There is an ongoing debate concerning the merits and demerits of shorter scale classical guitars compared with the standard scale ones. With the concentration of luthiers on tone and volume, the necessity of having longer scale lengths such as the Ramirez 1A 660mm to give volume has reduced. Indeed many luthier now produce a double top version within their range as this enhances the volume whilst using the standard 650mm scale length. Nonetheless, for certain players a short length of 640mm or 630mm could offer some advantages, particularly if finger stretch is a restriction when playing certain passages. There are guides on the internet regarding finger span and when a shorter scale guitar might be considered. In my experience it is less to do with the overall span and more to do with the stretch between the middle and annular fingers of the left hand. It is here where stretch limitations can most easily be felt. But in looking at the ease of playing of an individual guitar there are more factors operating than just the scale length. For example the nut width, string spacing and profile of the neck are all important in a player feels when holding the guitar. So in actuality it is difficult to generalise. Perhaps the main factor is whether a player likes the tone and sound of a guitar and feels comfortable with this rather than worrying too much about its dimensions. Even if the odd chord in a piece is difficult to play there are always ways to work around this, such as omitting the difficult note or using an alternative chord inversion. This is quite acceptable as much of earlier classical guitar music was written for the parlour guitar which had a smaller scale length than the modern instruments.