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Turkey Call Paradise => From the Callmaker's Bench => Topic started by: jmck on September 30, 2010, 12:49:30 PM
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Well....I got a request from Bill to try him a Do Dat copied after Neils little calls. I got some help from him as far as measurements go to get me started. Never attempted a mini paddle of any kind and warned him of that *peep*. He got me the imfo and I dug into it.
Because of what he wanted and in the past a all Walnut call can be rather hard and a hair pulling experience to tune....so I cut out 3 bodies from my wood. I decided I would build one and see if there was any major changes I had to make to force it to work. I stayed with this one and after cutting 3 different lids---it settled in on lid material cut from the same wood the box is made of.
The next decesion was to bombard it with my new woodburner or keep it clean and simple. Well...he is what I decided.
The call is nasty raspy with a real easy good roll over-not a hard break. It has just deep enough on the back end to let out some real nice clucks and purrs. It has sound from front to rear on both soundboards and will actually call soft. It turned out a good one all around. It has plenty of rasp in it all over.
I will send it soon Bill, still got a little tinkering I want to do to make sure its all it can be for you man.
Thanks for the education on a all Walnut Do-Dat !!
Sorry for the pics---took them indoors---its raining here today.
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Nice call Jeff! Congrats Bill ! *up*
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Nice call Jeff! Congrats Bill ! *up*
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Great looking call Jeff! Bill should be happy with that one!
Mike
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Sweet.
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Super nice box!! Great job!! Roc *up* *up*
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Nice call! *up* *up* *up*
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Nice work bud, good looking call.---Jason
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Jeff,
I like that one a lot. Congrats to you and Bill.
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Good looking call Jeff
*up*
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Great job man!!! Sounded good to me over the phone. Raspy lil sucker *up*
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Nice call! Congrats Bill! *cheers*
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Nice call! Congrats Bill! *cheers*
RkLu
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Do dat look like dat lil gobbler in de backgroun be all fired up o'er dat? ROTFLMBO
Nice job Jeff,Congrats!
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Thanks a ton, Jeff! That little sucker sounded really sweet on the phone the other night....can't wait to give it a good work out this fall! *up* *up* *up* *up* *up*
Bill
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That's really neat.
*cheers*
David
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Nice looking call good job Jeff! Congrats. Bill that's a nice one.
Jon *dance*
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Jeff-ro, Do you or anybody else know who made the 1st Do-Dats ?
BOB
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Bob----wasnt it actually Lamar ???? Thats what I have heard second hand....Lamar never told me direct though....was it him.
Thanks for all the words guys----hope ya like it Bill. Gonna start me one this weekend....bet it will not turn out like this one *aah*.....
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Jeff that is a great looking call and I am sure it is a killer, congrats to you on a fine job and Bill would like to see some fall turkey's taken with that call..good luck to you. *up*
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Killer Call...She sounded real good to...Congrats..
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That is sweet !!!!!!!! Congrats and great job !!!!
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That Lil' Do Dat looks pretty *cool* Jeff ....... Great Job Man!!
Brent,
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Yep. The first one Neil saw was in Lamar's shop, made by Lamar. A lot of people think the Do-Dat was Neil's creation.
BOB
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Great call Jeff . It sure came out nice .
Lamar told me first-hand that he built the first call similiar to the Do Dat . It was actually called a "paddlebox call". Neil liked the design of it so much that he went home and designed one of his own. Neil crafted his to look like a small boat paddle , while Lamar's resembles a boxcall with a handle on it. Lamar talked about Neil's quick wit and sense of humor as he told me the origin of the name Do Dat . One day , Neil's housekeeper ( a black woman from SC) pointed to the new call and said " Mr Neil , what do dat thing do ?" So Neil promptly nicknamed it the Do Dat . Steve mann makes his version of the Do Dat also , with Neil's approval. Lamar's call , while it is physically different from Neil's , is definately the fore-runner of the Do Dat . Chronologically it was Lamar's call first (The Paddlebox call) , then Neil's Do Dat and then Steve mann who is sill making a limited number of them .
What a sense of humor ! Lamar always said that Neil had wit as fast as a machine gun.
Bob Fulcher
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Talked to ole Lamar yestarday. He told me about his first one. It is just as you described Bob.....a call with a handle on it. He is considering doing a limited edition maybe of them to the guys on his limited list. Hope he follows through with those plans---that would be cool !!!
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Mike Lapp, also did a Do-Dat in his L/E set of calls. Another Do-Dat style call was done by Marlin Watkins. Not sure how many were done but he graced me w/ several.
Bill
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I like it!