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What is scale length and why should you care?  Given the “no rules” mantra in the cigar box guitar community, the term scale length looks an awful lot like a rule, doesn’t it? And if there are no rules to building cigar box guitars – a big reason why they’re so much fun – then why do you need to learn about scale length? Well, rather than bog you down with confusing terminology and the science of it all, what you’ll find here is the simple definition of scale length and t …