The first uke of the year! A humble Scout, made of shop scraps and ready for fun. Port Orford Cedar from the Oregon Coast and Walnut from a local tree. Thanks for all of your support last year, we really appreciate it! This uke is off to the Scout list, email us at info@thebeansprout.com to join.

“What is it that I cannot leave the house without, without feeling ‘nekkid?” There’s the briefcase for the computer, notebooks, and odd papers, the canvas bag to carry my lunch and serve as a shopping bag on the way home, and my Scout ukulele.

It may be my Beansprout Tenor (#849)’s feisty kid brother but it stands in no one’s shadow. It’s just the right size to grab along with the other bags as I dash out the door in the morning. It has a sweet voice and is just right to take out for a little picking between one thing and another.

I wanted a Scout for the portability, and thought I’d have to wait a bit, but wound up with this one on the first try. You referred to the wood choice, walnut and curly Port Orford Cedar, elsewhere as “bread and butter for me,” and it is really beautiful. A strip of what appears to be Maple doesn’t appear in the description, but it does show up in the neck.

I like to play my tenor at home in the evenings, but, as I pack it away, I can’t seem to help but pick up the Scout, and my practice time just goes on, and on.

Your artistry shines out again.
- RGE3”