so the dominator tube is what started it all for a Abe and Son back in 1990 and has
been a favorite ever since but how many of you knew that Abe and Sons also
carries diaphragm reads in this video we're going to review each floor of the
diaphragm reads that they carry coming up
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involved in the elk call industry since 1990 when they came out with their
Dominator grunt tube it is an external Reed tube that you can operate with your
lip or your tongue and has been a kind of a popular tube for all those years
but what a lot of people don't realize is that Abe and Son also produces
diaphragm reads so we are going to introduce you to the four diaphragm
Reed's that they carry show you some cow sounds and bull sounds that you can do
and just kind of do an introduction and review of these Reed's now each of the
Reed that Abe and Sons carries is on the conventional frame so there is no dome
there is no tab it's open on top and bottom it is built on a wider frame so
narrow palate individuals probably won't enjoy these reads but medium to wide
frame will have no problem with these Reed's and the thing that I found with
playing on these is they definitely have Reed's that are designed for the
beginner all the way up to the advanced caller so let's dive into the review so
first up is d1 orange tape green latex this is primarily designed as a cow-calf
Reed but you can do a little bit more so let's find out what the d1 from Aven Sun
sounds like
so there's just a little example from a d1 like I said this is primarily
designed as a cow-calf call but you can beYOU galan it so this read I'm gonna
say is a good read for beginners because it doesn't take much pressure at all to
operate this read and you can produce some really good sounds with it if you
are going to bugle on the d1 you do have to stay soft with your tongue pressure
and air pressure it's not a reed that you can put a ton of pressure into it
and skyrocket up but it will certainly get some nice tones with some nice
transitions so for a beginner when most the time beginners are kind of timid a
little bit it's a great read for that so alright next in the line up is the d2
which is blue tape it is a double reed this is kind of their all-around read
that you can do cow-calf you can do bull sounds you can go back and forth so
let's go ahead and do a few cow sounds in a bugle or two so you can hear what
the d2 from a band Sun sounds like
so that'll give you a few examples of what you can produce on the D - I like
this read it produces some really nice bugles it has some really nice control
on it you know beginners would probably be able to make this read work but
intermediate advanced colors you're really gonna enjoy playing on this one
all right next up is the d3 which yes the d3 represents a triple this read is
not really designed for cow-calf calling but I'm sure if you really really broke
this reading you probably could do some cow sounds on it maybe some of you that
are really heavy tongue or heavy pressured might be able to but let's go
ahead and show you some sounds you can produce on the d3 from even suns now the
thing about this d3 it is three layers of latex it is a true triple that are
stretched pretty tight so that takes a ton of air pressure and a ton of tongue
pressure to operate this Reed so I'm going to put the d3 in the advanced
callers category so those of you that like a real stiff heavy read the d3 is
the one for you alright finally in the lineup is the d4 which is the herd
master it is a double but as you'll see the top reed has kind of a cut out on it
now this Reed has some interesting characteristics
so with this Reed you can go with light tongue pressure light air pressure to
help with your growls because that extra Reed it gives that little bit of extra
bright vibration but if you want to get clear no
you just go ahead and add more tongue pressure to get those notes to clean up
so that rasp that you're hearing this read is designed for that rasp it's
supposed to have that so like I said the beginning growler your bugle and at the
end when you don't have that real extra pressure that's exactly what this read
was designed for but there was another thing that this read was designed for
and that's lip balling to add just another element into your lip ball so
it's designed to have that little extra scream there so if you've ever heard you
know a bull that has just really lost his mind that is just beyond ticked off
and he really has that aggressive screamed to it that's exactly what this
d4 was designed for so all in all all four reads and the Abe and Sons line up
I think are really good reads like I said I really like that d2 it's an
extremely controllable read that I think produces some really really good bugles
they feel like they're built well I don't know about longevity I haven't
been playing on them that long but they definitely are a read that I think you
should check out especially if you are a person that likes conventional reads
just remember though medium to wide palette because these are a little bit
wider frame just like most conventional reads are so there you go hope you
enjoyed the introduction and review of the diaphragm reads offered by Abe and
Sons thank you for tuning in really appreciate the support and as always
keep calling keep practicing but most importantly have fun and we'll see on
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