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Originally Posted by Apatrickson
Is the Tim Grounds speck call a long reed? I went to their website and did not find a description with details of the call. Will continue to research but figured I would ask someone who would know
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The Super Speck is a short reed.
I have a Grounds G-Overhauler (Canada call) and it is a great call. Super easy to blow and very fast. I haven't blown the Super Speck myself, but have heard it, and it's awesome. Very pricey though.
I started with a Sean Mann Poly speck call. Great to start with as it's super easy to blow, but not very versatile. Outgrew it quickly.
If I was to do it all over again I would start with the best calls that I could possibly muster to afford.
I did the cheap route when I first started with Canada calls and to be honest, that was a mistake. I quickly realized that I outgrew the limitations of lesser quality calls rather quickly. You will too, especially if you can already blow a short reed.
The sounds you can get with a high quality, well tuned acrylic will be head and shoulders above any poly call they sell at Cabelas. I find a good quality speck call will have lots of scratch without a lot of voice inflection. The crack and volume you get out of an acrylic is a definite bonus for calling specks, I find.
I bought a Slayer acrylic speck call at the Sportsman show this year and it's fairly decent. Paid $120 for that one.
I might order a Vendetta in the future (well priced) but will likely regret not putting that money towards a Super Speck.
All the following calls will unfortunately be harder to blow than your Sean Mann.
The quality speck calls I have heard (in person and sound files) I would recommend (best to worst):
TG Super Speck
Elite
Vendetta
Riceland
Red bone
Slayer