Fender Jaguar and Mustang small scale fretboard for average size hands?

[Wayne27]

Are the Fender Jaguar and Mustang made for smaller hands since the fretboard scale is shorter than the Strat and Telecaster? Can average or large hands play these small scale fretboards?

 

[Blille]

There’s been a lot of players of all sizes that have played those so you can play them too. That said you may not like it for whatever reason so the best is to go to a shop and try any 24” scale guitar to see how the size feels.

 

[Obsessive Compulsive]

The scale is the length of the strings not the width of the neck, wtf...?!

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[beaubrummels]

Mustangs and Jags feel no different than playing from the 2nd/3rd fret upward on a Gibson guitar.

 

[Mincer]

Many people find them easier to play, with less string tension and a longer hand reach.

 

[PFDarkside]

Isn’t a 24” scale like a 25.5” capoed state the first fret?

 

[Chris Pile]

No.

 

[GuitarStv]

They're fine if you're playing a lot of open cowboy chords, or if you mostly stay above the 12th fret with your playing. I find them very cramped up past the 12th fret though, and the strings feel really floppy unless using .12s or heavier. I have big hands though. For a child or small woman with tiny fingers and a small reach they might be good.

 

[AlexR]

^ So you find every guitar cramped past the 13th fret then........

 

[Mincer]

Adrian Belew did pretty good with a Mustang for years, and he has pretty big hands. You don't know until you try these things.

 

[GuitarStv]

^ So you find every guitar cramped past the 13th fret then........

No, but I prefer 25.5 inch scale length for playing up high on the neck.