Does scale length affect guitar tone?

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Does scale length affect guitar tone?

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Different guitars are... different.

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I've measured my scale length, pretty sure it doesn't affect my guitar tone.
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I literally just found out how to work out scale length this morning
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I am used to 670mm in standard turning now and all normal guitars feel small and weird :(

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