He’s a very design conscious fella

Glad you enjoyed it!

... which is really quite cool if you think of it! gotta love it for that!

Yep! Thanks Chuck!

Yep!

The build and finish with everything i've ever seen from Marco is incredible

Yep!

Quite!

Quite - people often mis understand worth when they look at the cost of hand made stuff!

I can see that!

Know what you mean

Yep kinda. Certainly has that effect on tone!

I said I’d use it as a holiday uke. That’s not the design intention. Seen a lot of people say they want one for the old timey banjo sound. I think there are lots of points. ‘Better’ or ‘different’ I guess. I recognise it won’t suit all though.

Oh, but a soprano doesn’t fit in a cabin bag for UK airlines!

GotAUkulele the xs soprano does 😜

@@GotAUkulele I think you could get the same effect with a cheap banjo uke and work on making it sound as weak as possible.

@@curlykoa6814 Yep - but that's still more than twice the size of this

I haven't i'm afraid.

Probably one of the most spacious sopraninos I ever played! Bear in mind fret space is the lesser issue - space across strings is where the issues are really based - this is WIDE!

I agree on small scales - less of an issue for me on tenors and above as they don't stand out. Don't personally find the differences between plastic and bone all that great on small scales myself. Plus don't think Bone would ever feature for Marco and his eco credentials.

Yeah - took a bit of time to come to same view, but i agree!

Must be an illusion as the setup is perfect. Height at the 12th is 2.5mm.

Fair enough!

Fair enough!

I can see that - very banjo tone

He makes ukes in all scales - I think the whole point of this design was to specifically be small scale. Suspect this build type would be too heavy for a larger uke

Expensive compared to stuff made on factory lines in China where people are paid little. Not really expensive at all for several hours of work by one man in a workshop in Italy. Plus materials.

Me too!

I wouldn't want to try - for me sopraninos that are tuned that high sound like nails on a blackboard to me!

Weirdly, the more I play it the more i like it! Very old timey - almost banjo

@@GotAUkulele I can definitely see it, it does sound a bit like a banjo. But it really started grating on my nerves. Weird because I actually enjoy banjos. Maybe headache is to blame? I'll try some other time, see if I change my mind.

Loethlin this might help. I suffer from very painful headaches. I don’t listen to music during a headache, unless it’s very peaceful meditation music. I hope you get relief!

@@nickiemcnichols5397 I finally did, thank you, lovely person! Yeah, chronic migraines here. :/ I usually listen to audiobooks during. Barry has a soothing voice, though. :)

Quite!

Sopraninos have been around for years. No real reason. Does there need to be one? Plus you get to see things like this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jdJ9idtpz7u-mWw.html (good friend of mine, big crowd, appreciative audience. Novelty? Sure. Lot of fun? Certainly!)

GotAUkulele That clip is remarkable, ok, agreed. I just wouldn’t be tempted myself-. With the other sizes I can kind of find reasons to prefer one over the other in given contexts. Soprano- portable but still playable if I’m travelling, concert - best all-rounder, tenor-perhaps best for certain folky or classical type finger picked songs. I just can’t imagine saying to myself ‘What I really need for this song is a sopranino.’ But fine, to each his own.