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Author Topic: Who makes the best trumpet?  (Read 11447 times)

Offline mossyhorn2

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Re: Who makes the best trumpet?
« Reply #15 on: July 26, 2017, 04:11:53 PM »
I've got one from  "Crawdad" that didn't break the bank and sounds great.

Offline Jbird22

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Re: Who makes the best trumpet?
« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2017, 06:05:19 PM »
I have one from Doug Morgan and one from Kenny Pedelahore. Both make good ones in my book.

Offline quavers59

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Re: Who makes the best trumpet?
« Reply #17 on: July 29, 2017, 11:15:21 AM »
I have a yelper trumpet from the mid-1990s made by Ron Clough. Makes good gobbler yelps and bonks. I usually take it out in the Fall.

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Re: Who makes the best trumpet?
« Reply #18 on: July 30, 2017, 12:45:16 PM »
Along with the others that have been mentioned is Steve Lumma. He makes a great trumpet if you can find one. Not sure if he's still building them or not

Offline North of 8

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Re: Who makes the best trumpet?
« Reply #19 on: August 07, 2017, 02:19:00 AM »
Brian Mero for sure. EZ to play and Brian has earned more GRAND CHAMPION awards than any other maker (Turpin :z-winnersmiley: Award-1st place)

Offline gaswamp

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Re: Who makes the best trumpet?
« Reply #20 on: August 07, 2017, 07:31:30 AM »
Brian Mero for sure. EZ to play and Brian has earned more GRAND CHAMPION awards than any other maker (Turpin :z-winnersmiley: Award-1st place)

do grand champion awards really mean anything?

Offline Clovis67

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Re: Who makes the best trumpet?
« Reply #21 on: August 07, 2017, 11:20:47 AM »
Grand Champion....Turpin Award Winner...do these awards really mean anything...??
Sure does... It means Mero had built a trumpet that sounded better and was easier to use than all others
in the competition.When a person wins multiple Turpin Awards... That speaks volumes about the individuals ability to craft a caller that is pure turkey....

Offline idratherb

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Re: Who makes the best trumpet?
« Reply #22 on: August 07, 2017, 11:56:09 AM »
 :popcorn:

Offline Clovis67

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Re: Who makes the best trumpet?
« Reply #23 on: August 07, 2017, 01:14:56 PM »
And  everyone has a personal favorite callmaker...but when a group of judges agree that one particular call stands out above the competition... Then that call has shown itself to those judges to be the best sounding caller.
I know everyone has an opinion...just like anything ...its all subjective and a matter of personal preference.
When they start using a real live wild turkey for a judge...then I'm sure that some will claim that the turkey is just a horny 2 yr old bird when it gobbles at a Mero trumpet... :drool:
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Offline nitro

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Re: Who makes the best trumpet?
« Reply #24 on: August 07, 2017, 08:03:47 PM »
I have been to a bunch of NWTF conventions and watched the "judges" try to run a trumpet call...

Some of them needed an instruction sheet to show which end was the one to "blow into"

It's a friggin joke. :toothy12: :TooFunny:
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