12-fret guitar guitars tend to be warmer, fuller sounding, because of where the bridge is located.” “So for people with a smaller frame, a 12-fret neck can be more comfortable because you’re not reaching so far down the neck. “For the person that finds it more comfortable, it’s easy to play.

22 frets

Frets are strips of metal—generally, an alloy of nickel and brass—embedded along a guitar’s fretboard, which makes up most of the guitar’s neck. By depressing a string against the fretboard below a fret, meaning away from the guitar body, the vibrating length of that string changes, and a specific note results.

There are two dots on the 12th fret on a guitar because that’s the point where the notes start repeating from the open string. This is handy to know when you start learning scales because you can reuse the same scale shapes below and above the 12th fret.

The number of frets a guitar has affects the tone. 22 fret guitars sound warmer and thicker, because the neck pickup is placed closer to the nut of the guitar. They are generally easier to play because the neck is shorter so you don’t have to reach as much down the fretboard.

Potentially ANY 12 fret acoustic can be good…or great even…for strumming. It just depends on the individual guitar and what it’s “voice” works for.

In comparison to electric guitars, acoustic guitars offer a lower number of frets. The most commonly manufactured acoustic guitar models come with a minimum of 18 frets and a maximum of 20 frets. In part between the nut and starting point of the body, there are usually 12 to 14 frets.

Scale length can have a significant effect on playability. All factors being equal (string gauge, string length beyond the nut and saddle, break angles, and so on), shorter scales produce lower string tension, are more elastic, easier to fret, and require less arm extension.

Guitar Scale Length Chart

On a 25½ inch scale guitar, the spacing between frets is longer when compared with shorter-scale guitars. Fret for fret, notes resonate on a longer string length. The harmonics on a 24¾ inch scale guitar are more densely packed than on guitars with a longer scale, which leads to a thicker, warmer tone overall.

around 38 inches long

The nut is the area where the strings hit the guitar first, which makes it very important. Indirectly, the nut also influences the overall tone of a guitar because the nut transfers the vibrations of the strings to the neck, so the material and density are crucial.

Luckily, nuts can be serviced or replaced, even if it is a job recommended for an experienced guitar technician requiring specialized tools and precision skills to do it correctly.

The slots should be only deep enough so 1/3 of the string is above the top of the nut and 2/3 in the nut.