A/1st string sounds metallic at the first fret

Ziret

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One :)p) of my soprano ukes sounds extremely loud, twangy, and out of balance--almost metallic--when fretted at the first fret. It doesn't do this elsewhere on the fretboard and the other strings don't do it anywhere (that I've noticed). Any ideas what's causing this?
 
My first guess would be that the 2nd, or possibly the 3rd fret may be a bit high under that string.
Bradford

Thanks, I was thinking it was probably something like that. I'll have a tech look at it.
 
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