This should be interesting.
$65 for 1 call. But this is my first year with a custom call. I'm pretty sure that figure will go up as time goes by.....
Quote from: Jourdan_D on March 24, 2011, 09:09:52 PM
$65 for 1 call. But this is my first year with a custom call. I'm pretty sure that figure will go up as time goes by.....
That's usually how it works.
Most for a call ??? $300 for one........$550 for a matched set.. :toothy12:
I broke my record today, I spent $200 for 1 pot call.
$200 for a pot call!! Who was the callmaker??
Cody
80.00 with tax on a Woodhaven legend slate.
125 on an Olin Humphries checkered all Zebra wood box call......worth every dang penny.
Paid $200 and two $65 pot calls for a box call once. Other than that it would probably be $9 for a mouth call
$60.00 for one pot call. :icon_thumright:
150.00 box call. BTW I paid 75.00 for my Neil Cost box call back in the early 90's. It's worth a little more than that now.
TRKYHTR
Quote from: lotsaleadindahead on March 24, 2011, 09:23:37 PM
I broke my record today, I spent $200 for 1 pot call.
You could have bought 4 or 5 custom turkey calls that are probably just as good if not better than the cody for that kind of money. I could understand a collector paying big money for a collectible call, but not for a hunting call. That is just plain crazy. I guess, if you got it, spend it.
$12.99 for a Squealing Hen! :goofball:
80. Woodhaven cherry classic crystal. Worth every penny for the comp sound it has.
Quote from: handcannon on March 25, 2011, 06:34:54 AM
$12.99 for a Squealing Hen! :goofball:
:z-winnersmiley: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
$105.00 for a box call.
I paid $80 for a box call.....Would I do it again from this same call maker? no. I will buy a custom call off this board for less and have a much better call than what I got. It was supposed to be a custom call but.... No name calling
Quote from: Bonjour on March 25, 2011, 12:17:36 AM
Quote from: lotsaleadindahead on March 24, 2011, 09:23:37 PM
I broke my record today, I spent $200 for 1 pot call.
You could have bought 4 or 5 custom turkey calls that are probably just as good if not better than the cody for that kind of money. I could understand a collector paying big money for a collectible call, but not for a hunting call. That is just plain crazy. I guess, if you got it, spend it.
Ryan I don't understand your view point, I have 6-7 "custom calls". Do you have any idea of what goes into making a pot call like this? Serious question. It's way more than turning a solid peice of wood into a pot. Do you know how Bill makes the sides? Do you know how Bill makes the bottoms? Let alone the chamber and sound boards, I know how he does it. It's not be argumentative, but just curious if you know the effort that goes into his calls. I will tell you flat out none of my custom calls with the exception of one come close to his for sound quality. Yes they aren't the prettiest calls, but they will do everything they are built to do with the best of them. What makes a collectable call? The issue I have with collectable calls are they aren't built with the knowledge of knowing the exact measurements needed for the many different types of woods used, that changes alot in a call in itself. I am not saying you can't make a custom call sound good, that's not the point I am making, there are many call makers with good sounding calls. It just irritates me that people think that Cody's top calls are just a mass produced call. They are all made by hand, everyone of them. Bill has been doing this since the early 80's.
I can't remember the exact price ($120-$130), but the Supreme Pure Deaath Pinnacle was the call. Pretty pricey, but it sounds oh so good. I LOVE IT... :you_rock:.
Quote from: lotsaleadindahead on March 25, 2011, 03:47:44 PM
The issue I have with collectable calls are they aren't built with the knowledge of knowing the exact measurements needed for the many different types of woods used, that changes alot in a call in itself. I am not saying you can't make a custom call sound good, that's not the point I am making, there are many call makers with good sounding calls.
Your Funny! :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
I'm sure only COdy in their vast wealth of knowlege uses different specs for different types of wood. That must be the secret, thanks for telling us. :icon_thumright:
Do you really believe we just go to our shops and put two pieces of slate in a pot and say here you go?
Yes that's exactly what I am saying, you don't have any clue of what your doing!
Quote from: C_W on March 25, 2011, 05:38:48 PM
Quote from: lotsaleadindahead on March 25, 2011, 03:47:44 PM
The issue I have with collectable calls are they aren't built with the knowledge of knowing the exact measurements needed for the many different types of woods used, that changes alot in a call in itself. I am not saying you can't make a custom call sound good, that's not the point I am making, there are many call makers with good sounding calls.
Your Funny! :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
I'm sure only COdy in his vast wealth of knowlege uses different specs for different types of wood. That must be the secret, thanks for telling us. :icon_thumright:
Do you really believe we just go to our shops and put two pieces of slate in a pot and say here you go?
Who is Cody?
Quote from: handcannon on March 25, 2011, 06:34:54 AM
$12.99 for a Squealing Hen! :goofball:
On Sale too..... I'll bet .... :z-winnersmiley: :icon_thumright:
Quote from: lotsaleadindahead on March 25, 2011, 05:49:48 PM
Yes that's exactly what I am saying, you don't have any clue of what your doing!
