I'm looking for an easy to play aluminum with the classic high pitch aluminum sound. What are some suggestions?
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MAC walnut
Platz Cherry
Enticer Silver Thunder
I have a van cise anodized alum over slate i like once I buffed the anodizing almost all the way out.
However, I see alot folks like the Schaffer atomic 13 , Lonzo acrylic pot with alum surface and the dawkins stoned alum in the plastic pot. The Hank's padauk alum seems to have a good following too.
Schaffer aluminum over aluminum in sapelle
Or
Dawkins aluminium in plastic pot
For the money I don't think you will beat that ugly Dawkins stoned aluminum in plastic pot. Its ugly but it sings a mean tune!
Lonzo makes a great stoned aluminum as well I have an acrylic one that sounds good to my ear and he makes them in wood as well.
Not a huge fan of anodized I have had some that sounded amazing but man there finicky and always seem to either stop playing or start squeaking at the wrong time.
Daddy rat stoned aluminum
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Bunch of great aluminum calls out there. For me, I prefer smooth anodized aluminum over stoned aluminum or bead blasted / rough aluminum. For some, the smooth anodized may be a little more finicky but I keep mine touched up with a scotch brite pad and sometimes use a little rain chalk and never had an issue.
For calls that you can get in a reasonable time frame without re-mortgaging your house, I really like the following calls-
-Lonzo's anodized aluminum over aluminum in black acrylic pot. I have other aluminums from Lonzo and they sound great too. However, if I could only carry one pot call, Lonzo's acrylic aluminum would get the nod.
-Just picked up an aluminum from James Witmer recently that I really like, not sure of the wood though. I think it may be persimmon. Call sounds great. Starts out high and rolls over nicely.
-Hanks in maple pot.
Dawkins
MAC Walnut aluminum
Wendall Rye Lights Out anodized aluminum over glass in a yellowheart pot with his dymondwood striker is a pretty great combo.
Lights out aluminum/glass in a canary wood or yellow heart pot. Schaffer double aluminum in a maple pot. Lonzo double aluminum in a bubinga pot. Stumpy aluminum/glass in a sycamore pot. In that order.
Imo if you want the higher pitched reach way out there sound the lights out is the way to go.
Brad Roberts Canary Alum he had entered into Nashville was probably the best aluminum I've ever heard or had the chance to play. That being said he's not taking any orders currently.
Best readily available, in my opinion, a Lonzo Stoned aluminum in any wood or acrylic if you want a waterproof pot.
Dawkins, Lonzo, Schaffer.......
I love the atomic 13 by Schafer and the birds love it more but his alum alum pots prob ring higher.
One maker I instantly loved his call was Dustin Jones, may be one of the best I ever heard w MAC right beside him.
Dawkins walnut pot if you can find one prob IS the best sounding to my ear.
Footballer Blasted Aluminum in an Osage Pot!!!!
Just got one from him and it will hunt!
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Dawkins plastic pot, TJ Johnson aluminum
Hanks padauk anodized is one of my favorites
MAC Walnut, Lon Trice Acrylic, Schafer Atomic 13..... love them
Dawkins plastic... for 50$ you'd be hard pressed to find better value for sound quality
Dawkins
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Quote from: Double B on February 26, 2019, 12:28:33 AM
Hanks padauk anodized is one of my favorites
Yep, that's a good one. Keep your eyes open and you should find a good deal on one in the classifieds here.
I also like the ones I have from Lights Out, Mark Cunningham, and Lonnie Mabry.
I dont have a ton of experience with aluminum pots but the cherry/green aluminum i recently got from twyatt (travis wyatt-sweetbriar calls) sounds really good and will be in my vest this spring.
Dustin Jones makes a great anodized aluminum pot.
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Atomic 13. This. Call is so.easy to play.
Hanks for me
I'll cast my opinion for the Atomic 13. Always with me and a great guy!
The only aluminum one I've ever had was one from the older Knight and Hale series. It works ok but not as good as my slate ones. I can make the slate work like a charm but for some reason I can't get the hang of the aluminum. My striker just wants to slide over the aluminum and not sound right. It acts like the aluminum is too slick and I need to rough it up but don't know how to do that.
I'll have to try one of these custom ones and see how they work for me.
Foot on da head aluminum in walnut with glass sound board is my favorite call . https://www.footondahead.com/pot-calls
Lyman Wenge Aluminum
I have 2 I like Gooserbat High Standard aluminum and a Chris Brumfiel aluminum mahoe with a spot of the anodized sanded off. I have heard files of footballers and sweet briar calls and liked both them as well
The Atomic 13 is hard to beat. I also like my Mabry aluminum's and I have an SS Game Over aluminum that calls in birds.