I own 22 ukuleles & not one of them is a soprano.
I just watched Joe Brown play & sing "I'll See You in My Dreams" with a soprano uke. I loved its twangy soprano sound for that particular type of song so, after all these years, I'm going to buy my 1st soprano.
However, with my big old clumsy hands -- plus the fact that my hands are 90 years old -- I don't think I can handle a standard soprano-sized neck. So please, bear a hand with the following 3 Q's...............
QUESTION-1: If I buy a long-necked soprano, set-up re-entry, will it still have that twangy, soprano uke sound? In other words, does a longer neck majorly affect the uke's sound?
QUESTION-2: I prefer all-solid-mahogany ukes. However, hog tends to be a bit mellow, right? Since I want a twangy soprano uke, should I go sold spruce top with solid hog B&S? Or................?
QUESTION-3: For my voice range, I usually downtune my ukes 2 semitones to F Bb D G instead of GCEA. Will the downtune majorly affect the soprano's twanginess? (If so, I'l tune it GCEA.)
P.S. I'm buying online. "Don't get around much any more."
I just watched Joe Brown play & sing "I'll See You in My Dreams" with a soprano uke. I loved its twangy soprano sound for that particular type of song so, after all these years, I'm going to buy my 1st soprano.
However, with my big old clumsy hands -- plus the fact that my hands are 90 years old -- I don't think I can handle a standard soprano-sized neck. So please, bear a hand with the following 3 Q's...............
QUESTION-1: If I buy a long-necked soprano, set-up re-entry, will it still have that twangy, soprano uke sound? In other words, does a longer neck majorly affect the uke's sound?
QUESTION-2: I prefer all-solid-mahogany ukes. However, hog tends to be a bit mellow, right? Since I want a twangy soprano uke, should I go sold spruce top with solid hog B&S? Or................?
QUESTION-3: For my voice range, I usually downtune my ukes 2 semitones to F Bb D G instead of GCEA. Will the downtune majorly affect the soprano's twanginess? (If so, I'l tune it GCEA.)
P.S. I'm buying online. "Don't get around much any more."
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