Ukecaster
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I've tuned tenors down to B and Bb with nice results, as apparently that's where they resonate best, according to many. However, I never tried it on a soprano, until today, by accident. Yesterday, I restrung my thinline Famous FS-0 with Worth Browns. The strings are still settling in, and when I picked it up today, it was 1/2 step down, in B. The sound was excellent, a bit less jangly, but richer than I remember it in standard C tuning, with Martin M600. Not sure how much of that is due to the Worth Browns, or the halfstep lower tuning. When I first tuned up the Worth Browns yesterday, it sounded great, but seems to sound even better today in the accidental B tuning. I imagine that a thinline uke like this might have a much different resonance than full depth soprano. Anyway, I'm enjoying it, and will continue to check it out. Any thoughts on down-tuning sopranos?