Best 24" Scale Acoustic Guitars in 2023
Here you'll find the best 24" scale acoustic guitars. There are advantages and disadvantages to a short scale length like this. This guitar will be very easy to play, especially if you have small hands because the frets will be close to each other. Also, since the distance between the bridge and nut is short, the strings will have less tension, so they'll be really easy to bend. However, this also means that you won't be able to lower the action (lower the saddles and get the strings closer to the fretboard) too much or you will get fret buzz since the strings will be a bit loose.
Also, short scales give less space for the harmonics to 'breath', so this ends up making the tone of the guitar sound more 'bassy' than a loger scale where there's more separation between harmonics, which gives the tone more chime.
Out of the more than 2000 guitars in our database, these are the best scoring ones. You can use our filters to the left to narrow down these results, or click on "Compare" to get a deep comparison between them. Our automated scoring system takes into account the ratings from ours users who own the guitar, and dozens of parameters to determine the build quality, playability, pickups quality, value for money, and more.
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1. Martin 000JR-10E Shawn Mendes

Player Feedback
- Neck access to high frets: Normal (1 vote)
- Fret edges: Smooth (1 vote)
- Tuning stability: Holds tune well (1 vote)
- Weight: Lightweight (1 vote)
- Neck profile shape: C (1 vote)
- Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (1 vote)
- Pickups noise: Noiseless (1 vote)
- Pickups power: Slightly Hot (1 vote)
- From Martin's 2022 Custom & Special Editions series
- Made in Mexico
- 6 strings
- 24"'' scale
- 16" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Spruce top
- Solid Sapele back
- Solid Sapele sides
- FSC Certified Sipo neck
- FSC Certified Ebony fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fishman Sonitone (Preamp/Active)
- FSC Certified Ebony bridge
- Acoustic Junior Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Chrome Enclosed Gear tuners
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Martin 000JR-10E Shawn Mendes
- Expensive Wood
- Ivory Tusq Nut
- Top Brand Pickups
- Electronics
- Ivory Tusq Saddle
- Solid Top Wood
- Solid Side Wood
- Solid Back Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Mexico
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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2. Martin 000CJr-10E

Player Feedback
- Neck profile shape: C (1 vote)
- Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (1 vote)
- Pickups noise: Noiseless (1 vote)
- Pickups power: Slightly Hot (1 vote)
- From Martin's 2021 Junior series
- Made in Mexico
- 6 strings
- 24"'' scale
- 16" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Spruce top
- Solid Sapele back
- Solid Sapele sides
- Select Hardwood neck
- FSC Certified Richlite fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fishman Sonitone (Preamp/Active)
- FSC Certified Richlite bridge
- Acoustic Junior Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Chrome Enclosed Gear tuners
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Martin 000CJr-10E
- Top Brand Pickups
- Electronics
- Solid Top Wood
- Solid Side Wood
- Solid Back Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Mexico
- No Expensive Woods
- No High-Quality Nut
- Low-Quality Material Saddle
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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3. Martin DJr-10

Player Feedback
- Pickups noise: Noiseless (1 vote)
- Pickups power: Clean (1 vote)
- From Martin's 2021 Junior series
- Made in Mexico
- 6 strings
- 24"'' scale
- 16" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Spruce or Sapele top
- Solid Sapele back
- Solid Sapele sides
- Select Hardwood neck
- FSC Certified Richlite fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fishman (Preamp/Active)
- FSC Certified Richlite bridge
- Acoustic Dreadnought Junior Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Chrome Enclosed Gear tuners
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Martin DJr-10
- Top Brand Pickups
- Electronics
- Solid Top Wood
- Solid Side Wood
- Solid Back Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Mexico
- No Expensive Woods
- No High-Quality Nut
- Low-Quality Material Saddle
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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4. Martin DJr-10E StreetMaster

Player Feedback
- Pickups noise: Noiseless (1 vote)
- Pickups power: Slightly Hot (1 vote)
- From Martin's 2021 Junior series
- Made in Mexico
- 6 strings
- 24"'' scale
- 16" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Sapele top
- Solid Sapele back
- Solid Sapele sides
- Select Hardwood neck
- FSC Certified Richlite fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fishman Sonitone (Preamp/Active)
- FSC Certified Richlite bridge
- Acoustic Dreadnought Junior Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Chrome Enclosed Gear tuners
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Martin DJr-10E StreetMaster
- Top Brand Pickups
- Electronics
- Solid Top Wood
- Solid Side Wood
- Solid Back Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Mexico
- No Expensive Woods
- No High-Quality Nut
- Low-Quality Material Saddle
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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5. Martin 000Jr-10

Player Feedback
- Neck profile shape: C (1 vote)
- Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (1 vote)
- From Martin's 2021 Junior series
- Made in Mexico
- 6 strings
- 24"'' scale
- 16" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Spruce top
- Solid Sapele back
- Solid Sapele sides
- Select Hardwood neck
- FSC Certified Richlite fretboard
- Bridge pickup: (/)
- FSC Certified Richlite bridge
- Acoustic Junior Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Chrome Enclosed Gear tuners
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Martin 000Jr-10
- Solid Top Wood
- Solid Side Wood
- Solid Back Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Mexico
- No Expensive Woods
- No High-Quality Nut
- No Top Brand Pickups
- No Electronics
- Low-Quality Material Saddle
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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6. Martin Steel String Backpacker Guitar
- From Martin's 2013 Backpacker series
- Made in Mexico
- 6 strings
- 24"'' scale
- 16" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Sapele top
- Solid Sapele back
- Solid Sapele sides
- Select Hardwood neck
- FSC Certified Richlite fretboard
- Bridge pickup: (/)
- FSC Certified Richlite bridge
- Acoustic Backpacker Set neck
- 15 Medium frets
- Black Enclosed Gear tuners
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Martin Steel String Backpacker Guitar
- Solid Top Wood
- Solid Side Wood
- Solid Back Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Mexico
- No Expensive Woods
- No High-Quality Nut
- No Top Brand Pickups
- No Electronics
- Low-Quality Material Saddle
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock