Which Do You Prefer?

[Spring Creek Calls]

Smooth side or slotted side?

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[sbbow]

They both look good. I don't care what a box looks like as long as it has the sound that I like jmo.


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[Yoder409]

All things being equal in sound, I'd probably lean toward the slotted side for aesthetics.

Bur sound is NUMERO UNO.  And your tuning is always spot-on !!

[packmule]

All things being equal in sound, I'd probably lean toward the slotted side for aesthetics.

Bur sound is NUMERO UNO.  And your tuning is always spot-on !!

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[Lcmacd 58]

Sound is MOST important
My personal preference is the smooth sides

[3bailey3]

both look good!

[Greg Massey]

As for the calls they both look good, but I could care less how they look, it's how they sound that matters to me...

[mountainhunter1]

Sounds trumps everything else for me, but I do like the slotted slightly better.

[Franklin7x57]

I like them both, does one way tune easier for you?

[Spring Creek Calls]

I like them both, does one way tune easier for you?

I believe the slotted call tunes a bit easier.

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[paboxcall]

Anything coming out of your shop is spot on. Rest is aesthetics. But in my opinion I like the look of the smooth sided box. Sure shows off the beauty of the wood grain.

[captpete]

I like them both. Like someone said, the smooth call shows the wood grain a little better. I have 2 box calls. One is smooth and the other is checkered. The checkered call seems to have a little more "grip" to it when I'm wearing gloves. The slotted might give it a little more "grip" with gloves.

[Tree sleeper]

Smooth

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[Zobo]

I like smooth sides unless the maker has a reason for otherwise.
For example I much prefer Dawkins smooth sided boxes to his earlier checkered and his later groove sided boxes.
I also like Lamar's smooth boxes a lot (his checks ain't bad either however 🤣) but he told me they were more difficult to make so he doesn't make very many anymore.
I do like the look of your grooved boxes and if you can tune them better than that's a good enough reason to make them that way.

[Notsoyoungturk]

Old fashioned guy here.  I like the classic, old checkered box calls from strictly cosmetic standpoint.  Like many people have said, it is the sound at the end of the day.