Favorite maker for each surface

[ChesterCopperpot]

Got a few new JLH strikers in the mail today from Jeff which inevitably meant me dragging out different pots to see what each wood sounded best on. Also meant I started running different slates side by side, different crystals side by side, etc. and that made me think it might be fun to see which maker y'all'd pick for each surface if you could just have one. Here's my current picks:

Gray Slate: Paul Platz cherry pot

Colored Slate (Green, Red, Purple): Larry Gesser green slate cocobola pot

Glass: Clay Townsend osage pot or Brad Roberts bronzed glass zebrawood pot

Crystal: David Halloran Metal Mouth II

Ceramic: Stumpy walnut pot

Aluminum: Lonzo yellowheart pot

Copper: Wendell Rye 3" osage pot

Titanium: N/A, don't have one yet

Brass: Mike Yingling 3" (I think it's a flamed ash? pot)


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[Turkeytider]

This will be interesting even if I can`t participate because I`ve never had multiple pots of the same surfaces to compare. Just one each of several surfaces.

[rakkin6]

Got a few new JLH strikers in the mail today from Jeff which inevitably meant me dragging out different pots to see what each wood sounded best on. Also meant I started running different slates side by side, different crystals side by side, etc. and that made me think it might be fun to see which maker y'all'd pick for each surface if you could just have one. Here's my current picks:

Gray Slate: Paul Platz cherry pot

Colored Slate (Green, Red, Purple): Larry Gesser green slate cocobola pot

Glass: Clay Townsend osage pot or Brad Roberts bronzed glass zebrawood pot

Crystal: David Halloran Metal Mouth II

Ceramic: Stumpy walnut pot

Aluminum: Lonzo yellowheart pot

Copper: Wendell Rye 3" osage pot

Titanium: N/A, don't have one yet

Brass: Mike Yingling 3" (I think it's a flamed ash? pot)


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First off congrats on some good strikers.

2nd. Glad I am not the only one that does this everytime I get a new call or striker. Thought is was developing some form of OCD.

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[raven105]

I feel like I could answer some of these 10 different ways. For now I'd say

Grey slate- Sneed Raspy Boss Hen
Green Slate- Tie b/t Chad Remenaric's Padauk & Dustin Jones' Cherry
Red Slate- Buster's Persimmon
Glass- Sneed Outlaw
Bronzed- Lonzo's Orange Agate
Crystal- Halloran MMII
Ceramic- Sneed Heartbreaker
Aluminum- Hank's Padauk


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[Tom007]

My thoughts:

Gray Slate: Platz Maple pot
Green Slate: Strawser cherry pot
Glass: Roberts Bronzed Glass Blue Mahoe Pot
Crystal: Matt Van Cise Crystal Wenge
Ceramic: Stumpy
Aluminum: Roberts Raw Aluminum Walnut pot
Copper: Wendell Rye
Titanium: Sinclair Gaboon Ebony pot

Be safe....

[ChesterCopperpot]

Thanks for the answers thus far. Out of three groups of answers we've got overlap on Platz slates, Halloran crystals (both specifically the Metal Mouth II), Stumpy ceramics, and Wendell Rye coppers. Be interesting to see more answers.


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[Greg Massey]

I will just list my favorite builders of my pot calls in no particular order : Mark Cornelius, Larry Buster Halford, Brad Roberts, Lonnie Sneed, James Witmer, TJ Johnson, David Halloran, Clay Townsend, Jim Shilley and Roger Parks. All of these builders in my opinion build outstanding pot's in different playing surfaces and wood, with each of them have some that are very special and unique sounding playing surfaces.

[HookedonHooks]

My answer would probably change on this serveral times throughout the year, but without running a bunch of calls just to make the list, this is what I can come up with off the top of my head as my current "favorites".

