Looking for suggestions for woods for one piece strikers. I'm not looking to buy strikers, or for who to buy from. Just what woods you would suggest. I am looking for suggestions for the following surfaces.
Crystal
Slate
Aluminum
Thanks,
Patrick
Good all around striker for those surfaces are, tulipwood, dymalux and Ipe. There are many other woods that sound good on each of the three you mentioned but those three woods seem to run just about any call I own.
Macassar Ebony is a runner on most surfaces. Snakewood runs really nice on just about every call I've ever put one to. But if you want the most consistent, find you a nice balanced one piece Dymondwood striker and that will flat run on everything.
A Dymondwood rod with Osage top two piecer is also a SUPER consistent and usually a well balanced striker as well.
Crystal....dymondwood..yellowheart....tulipwood...macassar ebony...black & white ebony....snakewood...purpleheart...katalox...grenadillo
Slate...purpleheart....persimmon...dogwood...blacklocust...jatoba..tulipwood..yellowheart
Aluminum....dymondwood...dymalux..macassar ebony
These are just some of my favorites!!!
Black locust. Dymondwood. Ironwood. 3 piece arrowshaft strikers. Bubinga.
IMO snakewood works well on just about anything.
Not as good as most of you with calling but I seem to like dymondwood and snakewood
In addition, Hickory, Rosewoods, Canarywood and Bloodwood.
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Crystal- Macassar Ebony, Tulipwood, Dymalux
Aluminum- Snakewood, Dymalux, Dymondwood
Slate- Persimmon, Hickory, Dogwood
Tulip wood
Osage
Hickory
Dymond wood
Bloodwood
Macasser Ebony
Ipe
Black locust
All these have played good on all surfaces
Tulipwood is great on everything I've put it to. The surfaces you mention as well as ceramic. And it's less expensive then snakewood.
Tulip wood, snakewood, blood wood, persimmon, macasser ebony, canarywood
one that doesn't get much mention on here is chakte viga. It seems to play on everything and is easy to turn.
Got a 1 pc striker from Brad Roberts with a bronze glass/aluminum honey Locust pot called sucupira that sounds really good!
I'm a big fan of Osage Orange as a one piece striker.
Macassar ebony has become my favorite wood for a striker. Easy to run and sounds great on all surfaces.
can not beat old growth oak & carbon tip on aluminum.