Wow. That wasn't a very nice thing to say. ??? ??? ???
You're asking Ryan Bonjour if he has any idea of what goes into making a killer pot call........
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Quote from: lotsaleadindahead on March 25, 2011, 05:49:48 PM
Yes that's exactly what I am saying, you don't have any clue of what your doing!
Why when you started this post didn't you just come right out and say I just paid $200 for a Cody ___?__ pot call? I don't think you care what anyone else paid. You just wanted to tell everone how much you spent. I can't find what call they make thats $200 but thats beside the point. I sure hope they do a little better job on their finishing for you so you don't have to do it yourself again.
Quote from: lotsaleadindahead on February 27, 2011, 04:17:53 PM
As far as quality control sometimes there is something left to be desired. Small company with big demands. What I have done with a call like your speaking of is, take some mild 220 grit sand paper and lightly sand the finish off then apply a little wlanut stain to the pot, let dry and spray a satin finish laquer on it, let dry and them rub lightly with 0000 steel wool. It will make it look much better. I have done a few like that.
Quote from: BowBendr on March 25, 2011, 07:15:56 PM
Quote from: lotsaleadindahead on March 25, 2011, 05:49:48 PM
Yes that's exactly what I am saying, you don't have any clue of what your doing!
Wow. That wasn't a very nice thing to say. ??? ??? ???
You're asking Ryan Bonjour if he has any idea of what goes into making a killer pot call........
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
Read the post a little closer and then ask the question again. It's not what I asked. :z-guntootsmiley: I asked if he knew how much effort goes into the pots that Bill makes.
Also Bowbender the reply you made about my remark of not knowing what C_W is doing was made with total sarcasm, but you didn't pick up on that.
Quote from: C_W on March 25, 2011, 07:19:24 PM
Quote from: lotsaleadindahead on March 25, 2011, 05:49:48 PM
Yes that's exactly what I am saying, you don't have any clue of what your doing!
Why when you started this post didn't you just come right out and say I just paid $200 for a Cody ___?__ pot call? I don't think you care what anyone else paid. You just wanted to tell everone how much you spent. I can't find what call they make thats $200 but thats beside the point. I sure hope they do a little better job on their finishing for you so you don't have to do it yourself again.
Quote from: lotsaleadindahead on February 27, 2011, 04:17:53 PM
As far as quality control sometimes there is something left to be desired. Small company with big demands. What I have done with a call like your speaking of is, take some mild 220 grit sand paper and lightly sand the finish off then apply a little wlanut stain to the pot, let dry and spray a satin finish laquer on it, let dry and them rub lightly with 0000 steel wool. It will make it look much better. I have done a few like that.
Because my initial inquirey of what others have paid had nothing to do with me spending money and bragging about it, that's not my nature. I am curious to see if many or few others can justify spending alot of money on turkey calls. If you dig a little deeper on the net maybe you'll find it, it appears you dug some on me. There are one or two posts on this call and that's about all I've ever found on it. It's not advertised.
I wasn't digging on you, but rather trying to figure out what Cody was $200.
I didn't pick up on the sarcasm either.......
Quote from: C_W on March 25, 2011, 07:58:26 PM
I wasn't digging on you, but rather trying to figure out what Cody was $200.
I didn't pick up on the sarcasm either.......
Totally sarcastic.
Sorry, but I do know what I am talking about on this one, as I have been turning custom calls for a good number of years. Cody calls are handturned just like any other custom call. This means that they are not made to the exact tolerances from one call to the next. They might be off by thousandths, or even hundredths from one call to the next. To be able to turn to exact tolerances is humanly impossible and having so many variables affecting sound in a turkey call, they are no better than what most of us call makers on here can make. There are no magical components put into these calls that none of us average call makers can put in ours. I have friends that ran cody calls for quite a while, and now have turned mostly to my calls because they like the sound better. I have ran cody calls with a number of different strikers and can not tell much of difference between them and some of the other calls that I have ran them on. Sorry if I pushed a button on my response, but I think it is rediculous for a person to charge 200 for a pot call, and even crazier that someone buys them. I myself, can't justify charging even half that for one of my calls, I would rather build a good looking, and great sounding call that is affordable for every hunter out there. Oh, and by the way, there isn't a sarcasm key on a keyboard, so when you type something to be sarcastic, it doesn't read that way.
Quote from: lotsaleadindahead on March 24, 2011, 09:07:46 PM
This should be interesting.
:TrainWreck1:
I told you it would be.....
I paid $60.00 for a box call (from a brand many people say are one of the best mass-produced calls to buy). I subsequently returned it. I personally didn't think it was all that it was cracked up to be.
I'm currently waiting on my new S&S butternut/walnut box to arrive.
118.00 for a albert Paul box , and soon i want to order a supreme pure death pinnacle 140.00
I for one would like to see a picture of that $200 Cody call please.
What goes into that $200 (I didn't think they were that much) is not some highly guarded secret. Bill told me at Nationals several years ago how he makes them. It was interesting at first, but after hearing it compared to the other 1000 calls being ran out there and figured in the price, I lost interest about half way through the conversation.
