Drop G on a 25.5" scale

[Icee]

I'm going to buy a new guitar, after playing 6-string for a while in Drop C, and I never really got lower then that. I'm going to buy the Ibanez RG7621 for a damn cheap price.

It has a 25.5" scale neck (pretty short I guess) and I was wondering if I could tune it to Drop G without it being detuned very quickly. Are there any other problems with 25.5" scale necks in Drop G? I don't really care about floppy-ish strings (not too floppy though).

Thank you.

 

[Empathy]

25.5" in A standard is bad enough, but dropping the low B by 4 semitones is going to sound shit. If you want to be detuning that low, you want a 27" neck.

 

[Icee]

Ok fair enough. So Drop A is do-able?

EDIT: Ok, well I was just wondering, it's not a must for me to go to Drop G, I was just wondering. So Drop A is still do-able?

 

[Empathy]

Drop A would be fine, just set the intonation for it accordingly.

 

[Jordon]

Just tracked a band with a song in F. Tracked some of the rhythms on a PRS SE One with a 25" scale. Keeping it in tune and playing it in tune sucked, but it worked, and sounded sick. Not something I would use live though.

 

[B36arin]

I have a .070 on my 25.5" which is tuned to B standard, because 0.60 just wouldn't cut it. I like to have a bit of string tension, so I wouldn't tune a 25.5" instrument all the way down to G. But then again there are people who like to use .009.-0.054 for B tuning, and if you're one of them tuning to G should be doable with a set of heavy strings...

 

[BlackdOut177]

Born of Osiris tuned down to drop g on a 25.5" neck on The Discovery and it sounded fine.

 

[xFkx]

Drop G# with 0.74 on a 26.5 scale is the lowest it can go, G is meh, F# is tragic

I second the vote on a 27 scale

ymmv

 

[Robert W]

Going to a 27"+ scale is going to severely limit your choices. Agile and PRS are about the only production guitars currently on the market with 27" scales.

 

[Lazzari]

Going to a 27"+ scale is going to severely limit your choices. Agile and PRS are about the only production guitars currently on the market with 27" scales.

LTD ?? ESP ??

 

[Robert W]

LTD ?? ESP ??

ESP LTD SC-607B @$960+, ouch! Also, it has that poorly positioned neck pup as well.

 

[Jordon]

Ernie Ball has some baritone models, one that goes to 29".

 

[Josh Burgess]

Born of Osiris tuned down to drop g on a 25.5" neck on The Discovery and it sounded fine.

This... maybe a pain, but it's doable.

 

[Lazzari]

ESP LTD SC-607B @$960+, ouch! Also, it has that poorly positioned neck pup as well.

Its not poorly positioned.. Maybe u dont like it.. But its a SIGNATURE guitar.. Made for Stephen Carpenter.. Besides the Devman (Devin Townsend) used it for a long time, if its good enough for him.. Its good enough for me

 

[Robert W]

Its not poorly positioned.. Maybe u dont like it.. But its a SIGNATURE guitar.. Made for Stephen Carpenter.. Besides the Devman (Devin Townsend) used it for a long time, if its good enough for him.. Its good enough for me

Well if it's a SIGNATURE guitar then we must all bow down before it and sings its praises, musn't we. Geez.........