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Am looking to get three or four new strikers in various woods. What would be a few good would types that would give me a good spectrum of sounds on various glass and slate calls?

Thanks for any help

I have a paduk, zebrawood, and will be getting a yellow heart soon.  I have cherry that sounds nice on crystal also.

Yellowheart, purpleheart, diamondwood, and rosewood...to name a few.

I feel in love with Yellow Heart in Nashville!!
God Bless

Canarywood!

Yellowheart very versatile!


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Neal

Northern Ironwood, African Blackwood  and Cocus.

any more suggestions? 

the current 4 i am looking at are

rosewood
padauk
purple heart

and unsure about the 4th between osage orange, bubinga, zebra or hickory.

i will also have an acrylic and a carbon as well..

any other ideas

Some great ones where mentioned but purpleheart and black locust are hard to beat too.

Matt...

Black Locust is about as good as it gets. It runs well on everything.

Sometimes one wood will work good on both slate and glass, depends a lot on the calls. You can put a lot of money into strikers and still not end up with what you want.
What sound are you trying to get? Raspy? Clear? That might help in choosing a wood.
I actually sent my calls to a gentleman on here and he did a great job "matching" some strikers for my calls but you have to trust their judgement and ear.

Good luck!
Denny

Canarywood, purpleheart, and dymondwood

Hickory, Purpleheart, Canarywood, and a good Laminated Striker

bought a few at the convention. Get a blackwood for sure you wont be disapointed. it sound awsome on anything

I have Sassafras, black walnut and mountain Laurel strikers that sound good on slate and glass.

Hickory, cherry, purpleheart, yellowheart, laminate, carbon, acrylic etc. (synthetic).

I was playing around with a persimmon striker at a show yesterday and it was pretty awesome, also messed with an Osage Orange one that was good, too.

That being said, there is just something about a good hickory striker . . .

My matched strikers ended up -
Purpleheart and yellowheart on the glass
Birdseye maple and persimmons on the slate

i like a 2 piece striker with a light top...for slate i like bocote,ipe,cherry and poplar....for glass bocote,bloodwood,Brazilian rosewood,ebony...to many to list but i tote about 20 strikers in my vest

WW i love that bloodwood you sent me.  :icon_thumright:

yeah that one would run on any pot....just got to find some more chestnut to make top's out of