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See post #10. LOL I have a tenor and have my eye on a concert that I will probably order this week. Soooooo, I always wanted a soprano and figured a pineapple would fit the bill. Then I'm done - for a while!
I wanted to add my vote for either a Flea or a Fluke...
Back in Nov 2013 I bought a lava concert Flea from Uke Republic on sale for $179. After playing it at least an hour per day for a month I could not only not put it down, but after I got used to the near-perfect intonation, I found it difficult to play my other, previously purchased ukes...
I got the basic model with the polycarbonate fretboard and friction tuners. At the time, this was the best uke I had owned, and it ruined me for my less-well-intonated ukes...
My next investment to satisfy the UAS demons, was a tenor Fluke with the koa soundboard, walnut neck, rosewood fretboard, and pegheds that I got a great deal on bought used from another member here on UU recently. The only thing it did not have was a pickup, and it is flawless.
I love it and it has become my favorite instrument. intonation is spot on up to the 12th fret, and only about 5 cents sharp after that, and this is the first uke that I've owned aside from the aforementioned flea that you could actually tune to itself at the fifth fret like a guitar, or via harmonics from the 5th fret to the 7th fret (all other ukes I have the intonation was very bad)....
Being that intonation is now something that I am very sensitive to, I've taken to modifying the nut and saddle on each other instrument to improve the string geometry, intonation and action, but this far while making it 'better', I've not made it as good as the instruments from Magic Fluke company.
So the moral of the story here is that if you care about intonation and are sensitive to it being off, I'd recommend either getting an instrument from Magic Fluke Company (which in my experience) comes from the factory with a perfect set-up, or whatever other instrument you get, either plan to have the nut and saddle adjusted as part of the set-up either from the maker (KPK) or from a luthier local to you, or learn how to, and plan to do it yourself like I've tried....
Also, bonus points that instruments from Magic Fluke Company are all 'Made In USA' which is a big selling point for me.