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Favorite Capo?
Where I come from, picking the wrong name could land you in the trunk of a burning car off the West Shore Expressway...
Oh, I'm sorry - you meant CAY-po, not CAH-po... Dunlop toggle - lightweight, efficient, and cheap enough that I can afford to keep one in every case as well as my coat pocket... |
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In terms of convenience & on the fly changes (& being able to leave clamped on the headstock while not in use) the G7 Performance is pretty handy but not 100% happy with how it frets, particularly on the D-28. By the time it's cleanly fretting the middle strings it needs extraordinary pressure on the outside ones, works somewhat better on the Maton for some reason or another, probably different neck profile.
The Shubb Deluxe on the other hand only needs a light preload on the screw/micrometer & frets all 6 strings cleanly & effortlessly, to the point it sounds as good as the nut itself, even up to 7th or 8th fret, particularly on the Martin.
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Mick Martin D-28 Maton EA808 Australian Maton EBG808 Performer Cole Clark FL2-12 Suzuki Kiso J200 |
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I'm liking the Shubb Fine Tune quite a bit, but I still think I prefer the Deluxe.
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BTW! I'll never understand Kyser capos. Or rather, I don't understand spending 10x as much for a clamp that stops your strings. ........ On top of not being necessary, I find the Kaysers unattractively industrial looking. I have a $0.59 cent Yellow #2 pencil and a Rubber band and it does the job just fine, so No expensive, ugly looking $12 Kaiser for me! Stop - grin - and laugh! Last edited by BKENNA; 11-20-2015 at 09:02 PM. |
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I feel you are not looking for a real answer, but I'll share my thoughts anyway. I certainly understand acquiring specific equipment which serves the function of different players. And not everybody needs the same things I need. My main guitar has a wider fingerboard than my Shubb could handle, and Planet Waves NS hadn't been invented yet, and Kysers strangulated the intonation out of the strings… When I sought information from Phil Elliott about the possibility of customizing a McKinney/Elliot for that guitar, he was willing to bend the yoke a bit wider to accommodate my extra fingerboard width. He spent over 30 minutes on the phone as we took measurements and discussed the function and fit of it so it would not damage the edges of the fingerboard…and after more than a decade it's still the best capo I own (for the best guitar I own). As a side-effect, it is most disconcerting when strings slide sidewise under a capo's top armature when you aggressively bend a string (on purpose) and the string stops in the bent position (or halfway between). The upper armature of my Elliott is my only capo which holds the strings in place so when I do aggressive bends, the string doesn't slide under the bumper. Capos are also the only way of moving chord voicings and keys around while maintaining the open strings and feel of specific keys. If a song is in E, but I want the chord voicings of Dropped D, or even key of C, the only quick way to achieve it is with a capo. And cut capos open up worlds that a pencil/rubberband or the Kyser cannot solve (even Kyser's cut capo exerts a strangle hold grip on the strings). The good news is your Kyser makes you happy, and my Elliot makes me happy. So you obviously don't need to pursue a more customized answer to your needs. |
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Hmmm, maybe a ratchet strap. Or I could modify a c clamp, which is honestly what the Elliott's remind me of. |
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Speaking of C clamps, Dave Ray of the Koerner, Ray & Glover blues band fashioned his capo with something just like that: Not to be outdone in the junk-yard modification department, mate Koerner added a steel nut to his old Epi 12: |
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