Category Archives: rigs and setups

Robbert Trice’s rig

Posted on 10 February 2020 by modernwashboarder

Robbert is the excellent harmonica player and multi-percussionist with George Cutter and Friends. Here he shares a pic and thoughts about his many and varied rigs: Convocation of Instruments. Two are family size, one is pail size. They all follow … Continue reading →

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Chunk’s Rig

Posted on 26 January 2020 by modernwashboarder

What we have here is the Behrens board used by Chunk, washboardiste of Gutter Puddle from up in Vancouver, BC. He describes his add-ons as follows: I added 3 measuring cups all different sizes The one mounted on the bottom makes … Continue reading →

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Horniblow’s Hot Three’s Nicholas D. Ball

Posted on 11 August 2019 by modernwashboarder

Wow! This is the stuff! Brit Nicholas D. Ball, who runs the fascinating “Drums in the Twenties” site, lays it down in a trio called Horniblow’s Hot Three. In this video, they’re playing “Skoodlum Blues,” originally recorded by Jimmy O’Bryant’s … Continue reading →

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The Always-Delightful Deborah Tropez

Posted on 11 August 2019 by modernwashboarder

Here’s another video of the supremely-skilled Deborah Tropez, whom we have previously featured in this space. As usual, she nails it down like a boss. I love her rig, which is a cross between à la française and à l’américaine.

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Here’s Something You Don’t See Every Day…

Posted on 25 July 2019 by modernwashboarder

A musician named Franck Cesarini has put together a rig based on a long, thin wooden washboard. He’s playing it à l’américaine and has it decked out with a small cowbell, a round something-or-other, and a bicycle bell. This thing has … Continue reading →

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This Guy Is Better Than I Am In Many, Many Ways.

Posted on 8 August 2018 by modernwashboarder

He’s a hell of a washboard player, first of all. He’s also able to grow a lush  forest of facial hair. In addition, he can sing. Finally, he has a six-shooter mounted to the side of his board which he … Continue reading →

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Del & The Rad Rompers’s Shane Del Robles

Posted on 26 July 2018 by modernwashboarder

Shane Del Robles—the “Del” of Del and the Rad Rompers—plays a nice solo here at the beginning of “Lulu’s Back in Town.” He’s playing a fully-rigged board deployed à la française that appears to include a pie tin and a … Continue reading →

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Green Rock River Band’s Richard Stillman

Posted on 29 September 2017 by modernwashboarder

Richard Stillman takes us on a tour of his rig. He plays in the doom folk (?) group Green Rock River Band, about which more here.

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Waschbrett

Posted on 2 January 2016 by modernwashboarder

I don’t know who this German dude is, but his board (played à la française) is loaded up with every conceivable gadget and accessory: a splash cymbal, a tiny little china cymbal, an afuche, a ratchet, a slapstick, and a variety of other devices–and … Continue reading →

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The Crescent Katz’s Patrick Skiffington

Posted on 25 September 2014 by modernwashboarder

I want to be in this band, except for the fact that if I were playing washboard, then I wouldn’t able to sit here and watch Patrick Skiffington do it. He hangs his board à l’américaine, and he looks to be rigged … Continue reading →

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