Timber Rattler

[firefighter520]

Anyone else not a big fan of the sound from the single reed timber rattler? I just got both in single and double reed and I am not that impressed with the single reed. However the double reed is awesome and sounds better then I thought it could! Just my opinion curious if anyone felt the same?

[Nick McArthur]

Nope, not me, all my duck calls are single reeds, with the exception of one TR....otherwise they are all singles....more versatile and ducky in my opinion.

Try taking an emory board and running it across the entire length of the tone board a couple times...will give it a little different sound. Be VERY careful not to take a lot off....just a couple swipes across maybe will help it out some. A little means a lot when we are talking tone boards!!!

[calling4life]

Yea I'm not going to lie when I had my TR the ducks loved it.

And I am a single reed man too, however Zink has persuaded me to give notice to the double reed scene.

[rushcreekganderlander]

I think the TR sounds great in either the single or double setup. I got two set up in double and one in single.

[MudderGoose]

I like my TR as a double and my DMM a single.

Nice sig rush...Just for the record, it looked pretty good :D

[freefall319]

All my calls are singles. But, i use my voice to change pitch in the call, so it is'nt as big a deal for me to need the call to be perfect with clean air blown through it.

Have you tried tuning the reed?

[mallard stomper]

I havent had any of my TR single reeds, I have my SMM, DMM, and my SS set as single reeds and my TR and my ST set as awesome double reeds

[firefighter520]

Could someone give me advice on tunning a call never have done it.

[calling4life]

You are going to want to meet up with someone that can do it, and have them show you, describing it is harder on both parties.

The basics: put a new reed in and shave hairs of length off at a time, until it blows how you want it, keeping the edges dog eared a little bit.

But a lot of factors can come into custom tuning, not only length but how the dog ears are cut. Thats just single reed.

Double reed is even more of a job.

See if you can meet up with someone, most pro staffers, or hunters in general are great guys and will help a fellow hunter out, I know I love too.

[Killer Miller]

I agree with C4L. Like he said, just hairs at a time. Once the reed is cut to the correct length for you, raspiness (sp?) will come into play depending on how much/little you cut the corners of the reed. If you do happen to cut the reed a little short while tuning, you can hole the wedge in tight and then just pull the reed out a little bit. No sense in loosing a perfectly good reed. I haven't noticed anything different when doing this, but comp. callers would maybe disagree.

firefighter520, in general single reeds are harder to master than double reeds. Doubles reeds are naturally much raspier than singles, but you can but the rasp into a single if you blow it right. I can blow some single reeds well, some I can't. A single reed TR is one of them that I personally can't blow well....that's why mine is set as a double.

[mlgorecki]

I'm with the mob on this one. All of my duck calls are singles. My 1st Foiles duck call (DMM) was a double; thought it was the $h!t until I switched it to a single, and, like Nick said, found it to be more versatile.

At WW4, I blew a double TR and thought it was pretty dam ducky though. If you already have a louder call (SMM or SS) on your lanyard, keeping the TR as a double wouldn't be a bad choice.

[johnboysmh]

I love my Single Reed TR. The ducks seem to like it also. But i think i like my DMM a little more :D

[freefall319]

Trimming the ends changes the tone and shortening the reed reduces the ammount of air it takes to blow. Buy some extras and mess around until you find one that you like. $20 in reed's is a lot cheaper than a new call.

Once you do find a reed you like leave it alone for a day or so. Then pick it up and have at it ( fresh ears! ).

[JBO]

the double reed in the tr is definately superior. not matter how you blow a single reed, it just does not have the duckyness of a double reed. i dont care who you are. i have used a single reed in all my duck calls but after some time using them, i have found that double reed calls are better. they may not have as much versitility as the single reed, but they do sound way better, especially when calling ducks.