Yes, I regularly switch between 25.5" and 24.75." Hell, I've done 24" through 27" without noticing a difference beyond making it easier or harder to bend.

No problems adjusting. It's a standard Gibson scale... have you played nothing but Strats and RGs your whole life?

 

I've only ever owned steinbergers or Ibanez guitars......

I'm a loser.......

 

I LOVE MY LES PAULS

and it took 3 days to become just as familiar with my 26.5 scale 7-string (that's a longer scale plus a string to adjust to) as my LP when I had them.

Love 'em. Buy one.

 

:agreed:

I have no problem switching at all. (I have a 25.5" SLSMG)

 

Hell, it took me about a day to get comfortable on a fanned-fret bass with a 3" disparity between the top and bottom scales.

 

I :wub: 24.75" guitars. It didn't take me any time to adjust and I know only have one guitar that's 25.5" because it's my beater guitar

 

While I can play them, whenever I go from my Ibanez RG-7s to 24.75 Gibson style (SG and LP) style guitars, they always feel weird and I play sloppy because I constantly over stretch my fingers. And it's somewhat weird, because I used to play SGs regularly (but granted that was back in 2006).
I just think 25.5 inches is THE best scale length out there

 

Yes. I have two 24.75" scale guitars, two 25.5" scale guitars, and one 27" scale guitar.

For rhythm guitar, I can play equally as easily on all three scales. However, for lead guitar, the 25.5" scale is the best. The 24.75" is a little too cramped up around the 22nd fret and, while the 27" scale is decent for lead guitar, it's not as good as the 25.5", I think.

I started playing guitar on a 24.75" and a 25.5" and I never even noticed a difference for the first year. :lol: So yeah, I wouldn't think 24.75" should take too long to adjust to.

 

While I haven't played too many 24.75"-scale guitars for any significant amount of time, I constantly switch between 25.5" and 27" and my 34"-scale bass and have no trouble adjusting to different scales or even number of strings.

...actually, after checking the specs, I just learned that my Seagull S12+ acoustic has a 24.84"-scale length. :spock: So yeah, I can adapt :lol:

 

I don't play it often, but my roommate has a 24.75" Les Paul, and I own a 25" PRS SE, a 25.4" Martin acoustic, a 25.5" UV and Strat (plus a 7321 gathering dust :lol, and a 26.5" Schecter Blackjack. I can feel the stretch on the lower frets of the Schecter a bit, but it's not prohibitive. I've had no problems adjusting.

My 35" Sherman bass, on the other hand... Different story. :lol: I'm just not much of a bassist, though, but it's not like I have problems missing notes, it's just that my hands get really tired. :lol:

 

I don't play it often, but my roommate has a 24.75" Les Paul, and I own a 25" PRS SE, a 25.4" Martin acoustic, a 25.5" UV and Strat (plus a 7321 gathering dust :lol, and a 26.5" Schecter Blackjack. I can feel the stretch on the lower frets of the Schecter a bit, but it's not prohibitive. I've had no problems adjusting.

My 35" Sherman bass, on the other hand... Different story. :lol: I'm just not much of a bassist, though, but it's not like I have problems missing notes, it's just that my hands get really tired. :lol:

Interesting.
I actually prefer 35 inch scale basses, which is strange because I generally don't like playing guitars with a scale length longer than 25.5 inches.
For a 5 string bass, I think it's just gotta have a 35 inch scale. That 1 inch difference seems to make a huge difference in the clarity, attack and response of the low B string

 

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Hell, it took me about a day to get comfortable on a fanned-fret bass with a 3" disparity between the top and bottom scales.

In case you change your mind, let me make a longtanding offer. I'll trade you a 120 pack of pbr in exchange for your dingwall and your mom

 

I play both 24.75" and 25.5" guitar and am comfortable on both. However, in the past I have gone back and forth on which one I prefer. When I played 24.75" guitars for long periods, 25.5" guitars felt really hard to play and not as "singing". Conversely, 24.75" guitars can feel really cramped and not as well intonated when you've been playing 25.5" for awhile.

 

I'm playing a les paul custom right now :yesway: (and I want it )

 

I switch between 25.5", 26.25" and 26.5" guitars fairly regularly without no problems, and haven't felt any major strain when I play on other people's 27" scale instruments.

Its really hard to beat the sound of a neck humbucker on a good-quality 24.75", 22 fret guitar.

 

I think it's easy to switch when you do it all the time. 35" bass to guitar, as long as you play both often. But Jacksonplayer put it best, when you play a 24.75" exclusively for a while, and then switch to an Ibanez or whatever...you notice. Not just in the hands, but the ears.

 

I had an ESP Maverick for a few Years - There inst any huge difference in playing either scale length really.