What wood is the best for crystal and slate? Right now I have a fiber rod and it sounds good on crystal but not so good on slate. 
			
			
			
				Fail safe route is hickory.  
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				I carry purpleheart, yellowheart, paduak, and dimondwood to play crystal, ceramic, aluminum, and slate surfaces. I have a lot of other strikers but those are the ones I use the most. 
			
			
			
				I use either a yellowheart from neal herrman, hooks gobble stix. Or the birch from woodhaven on my crystal calls. 
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				Thanks guys, sounds like there are a few choices to pick from.
			
			
			
				Quote from: WildSpur on June 01, 2013, 07:35:33 AM
Fail safe route is hickory.  
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I agree Hickory is a good one. Purpleheart is also one of my favorites.
			
 
			
			
				Purpleheart , MAPLE   :icon_thumright:  :icon_thumright:
			
			
			
				Thanks everyone, i'm going to try hickory.
			
			
			
				Hickory or PurpleHeart will do some talking on both of them surfaces.
			
			
			
				I like bubinga, osage, padauk and black locust.