um, its a Martinez. type? no idea
it just seems a bit annoying to rest my arm on.
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24.75
I would avoid Dreadnought size guitars to learn on. There are many small body full size guitars that are better to learn on.
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is that a summary of all those confusing numbers that LievenDV wrote? 
I was kind of figuring that. my dad says he will get me a good one for my birthday, if I keep up the course. (I have a history of half completing things 
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Kate, that looks like a Martinez Mahogany Acoustic-Electric Parlour Guitar that I saw in Reverb online. Does it have a jack on the body of the guitar to plug in your cable?
The numbers they are quoting are the length of the guitar from nut to bridge or the length of the vibrating string. I think a parlour guitar is almost as long as other guitars with a skinny body. The 3/4 guitar is shorter. The type of body on the guitar might a more important one for you to get the right size of guitar to rest your arm. There are large dreadnaught and jumbo guitars, medium size OM and 000 body guitars and mini guitars. I would suggest going to a guitar store and trying them out. You really need to play several different size guitars and find out what feels best to you to when you hold and play them.
yep, it does. I was given it from a friend
music shop is a good idea. I will probably go to a music shop for my birthday and have a try of some things. only a few weeks to go
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Hi Kate,
Welcome to the community forum. 
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ah yes typo sorry,
Typical Gibson scale length: 24.75"
concerning those numbers, was just to illustrate that a small body guitar doesn’t mean that it is a 3/4 size guitar.
Trying this one to explore “is playing guitar somthing I want to try?” is always a good idea.
If theconcept of playing the wonderful 6 stringed instrument suits you, a visit to the shop is a good idea to try out the different sizes and feels.
You will have a bit of experience on this one to know what you are looking for.
Happy hunting!