[Oogadee Boogadee]

i sold a 25.5 guitar and i have a gibson 24.75 or whatever they are.

i noticed that when i hit chords hard (or, as hard as i did on my old guitar), the pitch of the initial attack drops an instant, then the chord blossoms into the correct pitch.

is there an inverse relationship between a scale length and the ability to 'throw' a string into a bigger vibration wave length, thus getting an instantaneous low worrbally note? Do longer strings have more 'flexibility' in that their string tension is enough to counter a given blow by my pick?

I have a gibson flying v.

i remember seeing a live clip of Machine Head (rob is using a gibson v), and the attack on their chords had a short pitch-dip. I thought it was just because they were really getting into the performance and hitting really hard. would this not have happened on a larger scale guitar?

is there a solution like string gauge or something?

i'd hate to have to return this guitar b/c i love it; however, I like to strum like i mean it.