Hey guys I was out and about the other day and ran into a couple of vintage H.S. Strutt World champion triple glass pot calls priced very reasonably. I've never seen one. I'm pretty big on glass calls and was wondering if anyone has ever used one of these and if they like the sound of them. I'm no call expert but I've never heard of a triple glass call. Would there be any collector value to these if left in the package?
A fellow named Mike Dreisbach started making the first glass calls back in the early 80's. The were called "Custom Turkey Calls" out of Hagerstown, Md. He had a double glass (glass/glass) and a triple glass (glass/glass with three fiberglass pads on the soundboard). Matt Morrett won the World Friction Championship at age 16 with the triple glass.
When Custom Turkey Calls broke up, Mike began building the same calls for Perfection. Matt went on later to work for HS Strut, and soon they had a "triple glass". Not sure of the exact design, but those pads do give it a lot of rasp.
Just a little history, lol.