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If you're totally set on a 26.5" scale, then get either the Schecter Blackjack SLS C-8, or the ATX C-8. But honestly...playability wise, there's not much of a difference between 26.5" and a 27" scale. Tension wise, the 27" owns in the 8-string category; but overall you'll be just fine. I jump between my AW-7 (25.5"), SLS C-7 (26.5"), and my RGIR28FE (27") on stage, and I don't have to change the way I play at all. I'd get the RG2228 in a heartbeat; but you like what you like.