Originally Posted by GuitarBizarre

I actually own both and have had guages ranging from .09 to .11 on my short scale viper.

The viper has always felt floppy to me regardless of string guage. Also, the heavier the string guage, the more mud in the tone. short scale + thick strings = mud city. Great for TEH BROOTALZ but horribly awful for anything where you really want single note definition in a fast riff or chord.

In comparison, my 25.5 scale guitars feel perfect with either guage string on them. The 10's feel chunky enough to give good tone, but the higher tension keeps them from mudding up too much. The 9's have a slightly thinner tone with excellent playability and the but through quite nicely, whereas on a short scale they just felt like elastic bands.

Originally Posted by bandteacher1

I type whicked fast,

Originally Posted by mr dave

i still think it's a matter of preference and probably a matter of which one you started with (for the average guitarist)

i'll admit that the strings on my shorter scale guitar feel looser but it becomes a matter of preference. then again they're also .13s dropped to C... yet i don't play TEH MET-UHL!!! even back in the day when i used .10s tuned to standard the difference between those and the .09s on my strat wasn't really that noticeable to me. i can certainly see why people could have a preference though.

i also think it's pretty cool that we seem to have polar opposite approaches to style and technique yet never bump heads in the bad way

Originally Posted by Pedestrian

As for me, my inbox is as of yet testicle-free, and hopefully remains that way. Don't the rest of you get any ideas.

Originally Posted by Trollheart

I'll have you know, my ancestors were Kings of Wicklow! We're as Irish as losing a three-nil lead in a must-win fixture!