How does scale length affect pickup choice?

[sjturbo]

I'm hitting all the forums I can to get as much info as possible so if you saw this somewhere else and replied you can move on to something more interesting.
I have been asking about pu choices for my Hamer Echotone (335 clone?) without realizing that I did not state the scale length. My Echotone is a 25.5 scale not the more recent 24.75. How much difference would this make in my choice and do I need to rethink any choice based on the difference. My understanding is that the longer scale makes the guitar "brighter and snappier? I'm looking for a woody but clean clear tone because I play blues, jazz and classic rock. I use a MMRD50 which is an extremely clean amp at almost any volume. I use pedals to get my overdrive at managable volumes.
Sorry I did not mention this scale issue in my previous inquiry. Thanks in advance for your inputs.

[EADGBE]

I suppose it effects the tone. But I don't think it effects it that much.

[Old Tele man]

...the shorter the neck scale, the more "twitchy" a narrow/tall pickup 'positioning' will become. Remember most neck and bridge pickups are typically positioned at "node" points under the strings...the shorter the scale, the closer those nodes become.

[Tone_Terrific]

Originally Posted by Old Tele man

...the shorter the neck scale, the more "twitchy" a narrow/tall pickup 'positioning' will become. Remember most neck and bridge pickups are typically positioned at "node" points under the strings...the shorted the scale, the closer those nodes become.

Considering that all the strings are tuned differently, different gauges and usually fretted to make sound I don't think the 'node' thing counts.
However relative position matters, a bit.
For instance 24 fret necks have to have the neck pup moved back a bit (usually), still sounds like a neck pup, though.

[fumbler]

A longer scale guitar will, of course, need higher tension than a shorter scale guitar WITH THE SAME GAUGE OF STRINGS. This will make it a bit brighter and snappier, as you say. But changing the string gauge makes this a non-issue. Myself, I like to use 10's on 25.5 Fenders and 11's on 24.75 Gibson-length guitars. But it's not about tone; it's about consistent string feel so I'm not overbending on one and underbending on the other.

Bottom line: go with pickups that you know and like and don't worry about the scale.

[Old Tele man]

...some reading material:

http://www.till.com/articles/PickupResponse/index.html