the52blues
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I am a long time (over 45 years) Jazz guitar player and decided to get a uke since they are making a comeback. I made most of my decisions based on my experience with the guitar. First I assumed a soprano uke would be too small for my hands so I should get a tenor. Second I assumed I would rather use low G tuning so it would be more like my guitar....I searched the web looked at many a uke and brand and decided my first uke would be a Kala Jazz archtop electric strung in low G. The store I bought it from already had it strung in high G telling me it was more popular so I had them throw in a low G set of strings and an extra low G string to put on now. I played my fingers off trying to play charts I downloaded off the web and found I really like high G tuning better. Recently, while I was waiting at another music store for something, I grabbed a soprano uke off the wall to goof around and found I was actually able to play some of the stuff I just learned on the soprano. It was also quite a bit louder than the archtop I just bought too. I was very surprised. If it hadn't have been going for $245 (a Kala KA-KS Koa) I probably would have bought it right there. Back to the web sites and decided to order a Kala soprano pineapple (silk screened like a pineapple - cool...OK cool to me). It'll be in on Monday...what do I tell the wife....UAS strikes again...