Good eye

 

[Papa Dafoe]

Fender Stratocaster Junior, MIM. Same size as the Squier Mini, but built as a real MIM Strat. Hard to find, but not too expensive if you can find one.
1957 Gibson ES140. Not as hard to find, probably because they’ve become very expensiv

 

[Bruxist]

Just noticed I seem to be amassing some small guitars lately, then realized I have a few already. Here's mine, show me yours!

2005ish Squier Mini I bought new when they were $100 with a case. Basically still like new.

Starcaster Colt, which was a candy-apple red version of the Mini sold in big-box stores that also had two tone controls.

I got my son a red mini like yours. Upgraded the tuners and electronics, put in some Bootstraps. That thing plays nice now.

Had no idea they had cases!

My daughter has a Hello Kitty one -- the SSS one not the single humbucker one.

Will try to dig up some pics.

That Starcaster is soooo nice. I never understand the colour choices they choose for the mini-strats.

 

[telel6s]

In the early/mid 2000s I had a Fernandes Nomad that I used to take on work travel and vacation. The built-in amp/speaker sounded pretty crappy but was good enough for a hotel room. Plugged into an amp it sounded like a humbucker. The guitar quality was quite good. I would capo up the strings, take off the neck, and pack it in a carry-on suitcase. Get to my hotel, reassemble, tune up, and was ready to go. I don't remember the scale length but I used standard tuning on it.

I sold it after a few years when my work travel thankfully went from two to four weeks a month down to three to five trips a year.

Included is a picture circa 2006 or 2007 in an Italian bar during a ski vacation to Dimaro, Val di Sole.

 

[Riffi]

In the early/mid 2000s I had a Fernandes Nomad that I used to take on work travel and vacation. The built-in amp/speaker sounded pretty crappy but was good enough for a hotel room. Plugged into an amp it sounded like a humbucker. The guitar quality was quite good. I would capo up the strings, take off the neck, and pack it in a carry-on suitcase. Get to my hotel, reassemble, tune up, and was ready to go. I don't remember the scale length but I used standard tuning on it.

I sold it after a few years when my work travel thankfully went from two to four weeks a month down to three to five trips a year.

Included is a picture circa 2006 or 2007 in an Italian bar during a ski vacation to Dimaro, Val di Sole.


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Is that Rick from pawn stars?

 

[telel6s]

I also currently have a Breedlove C25 Passport short scale acoustic. This is kind of cool because it is designed to be high strung, like a standard guitar with a capo on the fifth fret. It's fun on its own, but works really well when playing with a couple of other acoustic guitars. Playing open chords, especially, sound really nice vs the s6ame chord on a standard guitar Capo 5 -- the open strings ring out and sustain better. And while the distance between the frets is reduced, it can still be easier to use a capo on 1, 2, or 3 on the Passport vs using capo 6, 7, or 8 on my standard guitars. It also has perfectly usable under-saddle pickup for using into a PA or amp.

(Above picture taken from a Reverb ad since I don't have any decent pictures of my Breedlove.)

 

[telel6s]

Is that Rick from pawn stars?

Ha ha .
Only if Rick has expensive tastes in wine while being really generous with sharing those wines with those of in a slightly lesser financial bracket. (That's my friends Matt and Ray (on the harmonica)).

 

[schmee]

Fender Stratocaster Junior, MIM. Same size as the Squier Mini, but built as a real MIM Strat. Hard to find, but not too expensive if you can find one.
1957 Gibson ES140. Not as hard to find, probably because they’ve become very expensiv

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I think I had one of those Strats. Bought it cheap off CL years ago, got it home and realized it was not a full size guitar! Aren't they 23" scale? I dont think mine was Squier mini size though, but smaller than a full Strat. After putting good pickups in it a woman player I knew of small stature wanted it so I let it go . They ARE hard to find, must have been a thing Fender did before they decided to just make them as Squiers. I haven't seen one since.

 

[skunqesh]

bought this Fender Modern Player for my son's 11th bday
It's a 24.0" scale - not too big, not too small - great for a kids hands.

 

[Knows3Chords]

Got this for about $100 a few years ago. Been sitting in the bedroom closet. Forgot I had it. It's fun, but constantly tuning it. I need to spend some time on it.

 

[thankyouguitar]

I've since swapped out the custom pickguard for a standard Strat pickguard and moved the hot rails pickup up into the neck position, but this was how it looked when it was completed in 2014....

 

[Bendyha]

Li'll five-string thingy.

 

[ahiddentableau]

Li'll five-string thingy.

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That's cool. I keep squinting at the bridge. On my screen it almost looks like it floats. How are you tuning it? Open G for Richards style? Or something else?

 

[Bendyha]

That's cool. I keep squinting at the bridge. On my screen it almost looks like it floats. How are you tuning it? Open G for Richards style? Or something else?

Correct, floating bridge. Two thin carbon-fibre plates, spanning two rods that have piezos underneath.
Tuned to an open A, in a Keefish-G way. Stereo output jack, separating the piezo and hotrails pick-up.

 

[bender66]

22" scale Lyx Pro.