How many musicians on here?

[ozarktroutbum]

Just curious. I am in my late 20's. Been a guitar player since age 13. Didn't start building calls until the last year and a half. I do feel like I have a good ear...but heck, that just how I think.

I feel like there's got to be a good number of yall on here. I don't know more than 1 or 2 turkey call makers personally and have no idea if they are musically inclined. I am sure it goes hand in hand, though.

[jryser]

I am!  That's one thing I love about turkey hunting.


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[Divenut2]

I've been playing 6-string going on 40 years this year. Gonna venture into call making for the first time this year! Was fortunate enough to tag out with a double on day one of my season last Wednesday and will be using the wing bones to attempt to make a few calls (After I cook them LOL!). Not sure all those years of gigging and jamming will be of any help...Guess we'll see how that all goes! 

[jryser]

I've been playing 6-string going on 40 years this year. Gonna venture into call making for the first time this year! Was fortunate enough to tag out with a double on day one of my season last Wednesday and will be using the wing bones to attempt to make a few calls (After I cook them LOL!). Not sure all those years of gigging and jamming will be of any help...Guess we'll see how that all goes! 

You will be surprised at how your musical skills will play into your call making. My wingbone calls certainly benefit from my musical background.


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[southern_leo]

I used to play guitar but not anymore. I'm not very musically inclined. I have a good ear for it but I lack rythem lol. I honestly don't see having a musical background as being beneficial for a few reasons. First is that there's not a "right and wrong" per se with turkey calls as far as sound. My calls may sound way different from the next guy, but we still both make great calls that kill birds. Where as with a guitar you can tell when one isn't tuned in. I do think having some knowledge of acoustics can help by just understanding the basic movement of sound bouncing off the wood. But at the end of the day if you do or don't have a musical background I'll bet you make a pile of nice fire wood figuring out "that sound".

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[Sir-diealot]

I gave bass guitar a shot when I was younger, did not do so well though. I can play Smoke on the Water, Mary Had a Little Lamb and taught myself the Star Spangled Banner using I think they were called Harmonics. I had a nice B.C. Rich Warlock in black and red crackle back in the day. I can pick out songs on the piano quite well if I am interested, taught myself chopsticks and a few other things on the piano. I have always loved music but have had no really talent for it. I would love to learn to play the banjo and fiddle.

[Big Jeremy]

I play a little guitar, and a little piano. Not a finger-picking type in the least, and only play piano by ear. Singing is more my thing, but I do enjoy putting the singing with instruments once in a while. Used to write some stuff...thought I wanted to be a singer/song-writer, but didn't find much success with it, and didn't know the right people, so I quit giving it as much time. I may turn out a song a year these days.


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[misfire]

Been playing guitar since I was 9, 54 now so you can do the math Played a little fiddle, banjo and mandolin when I was in college.

[gergg]

I used to build guitars professionally(see a few I built below), and played a little too. I love building turkey calls( 1 box I built below) because I get to use similar skills, plus it is a blast to tune the calls like I did building guitars.

Top guitar is Australian Blackwood back & sides....Bottom guitar is Cocobolo.

[gergg]

This was a cool guitar, built it for a gent in Scotland....Redwood top with cutaway and Cocobolo back & sides.

[jryser]

This was a cool guitar, built it for a gent in Scotland....Redwood top with cutaway and Cocobolo back & sides.

Beautiful. I play Volbrecht guitars and helped build my first one!!


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[gergg]

This was a cool guitar, built it for a gent in Scotland....Redwood top with cutaway and Cocobolo back & sides.

Beautiful. I play Volbrecht guitars and helped build my first one!!


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Thanks.....I was not a very good player.

[jryser]

This was a cool guitar, built it for a gent in Scotland....Redwood top with cutaway and Cocobolo back & sides.

Beautiful. I play Volbrecht guitars and helped build my first one!!


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Thanks.....I was not a very good player.

Lol neither is Ron Volbrecht - but amazing amazing instruments and I bet yours sound amazing. You can hear Volbrecht's that I played on many songs you might have heard. Lots of Mellencamp stuff and a long forgotten album (yes that far back) of my own in 1990. 


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[saverx]

Strats and Plexi amps explain why I can't hear turkey's as well as I used to. There is always a price to pay it seems.

[EasternGobblerHunter69]

I play guitar I'm 30 never had a lesson and in a local band. I play a 59 Olympic aged white heavy relic reissue! It def helps being musically inclined your ability to tell when a call is right or just got a little something missing but not much to plan crap, which we all know one of those! I have turkey tracks on my pick guard!