Anyone have a suggestion for a mellow playing slate with a good rollover? Too many sound like glass or Crystal.
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Eddie Wynne Persimmon, this will be the first slate I like enough to put in the vest for opening day.
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I understand your request
Its amazing how things ,, like call making ,,
Has taken a 360 .....
Wanting a raspy slate SOUNDING like glass
Back in the day when I used to CONDITION slate, taking a green pad and rubbing it all over in different directions now it's one way back / fourth
Matt McClain makes a good one not sure of the wait.
Daddy Rat Paul Hicks Jr. here on on OG makes a killer slate.
Footballer Mark here on OG makes a very good mellow slate over slate.
Buster's Calls Larry here on OG as well. I am sure he could put together a nice slate for you too.
Try a Paul Hicks cedar slate over slate, awesome old school sounding slate
TWyatt on here. Cherry pot.
Quote from: TauntoHawk on April 17, 2019, 03:22:25 PM
Eddie Wynne Persimmon, this will be the first slate I like enough to put in the vest for opening day.
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This x10. You want old school sound , you are not gonna beat this one.
Eddie Wynne Persimmon. Been the death of over a dozen long beards the last 2 years
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iKy6fQk5khQ
Lonnie Mabry slates are the best old timey hen sounding slate I've played. That being said I haven't played the Wynne Persimmon but have heard nothing but great things about it.
I know Jimmy Schaffer last fall reconfigured his slate pot design and did one with a wooden soundboard that is flat Miller for that similar sound you're after as well.
Reynolds switchback
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Sinclair slate over copper....the copper really mellows out the call...has a deep throaty sound to it.
I agree with several other posters - Eddie Wynne Persimmon.
Quote from: merriamsman on April 18, 2019, 02:55:29 PM
I agree with several other posters - Eddie Wynne Persimmon.
By the sounds of it they're hard to come by
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Eddie makes a great slate no doubt about it!
Footballer Mark makes a KILLER persimmon slate over glass. He ran the Wynne side by side for me last year.......could not tell a difference.
Quote from: BTH on April 18, 2019, 03:44:27 PM
Eddie makes a great slate no doubt about it!
Footballer Mark makes a KILLER persimmon slate over glass. He ran the Wynne side by side for me last year.......could not tell a difference.
X2 on this. Eddie's slate is great, but so is Mark's. I have both (Pecan double slate from Mark), and like them equally well. In fact, Mark's pecan slate purrs as nice as any pot I've heard - minus a dedicated purr pot.
One of Mark's sound files:
https://youtu.be/IlqntD7Hk10
Lewis Stowe
Lonnie Mabry cedar w/ wood soundboard
Lonnie Sneed hot hen w/ wood soundboard
Mike Yingling sappy walnut w/ slate soundboard.
All are mellow and have a traditional slate sound.
to me a mellow slate would be a Lonnie Snead "Lonesome Hen" cant really play it loud
Quote from: coyote1 on April 18, 2019, 10:26:41 PM
Lonnie Mabry cedar w/ wood soundboard
Lonnie Sneed hot hen w/ wood soundboard
Mike Yingling sappy walnut w/ slate soundboard.
All are mellow and have a traditional slate sound.
I can't speak for the call makers calls except Lonnie Sneeds Hot Hen. The Hot Hen has the least volume and is the mellowest of all my pot calls. I believe the pot is laminated cedar and poplar. I could be wrong but that's what it looks like to me.
The pot wood and sound board would be a starting point. Cedar, cherry, and walnut calls are the mellowest of all my pot calls.
Eddie Wynne persimmon slate.
Bob Fulcher, Shadetree Callers, slate trough.
Mike Yingling slate over slate
These calls have that old school mellow sound which the birds like. Have had excellent success with them.
I found one in a Paul Hick's slate over cherry in a cedar pot
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I know you said you found one, but both Spring Allure and Mabry slates are "mild" sounding
I make a slate over slate in red cedar that has a nice mellow tone
Roger parks,busters,sneed
Light's Out slate over slate...
One on E-Bay right now...
I've have a Mike Yingling slate over slate that plays real mellow. Defiantly has a unique sound. Love this call and is always in the vest.
Good luck finding one.
Quote from: HookedonHooks on April 17, 2019, 06:10:27 PM
Lonnie Mabry slates are the best old timey hen sounding slate I've played. That being said I haven't played the Wynne Persimmon but have heard nothing but great things about it.
I know Jimmy Schaffer last fall reconfigured his slate pot design and did one with a wooden soundboard that is flat Miller for that similar sound you're after as well.
Gotta agree with you on the Lonnie Mabry slate with a wood soundboard its a great call.