Using metal for a sounding board

[Cool Ridge Clucker]

Do you guys have any advise towards the notion of using metal (aluminum, copper, brass or tin) for a sounding board in a pot?  I hadn't read much about anyone doing that and was curious what kind of results one might get from using metal there.  Maybe I just missed it and people do this all that time.  I just haven't come across it yet.

[Cool Ridge Clucker]

I say that then suddenly I see posts about glass over aluminum.  It pays to read more.  Has anyone tried using really thin metal like tin for such a thing?

[outdoors]

Me personally like copper
Everything you might consider using has a different density to it , it's what you like or turkeys

[Cool Ridge Clucker]

Ok.  Thanks.  I appreciate the input.  I'll experiment with them all to see what is pleasing to the ear.  I was curious as to what kind of sound you might get from using a snuff can tin lid as a sounding board just as novelty.

[JLH]

Ok.  Thanks.  I appreciate the input.  I'll experiment with them all to see what is pleasing to the ear.  I was curious as to what kind of sound you might get from using a snuff can tin lid as a sounding board just as novelty.

You could glue the snuff can lid to a piece of slate or glass.

Id think just the lid wont have enough density to actually opperate as a sound board.

Trial and error is your only resource....you'll make a lot of firewood finding the right dimentions for each soundboard material.

[bdirks]

Metal sound boards are not uncommon. I have a Slate over Aluminum call that sounds fantastic. I plan having Wendell Rye build me a glass over aluminum call and a glass or crystal over Copper call. The metal tone board gives the call more ring on the end. It is unique. I am always chasing a different sound. I am a bit of a call enthusiast.  All of my calls are built by Wendell Rye at Lights Out. He does fantastic work. Here is a list of what I have...
Slate over Glass
Slate over Slate
Slate over Aluminum
Glass over Glass
Glass over Slate
Glass over Wood
Stainless over Acrylic
Copper over Acrylic
Anodized aluminum over acrylic

[misfire]

All of my slate calls I use aluminum soundboards.

[Happy hooker]

Clemson over LSU by 4

[Longbeardfever4ever]

I really like aluminum as a soundboard under glass and aluminum.

Tried copper a couple times. Made a good Jake yelper.

[TurkeyHunterML]

Ok.  Thanks.  I appreciate the input.  I'll experiment with them all to see what is pleasing to the ear.  I was curious as to what kind of sound you might get from using a snuff can tin lid as a sounding board just as novelty.

You could glue the snuff can lid to a piece of slate or glass.

Id think just the lid wont have enough density to actually opperate as a sound board.

Trial and error is your only resource....you'll make a lot of firewood finding the right dimentions for each soundboard material.

https://youtu.be/yXvvDFbbyGU  Here is my first dip lid call. No backing, just the lid.

[TurkeyHunterML]

Just a few I have left.

[merriamsman]

Clemson over LSU by 4

Ha, just noticed this! LSU by 17. Greatest team of all time. Geaux (Real) Tigers!

[Gunzy]

Crystal sounds good on top of aluminum. I've made a few that way and it give the call a good ring.

[SC_WILDMAN]

I have a crystal over brass in a mahogany pot. Best sounding pot I own.

[misfire]

Every slate call I make has an aluminum soundboard in it