Palm Muting Technique and Scale Length

[cGoEcYk]

I recently restrung my 24.7 with some heavy strings and tuned it to drop B (my 27" scale 7 is in drop B with a low F#) and found palm mutes to be super easy to use and control, and somewhat huge/obvious sounding. It's a different experience on this little guitar compared to the 27" scale, which I have generally found a little better sounding in the low ranges but harder to control and get chunky palm mutes out of.

I am kind of new to guitar (old to bass but fooling around on guitar for about 4 months) and just wondered if this was a typical experience or if there were tips for RH technique to get the best out of larger scale guitars.

[Aevolve]

If you're using the same gauge strings on the shorter scale length, the strings will hold less tension. The whole idea behind longer scale lengths for guitars is more string tension to keep the low-end tightened up. So, naturally it would be easier to pick strings with less tension in them. That's all man.

[Andromalia]

Hence why half the metal bands in the world play on 24.75 gibsons. ^^

[cGoEcYk]

I have fairly high tension on my 27" 7 string... I found to get a similar strong attack, I just need to use a heavier pick and play a dash harder. I have a lot to learn, but it's fun.

[Tesla_1989]

I notice the same thing when I got my baritone-7. What gauge strings are you using?

[cGoEcYk]

I tried out an Ernie Ball 8-string set for this tuning (drop B, low F#) using-

13-17-30-42-54-64-74

I like the tension and sounds of the low strings (64, 74, the 54 begins feeling tight), but it gets a little too hard on the higher ranges. Forget about doing bends or playing cleans on the high strings.

At least I got a point of references out of this set, I will come up with something else for the next set with the aim of lower tension.

[Solodini]

Just take that set, ditch the 54 and use a 10 for your high E. 42 to 64 may be a bit of a leap but that will be a fairly cheap option, at least.