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Air Mesh Bottle Cap Washboard Gloves (Bargain Bin)
Featherweight fabric mesh keeps hands cool...strong steel bottle caps gentle on washboard—generates dampened moderate tone.
Finally, professionally designed ready-to-wear washboard gloves. Just slip them on and scratch your ax!.
Save 25% on these Fully Guaranteed Bottle Cap Washboard Gloves that might show a minor flaw such as bottle cap perferation marks, or a cosmetic issue, or for some reason do not meet the standard of our regular items. Some flaws might be obvious. Some flaws you might never find at all. But no matter what kind of flaw, you save cash on this pair of washboard gloves that work just fine.
Here's what Makes Clanky Dog Washboard Gloves so Special:
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Keeps your hands cool
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Makes washboard easy to play
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Firm comfortable fit
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Quick & easy to slip on, take off
Should I get the Air Mesh or Deluxe Leather Gloves?
Get Air Mesh if you want gloves that feel lighter-than-air and keep your hands extra-cool at a budget price. Air Mesh gloves keep your hands the coolest. But note that drumsticks and other hand-held objects might slip from the slick net-like air mesh material. Get Deluxe Leather if you want tough durable gloves that give you extra support plus a firm secure grip—and feel like a million bucks.
8 Good Reasons to Get these Air Mesh Bottle Cap Gloves
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Delivers dampened moderate tone
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Steel bottle caps are strong and durable
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Pan-bottom cap shape gentle on your washboard rub surface
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Featherweight air mesh fabric won't wear you out or slow you down
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Air mesh feels lighter-than-air and keeps your hands extra-cool
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Recycled bottle caps environmentally green
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Extremely rare excellent quality specialty product at a budget price that saves you money—and made no place else
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Professional design makes you sound good, look good, and play better
Demo of Air Mesh Bottle Cap and Thimble style prototype washboard gloves.
Should I get Thimble Gloves (in development) or Bottle Cap Gloves?
The choice depends on how you play the washboard. Thimble gloves enable you to play the washboard effectively using your fingertips. Bottle Cap gloves enable you to play the washboard effectively using your fingerpads.
As a rule, fingertips generate a more powerful tone than fingerpads. So if you want the loudest most clamorous sound, then get Thimble gloves. Your fingerpads, however, generate relatively mellower tones than fingertips. So if you want to tone it down, then consider Bottle Cap gloves.
Traditionally, the vast majority of players prefer Thimble gloves over Bottle Cap gloves. Of course, the only practical way to know for sure which you like best is to try them both. But if money is a factor, then Bottle Cap gloves are more economical than Thimble gloves. So Bottle Cap gloves are the better choice if you are watching your pennies—especially if you also want a more subdued sound.
Washboard Gloves are Essential for Jug Bands and Skiffle Bands
The gloves are also great for Jam Bands, Garage Bands, Folk Artists, Street Musicians, Drum Circles, Family Gatherings and Traditional Old-time Music.
Try Washboard Gloves with Almost any Kind of Toe-Tapping Dance Music—
- Ragtime
- Cajun
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Gospel
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Dixieland
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Blues
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Bluegrass
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Reggae
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Pop, Rock & Rap too!
The Story Behind the World's First Commercially Manufactured Washboard Gloves
A lot of thought and energy went into the making of these washboard gloves. They were designed and developed by Scott Miller (that's me), an award-winning traditional old-time percussionist who holds a master's degree in product design. I've been talking about the idea of producing ready-to-wear washboard gloves with musician friends for years. But it wasn't until 2009 that I began collecting glove samples and research data to develop some working prototypes. My good friend Steve Litsios of Rattlebrained Designs tested the first rough prototypes in 2010 with his blues band, Swamp Train. He also designed the Clanky Dog logo. If you subscribe to the monthly BULLETIN, then you know it took more than one full year to engineer and manufacture the glove blanks—and then another few months to specify, test, and assemble the custom hardware. The Air Mesh gloves entered the inventory in May 2012. The Deluxe Leather version about a year-and-a-half later in September, 2013. So I hope you like the finished products.
Of course, the market for washboard gloves is teeny-tiny. That's why no other company has bothered to design and produce such a product. So it's no wonder these are the world's first (and only) commercially manufactured washboard gloves.
But with a little luck and a brace of blessings from the stars above, maybe enough players will help this line of products rise and flourish. And as these first washboard gloves evolve, we can look forward to more improvements in the future. So with your help and support, Clanky Dog Washboard Gloves will become even better in the years ahead. Okay, that's enough talk about the gloves. Let's get jamming!
What is Your Glove Size?
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"Get the smallest size glove you are comfortable with," says blues percussionist Steve Litsios. That's because gloves stretch over time. You will get better results if thimbles or bottle caps "are tight on your fingers, especially during energetic playing," Steve adds.
Figures are approximate (but pretty darn close)
- Sizes: Small, medium, large
- Hardware: Recycled bottle caps
- Fittings: Precision natural acetal (similar to nylon) compression mounts
- Composition: Air mesh, expandable fabric, leather
- Leather: Natural top grain cabretta sheepskin
- Color: Black
- Glove blanks made in Pakistan, bottle cap hardware assembled in U.S.A.
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Features
- Real Bottle Caps: Delivers dampened moderate tone, gentle on your washboard rub surface.
- Bottle Caps on all 5 Fingers: Provides maximum tone control.
- Recycled Caps: Helps save the environment.
- Securely Mounted: Bottle caps won't fall off.
- Positioned on Your Finger Pad: Provides comfort and solid control.
- Innovative Compression-mounted Seating Process: Provides comfort and dependable resonance.
- Precision Natural Acetal (similar to nylon) Seating Disks: Non-toxic, won't irritate your skin.
- Air Mesh Fabric: Keeps hands cool.
- Expandable Finger Fabric: Provides strength and firm fit.
- Natural Leather Fingertips: Lets fingers breathe.
- Durable Leather Cuff: Adds stability, makes glove last longer.
- Elasticized Cuff: Gives comfortable fit.
- Hook & Loop Wrist Pull Tabs: Provides firm secure fit.
- Professional Look and Feel: Makes you sound good and play better.
- Three Sizes: Fits most hands.
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