Why limit yourself to just one size? My Moore Better soprano is my best sounding ukulele, and my only one having a
soundport so i get to enjoy that tone all the "moore"! hehe The uke has gotten even better sounding the more i work
with it,....something to be said for the opening up process. Didn't take long,....about 200 hours play time perhaps.
The newer Aquila's (smoother finish) helped a bit too i suppose.
It's also the one that while my fingertips were firming up i went to the most. The shorter scale means less string tension (Aquila regular C set), so i could still practice while i was still a bit sore. It's also the most comfortable size to play sitting in my reclining chair, especially having a comfortable armrest. Still not willing to use it standing as it's
tough to play fingerstlyle solos and keep a firm grasp on the tiny "mermaid". (when i get a uke-leash that may change)
The one downside is that in the fingerstyle pieces i'm currently working on ("Crazy Ukulele Waltz" & "Angels We Have Heard On High"), have a few sections where the bars and fingerings are a bit tight. My fingers are thinner than what
appeared to be stubby little buggers on John King,....still amazed at some of his work on his usual soprano choice. (RIP John)
My Bluegrass Ukuleles all curly koa tenor (by Tom Guy), is the easiest to work tough fingerings with, sounds great and
has been mellowed out a bit by my addition of a ebony saddle to match the ebony nut the uke came with. I set
it up to my preferences of a bit more saddle height also, to extract the most volumn and remain buzz free with hard
strumming. Still super easy to play, but i'm really liking the "woody-ness" imparted by the ebony saddle.
The pieces are a little easier to finger on my Cordoba 25CK Concert, although not as tonally satisfying.
Anyway, i was looking for a tone upgrade on a concert sized ukeulele until a Moore Betta becomes available, so last
night i bought a Ron Saul koa/spruce Concert that had an exceptionally long 15-5/16 " scale. I should have it in 2 days,
and the scale is about 3/8 inch longer than my Cordoba 25CK uke that i already noticed an easier playability with.
(The Cordoba 25CK has a 14 7/8" scale) This is the longest "Concert" scale uke i have found, not counting the concert
sized bodies with a tenor neck.
Recently i decided to purchase a Ron Saul koa/spruce concert that has a 15 1/4 inch scale, which is about 3/8 inch
longer than the Cordoba 25CK model's 14 7/8 inch scale. This is about the longest concert scale i have seen used,
not counting a concert body with a tenor neck i've seen. One builder did have a 16" scale concert for sale awhile back,
but that is enough of an increase over the usual concert scale that i'd call it a short tenor really.
Not sure how long the link will last, but here's what's coming in 2 days:
http://elderly.com//vintage/items/180U-1010.htm
All in all a lot of reasons to have more than one choice available,.....