Grey Slate: Caden Roberts Walnut
Green Slate: Paul Durham Cherry
Red Slate: Paul Durham Box Elder
Purple Slate: Pat Strawser Mahoe/Pernambuco Laminate
Ceramic:Lon Trice Orange Agate
Glass: Clay Townsend Zebrawood
Bronzed Glass: Brad Roberts Elm
Crystal: Jimmy Schaffer Blue Mahoe
Raw Aluminum: Caden Roberts Beech
Anodized Aluminum: Lon Trice Cocobola
Stoned Aluminum: Lon Trice Bulletwood
Green Aluminum: Jimmy Schaffer Cedar/Walnut Laminate
Brass: Mike Yingling Cast Cactus 3" Pot
Copper: Mike Yingling Bloodwood 3" Pot
Stainless Steel: Mike Yingling Ash (only one I have tried)
Titanium: Mike Yingling Zebrawood (only one I have tried)

[vt35mag]

Grey Slate: Sneed Raspy Boss Hen
Green Slate: Brad Roberts Cedar
Red Slate: Stumpy Walnut
Ceramic: Stumpy Sycamore
Glass: Brad Roberts Mahoe over Green Slate
Bronzed Glass: Brad Roberts Poplar over Aluminum
Crystal: Halloran Twisted Sister
Anodized Aluminum: MAC Walnut
Copper: Andy Kaiser Cocobolo

[turkeyfool]

I have a lot of pots and there's two I love in particular. The Clay Townsend Glass Osage is a winner.

Also (and I don't think this will be mentioned), but I have a aluminum call in a corian pot from Al Holbert. Think he calls it a Sidekick but it's aluminum over glass in a tiny corian pot. Thing absolutely sings

[BTH]

Gray Slate: 2017 Eddie Wynne Persimmon, MAC cherry slate, Halloran old laminate slate, Jimmy Schaffer tear drop, Cane Creek, Halloran Wenge Walnut

Colored Slate (Green, Red, Purple): Green slate:  Paul Durham ziricote, Blackstone Cherry pot, Buster persimmon pot
Red Slate:  Buster

Purple: MAC from what I have heard

Glass: Not a big glass guy but Jimmy Schaffer if I had to pick or Kevin Pharr

Crystal: Halloran older TS,Anything Jimmy Schaffer, Blackstone, Paul Durham, SS Josh and Al

Ceramic: Stumpy, MAC, Gary Anderson

Aluminum: Lonzo and Dawkins, Enticer Al, Daryl Slaton

Copper: Yingling from what I have heard

Titanium: NA, don't have one

Brass: NA don't have one

[Tom007]

Great answers. Great post. Nobody mentioned Cody so far. I have one of the original Spec Ones from 1994. It is a Slate, it is one of my favorites. It has an awesome sound, I myself under rate it. It truly is a fantastic sounding slate.....

[Riley1]

Grey slate - Brad Roberts cherry burl pot
Green slate - Brad Roberts cedar pot two sider( killed a ton of birds)
Glass- Brad Roberts bronzed glass over slate
Ceramic- Stumpy's
Aluminum- Hanks in a Paduk pot with his original striker.
Crystal- Crystal Mistress

[tlh2865]

Great answers. Great post. Nobody mentioned Cody so far. I have one of the original Spec Ones from 1994. It is a Slate, it is one of my favorites. It has an awesome sound, I myself under rate it. It truly is a fantastic sounding slate.....

I am also kind of surprised that the old spec 1s/world class haven't gotten any mentions. I have a '93 Cody World Class slate that has a permanent spot in my vest.

[va longbeard]

Grey slate - Platz cherry
Green slate - Brad Roberts hackberry
Red slate - Buster persimmon
Glass - Clay Townsend canarywood
Crystal - Dawkins walnut
Aluminum plain - Brad Roberts walnut
Aluminum anodized - MAC walnut
Aluminum stoned - Dawkins walnut
Ceramic - MAC laminated limba

Seeing a trend here I like walnut pots!