many of the electrics i've seen & played & a few i've owned, had either .009 - .042s or .010 - .046s
strings with an unwound 3rd, a 25.5" or 24 7/8" scale, 22 or 24 frets with medium or jumbo fretwire -
the neck width, profile, fretboard radius, body dimensions & feel were quite different than an acoustic
a 110 is set up from the factory with medium strings & the wider waist brings the lower bout of the
body higher up when playing while sitting down than a 114, which is set up with light gauge strings -
both guitars have a 16" lower bout, 4 5/8" body depth & 25.5" scale, but the 114 will likely be more
responsive, especially if one decides to use a lighter gauge string such as .011 - .052s custom lights
instead of regular .012 - .053s lights & the long scale length allows enough tension to remain when
the guitar is tuned to concert pitch that it will be less prone to fret buzz, even with very little relief
when i started playing acoustics i tried lights, custom lights & extra lights .010 - .047s & i found that
with extra lights, different guitars sounded very similar as all i was basically hearing was the string
vibration & there wasn't enough tension or mass to drive the top, but i stuck with custom lights for
quite a while, but i was playing plugged in, serving on a worship team & shortly thereafter when i
was playing more without any sound reinforcement, the lights were able to at least bring out the
subtleness of different wood combinations & at the point, i decided that there were certain guitars
that i didn't particularly care for the tone of & there were some pretty ones, but off they went
looking for a more "traditional" balance of tone, i began using lights that had a .054 E rather than .053,
then from 80/20 to phosphor bronze & as my interest expanded beyond guitars that came set up with
light gauge strings, i found that mediums were just not what i was looking for & the trebles on a light
gauge set were more to my liking, in terms of definition, response & playability, so i stuck with those
to make a short story longer, i would suggest trying to stick with lights or at the very least custom lights -
a standard scale guitar, such as a 114 or 110, will also give you the option to tune down half a step with
capo on the 1st fret or down a full step & capo on 2, which will sort of give the feel of a short scale or 12 fret,
but i would lean toward a smaller body, like the 114, which may "work" a bit better with lighter gauges
it's all a matter of personal preference, what is most comfortable & provides the tone & playability for you -
to minimize expenses while experimenting, i would try a set of light gauge strings & put the G, B & e on the mini,
see how it feels/sounds, tweak the truss rod is needed, try tuning it down half a step with capo on just to see
what kind of a difference it makes & if it still feels "off" or if it makes the fretboard feel even more cramped,
put the E, A & D from the light set on, tune back up to standard & see how it does after settling in for a bit
this should give you a better idea of whether or not the mini might be workable, but if nothing else, the string set will then be
the same as, or very similar to, what is on a 114 & at the point, comparing the two will be more about the scale length & feel
