Re: What's the ideal scale length and string choice for octave?
I can't provide much of a comparative analysis because I have only one OM. Its the 21.5 scale length Pono flat top guitar shaped mahogany version. Rudy, looking at your excellent videos I would think this OM would be right up your alley. Anyway I think it has a good sustain so I dont feel like I need a longer scale. It does challenge me in that many of my usual runs/posistions are too much of a stretch but I am slowly learning ways around that.
I have not found the perfect string sizes for it. I thickened up a tad over what it came with because the strings felt sloppy and buzzed with the lighter ones it came with.
It came with D'addario EJ80 12-46. I bumped up to 0.48 and 0.34 and its better but not sure its perfect. This instrument can only use the ball end strings.
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