meat grinder

[corey carston]

Going to buy a short reed got a zink call last year and didnt like it at all so going to get agrinder as im on a major budget and wanted to know how much differnt in tone and ease of use than the more expensive calls thanks.

[SMOKE]

i have both and honestly you cant tell a huge difference or at least i cant. the grinder wont be as sharp soundin as one of the acrylics but will still kill geese. to me it almost has a more mellow tone to it due to the difference in materials. you deffinately wont be dissapointed with this call. this year so far i have used both my grinder and smh about equal. one time ill grab the grinder another the smh. also you may want to check out the soundfiles on the website itself and youll be able to hear not a huge difference.

[corey carston]

Thanks for that would love a nice smh but with all the other stuff i need to get i cant quite streth things that much but had figured this would be the next best thing.Do you reccomed the cd or dvd as the best way to learn.

[SMOKE]

honestly thats a tough call. the dvd shows all the hand placemtn and competition stuff. the cd is good if you drive alot like i do. if i had to go one way or another id say the dvd.

[hammer007911]

Thanks for that would love a nice smh but with all the other stuff i need to get i cant quite streth things that much but had figured this would be the next best thing.Do you reccomed the cd or dvd as the best way to learn.

Remember most DVD can be played in a CD player and listened to.

Hammer

[corey carston]

Thanks for the advice think i will go with dvd as i think learning where to put your hands would be half the battle.

[IowaMigr8tor]

Hand placement is a good thing to learn right off the bat. Heres what I do: Take you dominant hand (Leftys= Left Rightys=right) place the call in the pocket between your thumb and index finger. Wrap the rest of your fingers around but dont close the call off, you should see the hole in the indsert if you face the insert towards you. Then take your other hand and place it on top of that on the opposite side of the call again taking care not to close the call off, this creates your "sound chamber". Once you have this created altering a finger or two or even your whole hand that covers the opposite side will change the tone of the call. You can meter how much you close it off or open it up. The tighter you close them the lower the call will get and vice-versa. BUT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A CLEAR PATH FROM THE END OF YOUR HANDS TO THE HOLE IN THE INSERT. Your hands just create a chamber for the sound to resignate in, not for back pressure like in a flute call. Hope this helps.

[corey carston]

thanks for that going to try it on my horrible zink thing when i get home will let you know how i get on.