Pot Call ?

[drmarc]

Newbie question here. In as far as the design of pot calls go, what does having a second surface/soundboard do for sound vs a single surface call?

Thanks in advance..

[drmarc]

I notice some just use a "soundboard" of a different material than the striker side and do not have access to it on the bottom, like say copper over glass. Does this arrangement provide a different or beneficial sound over a single surface without a "soundboard"?

Did I make sense?? 

Thanks again.

[lightsoutcalls]

In my pot design, if I don't use a soundboard, I don't get a breakover in the yelp.  I know this from gluing calls up turned for a soundboard, but simply forgot to put them in.... DOH!
As for double sided calls, the ones I have turned use the soundboard for the under-surface of the call.  I have yet to get a consistent breaking yelp from the under-surface of a call.  I'm certainly not saying it can't be done, just that mine don't.  I really prefer to focus on the calls that I know work, work well and work well consistently.  I'll turn a double sided call, but I will tell the buyer that he will get single note yelps from the under-surface.

Hope that helps...

[pappy]

I agree with Wendell on this, my pots that I turn ofr dual purpose are easily accessed and I tell the buyer upfront that the soundboard is a single noted extra for purrrs, clucks or single yelps, they are not designed to take away from the surface of the primary. pappy

[drmarc]

Thanks fellas!

[Crutch]

Seems like they would be useful if you felt you needed to switch voices, if you know what I mean. You could move to a different spot on the slate, however switching and clucking on the sound board might sound more like a totally different bird, fooling the tom into thinking there are two hens in front of him.