Pocket Ukes?! and what the heck is a sopranissimo anyway?

So I sat around for quite awhile trying to figure out what my first post should be about. Something fun, interesting, a little odd, and something that I think all other ukers will enjoy.

The verdict. Pocket Ukes.

If you haven't already come across them, Kala started making these little guys a couple years back and they are surprisingly popular. They are also surprisingly well intonated for being so small, so small in fact that they had to come up with a name just for the tiny scale length, "sopranissimo".

Ive played and worked on a few dozen of these little buggers and they're actually quite fun. Not much for elaborate picking patterns or solos right off the bat until you can get really comfortable with them but still fun to strum out some progressions or pick out some simple riffs. Not to mention you'll turn a few heads when you whip one of these out of your...um...pocket. They come in 3 varieties, Mahogany, Spalted Maple, and Acacia...and ALL SOLID WOOD! The tuning is a step up making it A-D-F#-B and you will usually need to tighten the friction tuners to hold the tension taut. All in all these things are pretty cool but probably not the best choice if your fingers are...above average.