As a player, I appreciate the small size and cheerful tone of the Scout. As a musicologist/historian, I appreciate the Scout’s reference to the Washburn Camp ukulele of the 1920’s. As a builder I appreciate the Scout as a small scale meditation on skill and perfection. Its simple design allows me to focus on my building techniques with an unusual keenness. That might be reason enough to continue building them, but I am lucky that there is also a small demand for them. It seems that we all benefit from the humble Scout. This curly Myrtle was saved from the scrap bin at Mya-Moe, the persimmon fretboard and headplate comes from Steven, a builder from Indiana and the fir neck is from an old floor board.