Quote Originally Posted by Eric View Post
After reading this again, I must say that I'm surprised you put scale so low on your list. Weren't you just saying that scale makes a huge difference, more than bolt-on/set, tilt headstock, etc.?

Also, for 'electronics,' since that's separate for pickups, are you talking about the tone circuit, on-board boosts, and what not that you mention later on in your OP?
Yep, I pondered hard about what percentage to give the scale. Because it does clearly change the sound, but then again, given the big picture, the neck material does change it even more it seems. And I got to thinking I need to save some percentage for the body materials simply due to for instance chambered/non-chambered is quite clear a difference too.

At first I had scale higher up, but then I started thinking the scale difference is not so much purely tone issue, but more that the playing feel changes so much that you play differently and *that* is what makes the scale difference so clear, not actually a change in the fundamental tone. Meaning, if a robot were to play guitars, it wouldn't sound so much different on different scales I think.

But, it's not like I've done any scientific research on these...more like just trying to find the rough proportions for things :-)

And for electronics, yep, I meant the tone circuits and boosts etc...not that they *necessarily* change the tone as a simple fact, but considering that even a simple tone pot has the *capability* to change the tone way more than most anything else. And a twist of volume pot = no sound at all so I kinda made a compromise of things here. Far from perfection, yes...