Uncle_DaveO
washboard and taste? You are thinking of the oxymoron thread surely **BG**
Chris "Yorkie" Bartram plays his with hair brushes with bobbled bristles at sessions and with spoons in his cajun band
context is all.
I stand by the assessment that if the other instuments are louder than you then consideration is being applied.
As your brain anticipates the bangs it tends to mute the sensation in the overall assessment but being aware of that and being nearer your bangs than the other instuments' bangs should restore the judgement.
anyway I don't play my washboard just now - I ran out of red paint! But I have a cunning plan......