Short Scale vs. Standard Scale electric guitar necks
The scale length of a guitar refers to the measurement from the bridge saddle to the nut. No guitar company I know of makes all their guitars exclusively using one specific length, because there are times when the design of a guitar neck needs to be a certain length for either appearance, function or both.
You have probably heard many guitar players say that a certain brand and model of guitar is their "go-to instrument" for every type of music they do.
There are some guitars that exist where the day after you buy them, you know you've made a mistake. I'm going to list 5 of them below.