thanks fakir, lookin through their site now.

meltedbuzzbox, what's a cp jag??

in my opinion, as a man of similar proportions, you may be after a smaller body and slimmer neck but shorter scale isn't always better. I have small hands and can't get on with shortscales. Once I got my little finger involved I can do a 2 tone stretch pretty much anywhere on a strat and that's not ...

thanks for the suggestions so far

just to be clear, i'm not looking for a toy. I'm looking for a fully functional gigging guitar. I've played the squier minis and ibanez mikros, those are definitely toys.

There doesn't seem to be any singlecut types with maple fretboards that are smaller bodied ...

Just discovered this forum after having been playing guitar for over 15 years and always struggling with regular sized guitars and scale lengths.

Wanted to say hi to everybody and I'm also in the market for a new guitar that'd fit me properly!

I'm not tall, about 5'5, average build, think michael ...