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Jon Broderick
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Jon Broderick
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06/02/2010 9:41 pm
Fender strats have better low-string twang than Gibson Les Pauls. They also have a longer scale length. That means the strings are longer on the strat, and thus have to be tighter to achieve the same tone as the shorter strings on a Gibson.

Your hellraiser has a 25.5 scale length just like a strat. So it has the low-string twang.

The downside to longer scale length is the high notes seem a little more shrill.

Steve White from the Ask a Guitar Tech section explained this to me.
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