I've got a copper pot from a reputable call maker and although I love the call, I am still searching for that"magic" striker that will make that call really sing in the woods. So, what type of wood/strikers have you found that really set these surfaces apart from all other calls?
dymondwood i like the best
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Quote from: Creekrocket on April 05, 2013, 10:52:46 PM
I like to use purple heart, persimmon, bloodwood, and ebony. I think they get good solid tones.
Really these are the best choices
Quote from: pappy on April 05, 2013, 11:33:59 PM
Quote from: Creekrocket on April 05, 2013, 10:52:46 PM
I like to use purple heart, persimmon, bloodwood, and ebony. I think they get good solid tones.
Really these are the best choices
I've got all of these except a persimmon striker. Purple heart and ebony are ok, but can get a little squeaky if I'm not careful with the pressure. The bloodwood sounds pretty good. Guess I'm gonna have to find me a persimmon striker and try it out.
Maple and diamond wood for me.
Try a carbon striker. My copper likes it. If all else fails, hickory will run just about anything fairly well.
A soft, grippy wood like curly maple, cedar, or sycamore will sweeten copper a lot. A hard wood like purpleheart or oak will be raspy and energetic. Those are some of the extremes and then there is everything in the middle.
I mostly use sycamore, purpleheart, and padauk.
IVE HAD GOOD LUCK WITH CEADAR. :lol:
i turned an osage the other day for a customer and just for kicks tried it on copper was truly amazed at how good it sounded. got to make me one now
Quote from: outdoors on April 06, 2013, 10:10:42 AM
IVE HAD GOOD LUCK WITH CEADAR. :lol:
X2 plus mahogany
I like my fiber rod striker,, They make the nastiest raspiest hen sound youll want to hear :turkey2:
Quote from: Sully53 on April 07, 2013, 09:31:10 AM
Quote from: outdoors on April 06, 2013, 10:10:42 AM
IVE HAD GOOD LUCK WITH CEADAR. :lol:
X2 plus mahogany
I tried an old homemade cedar striker last night and was pleasantly surprised at how it softened the call up yet still had a little bit of rasp to it. I also found what I think is a mahogany striker and it sounded pretty good too. I would still like to find a good persimmon or osage striker just for kicks. I'm just really skeptical about ordering a striker that I haven't run on a pot call because I know even different strikers from the same wood can sound different on the same call.
Cocobolo was what I like best out of my dozen or so strikers.
dymondwood
You are just gonna have to keep playing with different strikers from the sound of it, buying strikers for a certain pot combination is like playing five card stud, you get the hand you're dealt, it's up to you to make it a winner.....
Quote from: TnTurk on April 07, 2013, 10:42:15 AM
Quote from: Sully53 on April 07, 2013, 09:31:10 AM
Quote from: outdoors on April 06, 2013, 10:10:42 AM
IVE HAD GOOD LUCK WITH CEADAR. :lol:
X2 plus mahogany
I tried an old homemade cedar striker last night and was pleasantly surprised at how it softened the call up yet still had a little bit of rasp to it. I also found what I think is a mahogany striker and it sounded pretty good too. I would still like to find a good persimmon or osage striker just for kicks. I'm just really skeptical about ordering a striker that I haven't run on a pot call because I know even different strikers from the same wood can sound different on the same call.
I've had two copper calls. One was pretty much dead with any striker until I stumbled onto a carbon one...MAN did that bring out the sound! Gave it much more ring and life.
The second copper sounded really good with the striker the call maker supplied with it but again, the carbon gave it that extra ring...I'd at least try carbon...
Curly Maple,Laminate,Dymondwood or Macassar Ebony.
I ship all of my copper surfaced calls with both a cedar and osage striker. The cedar is hard to beat for soft calling and up to medium volume on my pot design. Osage gives the sound a bit more edge and attitude.
Remember that all pots are not made the same. There are many variables from one callmaker's design to the next. What sounds good on one copper call may not sound as good, or may sound better on another copper call.