Since it seems that you believe a callmaker has to have a call they charge $200 for or they don't know what they are doing, does that mean since I sold one for $416 I know more than Bill. :z-guntootsmiley:
Price of a call is based on a lot of things. There are more than several callmakers who use price to dictate the demand for their calls and control the amount of time they want to spend in the shop. It doesn't always make their calls sound better than others.
yes and cody made calls before woodhaven.. a employee or owner ??? (not putting names out ) has showed me that woodhaven has duplicated one of there calls/..years ago... why they would do this is not right. but i guess supply an demand was enough to steal an idea
Quote from: archery1 on March 26, 2011, 06:34:34 PM
yes and cody made calls before woodhaven.. a employee or owner ??? (not putting names out ) has showed me that woodhaven has duplicated one of there calls/..years ago... why they would do this is not right. but i guess supply an demand was enough to steal an idea
That's what I heard as well. Undercutting one mans accomplishments through theft is pretty low. Immitation through theft, how flattering huh?
$400 Don Bald call
Quote from: neal on March 26, 2011, 10:01:53 PM
$400 Don Bald call
What type of call is it? He makes so many unique calls.
Does Don make pot calls, couldnt find any on web site
$200.00 For Mike Lapp Box and $200.00 for my own dang call...Had to buy it back... :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
Quote from: lotsaleadindahead on March 26, 2011, 10:53:50 PM
Quote from: neal on March 26, 2011, 10:01:53 PM
$400 Don Bald call
What type of call is it? He makes so many unique calls.
Tube call. I've handled some high dollar calls but my pocket book can't swing them! :TooFunny:
Quote from: trb136 on March 26, 2011, 11:05:35 PM
$200.00 For Mike Lapp Box and $200.00 for my own dang call...Had to buy it back... :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
:TooFunny: I've seen that a few times!
100 bucks for a gary anderson pot.
150 for a box
I hate to jump into this fracas but the Cody World Champion call I've got isn't a "turned" call. At least I don't think it is. From the Cody website:
Bill created the methods and designed the machines that would create the only true laminated wood pot calls in the industry. He perfected this two-month, twenty-five step process over the years, until it has become a science. The World Class and SPEC I pots have grains of wood running circular around the call.
http://www.codyturkeycalls.com/history.htm
The reason it's hard to find his top line of calls is because he does not wholesale them. They're built on order and you can only buy them from Cody.
Custom woodhaven crystal call would be my Most expensive call, but got it as a fathers day gift. I has my little girls pic in it, but I still use it. Nice engraving on the back too. Sounds good. Just paid $50 for a custom arkansas box call, nice work for the money. That being said, I still like my old MAD super crystal...just sounds good for a non-custom call IMHO.
A guy I work with paid $250 for a Cody pot call, signed and numbered.
$100.00 for a Scotts Cutter long Box
$125 for the woodhaven vision crystal, it has a lot of life in the call but i don't think it is worth 125. but really how do you measure what a call is worth? i mean what is a longbeard worth to ya, think of all the gas, license, ammo, money on a gun, but without a good call what good is all that other stuff. you need to have confidence in your calls period, to me they are more important than your gun, but i hunt birds by calling them in, to each his own.
75 for a cody. Wont ever go that high again unless I ever get into collecting them.
$163 for an Albert Paul walnut box call.
And I'll do it again next year...
mudhen
Quote from: TRKYHTR on March 24, 2011, 11:15:13 PM
150.00 box call. BTW I paid 75.00 for my Neil Cost box call back in the early 90's. It's worth a little more than that now.
TRKYHTR
Joe, I'll double your money on that Cost call if you like. :)
Oh, I paid $140 for a custom box auctioned off at a local NWTF banquet
Quote from: Nimrodmar10 on March 27, 2011, 01:38:26 PM
Bill created the methods and designed the machines that would create the only true laminated wood pot calls in the industry.
Uh, oh... I guess that means all of the rest of the laminated calls on the market are false laminates. ??? That leaves me scratching my head. I guess I'm going to have to figure out a different word besides "laminate" to use when I make a call out of multiple woods.
I'm not even going to get into the issue of prices of calls. That works on a supply and demand basis. If someone is willing to pay the price, there will be another willing to sell it at that price. I get irked by those who would make such broad sweeping statements as the one above. It reminds me of another callmaker (not on this forum) who once commented that any call without a center soundhole was not a custom call. Maybe it would be as simple as qualifying their choice of terms. I'm not buying either of these statements.
$140 for a Supreme Pinnicle Pure Death is the most I've ever spent, My wife bought me a Supreme Call Girl with the hand painted sound board for Christmas that probably cost more but the best deal I ever got on a call was a Wendal Rye lacewood box and walnut lid call that was nasty raspy for 35 or 40 dollars, I don't remember, about 8 or 10 years ago and I loved that call . That was a meat hunter box, that would makem Gobble when nothing else would.
$150 for a Marlin watkins box call. Best money i ever spent on a turkey call.