Cherry Classic vs. Bud & Betty
02-20-2008, 12:38 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Cherry Classic vs. Bud & Betty
I have been looking at getting one of these calls. I have played around with a Cherry Classic and think it is incredible but have also heard good things about Bud & Betty calls.What do yall think?
02-20-2008, 01:40 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Ohio
Posts: 242
RE: Cherry Classic vs. Bud & Betty
Bud an Betty are very nice folks Russell Lynch which is the designer an builder of those calls has won many national championships with his craftmanship will be a very collectible call i have a couple myself in my personal collection...
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02-20-2008, 03:15 PM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Abilene, Texas
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RE: Cherry Classic vs. Bud & Betty
I recently was doing some decision making between the Woodhaven's and the Bud and Betty's and I think that I am going with the Bud and Betty's. I have email them a few times and I get quick responses that are very informative. Russell, the call maker of bud and betty's, selects his stuff by hand ... at least that's what I have been told / heard.
02-20-2008, 03:49 PM
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Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 899
RE: Cherry Classic vs. Bud & Betty
Russell makes a good call, no doubt. IMO, custom calls are the way to go. It is not because I make them either. They look better, sound better, almost all call makers will replace anything, anytime. Plus, the relationship with the call maker is something that can never be under-valued!
Let me know if I can help!
Let me know if I can help!
02-20-2008, 03:58 PM
#8
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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RE: Cherry Classic vs. Bud & Betty
Robert (r33h) and I talked about this very subject. As I put it to him, you won't lose either way. I have both of them and they are both amazing calls. The woodhavens I have were hand picked for me by our sales rep... apparently when Mike Pentecost found a really sweet one, he told our boy... who then called me.... I bought the call personally. I have four pot style woodhavens (two slates, one cystal and one glass), their real hen box, and just about three of every diaphram call they make. Their calls are really top notch.
I met Russel Lynch at a sportsman's show in SC when I lived there. He is as real as they get. I sorta felt like I was meeting Dale Earnhardt or something. I bought one of his slates and a Mahogony owl hooter outright, and ordered one of his aluminum calls a year later. They are awesome calls, and I thinkfor $50 per unit he is giving them away.
I'll say this tounge in cheek... I have never even HEARD of a flat sounding B&B being purchased. But I have taken Woodhavens out of the package in the store doing product demos for customers, and noticed that they were not quite as sweet as mine. Not that they are bad, they certainly are not. They'd still rock the snot out of most anything else on the market. I have spoken with Mike Pentecost on the telephone, and he is as wonderful a guy as you'd likely ever meet. And he makes some fantastic turkey calls. You aren't going to lose either way you go. The B&B is about $10-20 less than the woodhaven depending on where you shop.
An aside about the cherry classic: the CC is a higher pitched call. I think it almost sounds as loud as a glass call. If you want a sweeter, softer, lower pitched call, the B&B is the way to go... or take a look at the Legend Slate by Woodhaven, which is set in Walnut... thats a call that doesn't leave the vest.
I met Russel Lynch at a sportsman's show in SC when I lived there. He is as real as they get. I sorta felt like I was meeting Dale Earnhardt or something. I bought one of his slates and a Mahogony owl hooter outright, and ordered one of his aluminum calls a year later. They are awesome calls, and I thinkfor $50 per unit he is giving them away.
I'll say this tounge in cheek... I have never even HEARD of a flat sounding B&B being purchased. But I have taken Woodhavens out of the package in the store doing product demos for customers, and noticed that they were not quite as sweet as mine. Not that they are bad, they certainly are not. They'd still rock the snot out of most anything else on the market. I have spoken with Mike Pentecost on the telephone, and he is as wonderful a guy as you'd likely ever meet. And he makes some fantastic turkey calls. You aren't going to lose either way you go. The B&B is about $10-20 less than the woodhaven depending on where you shop.
An aside about the cherry classic: the CC is a higher pitched call. I think it almost sounds as loud as a glass call. If you want a sweeter, softer, lower pitched call, the B&B is the way to go... or take a look at the Legend Slate by Woodhaven, which is set in Walnut... thats a call that doesn't leave the vest.