Ceramic questions

[troutfisher13111]

I picked up a couple ceramic calls this year for the upcoming season. So far I really dig the sound and ease of play. To my ears It's like a half way point between slate and glass. I have a few questions. What wood do you guys prefer for your strikers? So far B&W Ebony and Dymondwood are my favorites. Also, what do you use to condition it with? And how often? I have ran mine quite a bit without having to condition. Almost seems too good to be true.

Thanks

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[va longbeard]

Strikers bloodwood and diamondwood are my favorites, but everyone is looking for a different sound no rights or wrong regardless of everyone's favorite.

As far as conditioning I have some I have never conditioned and have cleaned with alcohol only and others I had to condition with either a stone or green scotchbright to get the sound I wanted. 

Some of them I got rough on em others I barely conditioned.

Seems like when you get the sound out of em you want you really don't need to condition them.

[vt35mag]

Dymondwood, bloodwood, and Ipe.

I use a stone once in a while, but typically just touch it up with a few light passes of dry wall screen.

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[tracker#1]

I'm liken bloodwood and frogwood, on Stumpys

[Gog1015]

Snakewood sounds good on ceramic as well

[chefrific]

I've tried just about every type of striker you can think of on my ceramics.  End of the day I've found they love Ipe and Bloodwood the best.
My favorite ceramic by Stumpy LOVES Halloran's one piece Ipe striker.

[Spitten and drummen]

Bloodwood , Ipe and yellowheart.  Raspy , mature with a little rasp and higher with medium rasp. 3 uniquely different hens.

[Sir-diealot]

My favorite ceramic by Stumpy LOVES Halloran's one piece Ipe striker.

Have to agree, great combination.

[Greg Massey]

My 2 choices are snakewood and diamondwood ..

[drk9988]

To my ear it's a mix of crystal and slate as far as sound goes.. My favorite strikers for anything and all including ceramic is a one piece Rutland dymondwood or a one piece Snakewood.

[zsully]

Another vote for bloodwood. It just makes any ceramic I've run with it sound that much better.

[Harty]

Dymondwood and IPE

[wchadw]

Bloodwood dymondwood webwood and Snakewood sound pretty good on them to me


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[fountain2]

Ceramic is supposedly somewhat resistant to moisture creep..if that's the case I'm going to run a fiberglass striker to ensure no slip in the event of moisture.   I also have an old diamond wood striker that I coated the tip with jb weld and will use it.

[sbbow]

Bloodwood, Ipe, dymondwood am snakewood for me


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