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Location: Yucaipa, California | Thought this was interesting.... on the advice of Master Templeman, I purchased a G7 capo last year and have been quite pleased with it. I have also noticed several web stores are now carrying the G7.
I was looking at the Korg AW-1 clip-on tuner and saw this on the Gryphon Stringed Instruments web page:
Korg w/ G7
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | I finally bought a G7 capo and I'm very happy with it also. I works great on my 6 strings and my 12 string without throwing the guitar out of tune. It's a little pricey, but well worth it.
BTW Cliff: To answer your question about using it on the 7th fret on the 12 string. I tried it and it didn't work. You can only go up to about the third fret on a 12 string. Maybe they will come out with a dedicated 12 string version eventually. |
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Location: Scotland | Depends on the set-up of the guitar, the G7 works up to the 10th fret on my Deacon 12 & the 8th on my Glen Campbell 12. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by Paul Templeman:
Depends on the set-up of the guitar, the G7 works up to the 10th fret on my Deacon 12 & the 8th on my Glen Campbell 12.
Really? I wonder if it has more to do with the width of the neck. On my Legend 12, the problem is that the capo isn't quite long enough to grab the high e strings cleanly. Maybe the necks of the Deacon and the Glen Campbell models are sightly narrower than the legend?
Just curious. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...my G7 doesn't fully grab the first strings on my Balladeer 12 at the 7th fret and higher either... but it's great on my 6-strings!
When the G7-12 comes out, I'll certainly be buying one! |
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Location: SoCal | I've been up to the 7th fret of Big Blue with no problems. On a 12, you've got to squeeze it pretty tight no matter the fret. My old Shubb is easier to put on my 12, but the G7th has it beat getting off, which is well worth it. They do need to come out with a slightly longer version for a 12.
But it's a great capo and it lives with my 12's, as it is. Thank you Temp. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | I've used my G7 on both my Adamas 1598 12 strings up at the 8th with absolutely no problem. I like it much better than my Shub 12 string capo, which for years was the best. It seems to grab the strings more evenly. With the Shubb I occasionally had to tweak the position of it to get all the strings to ring out. This one slides into the right position easily.
Only mild bummer is it's bulkier and a little heavier. Nothing to complain about really. |
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Location: UK - Canterbury Kent | Paul
Is the G7 cappo readily available in the UK, as I have not seen it down here in Kent.
Piers |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Contact Paul Templeman. he's a UK Distributor. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | This is the "web-store" that PT is affiliated with:
RUMC |
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Location: Scotland | Piers, the G7 is designed & manufactured in the UK
Send me an email at admin@reallyusefulmusicco.co.uk
and I can hook you up with one. |
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Location: NJ | John B. stopped at my gig last night (thanks again, John!) and gave me his G7 to try out on my Legend-12 . . .
Tried it at the 7th fret:
uh-uh.
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Location: SoCal | What happened? I've used it at the 7th fret of Big Blue. You've gotta squeeze it pretty hard, but it works. |
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Location: NJ | I dunno . .
It just didn't seem to have the reach to hold all the strings down sufficiently.
I supposed I probably coulda' fiddled around with it a bit, but I've gotten so accustomed to the Shubb that I can kinda' "feel" the right tension setting on it for whatever fret . .
. . . it's kinda' like my favorite old pair of ViseGrips that I've had since my old '70 VeeDub . . which was basically my "toolbox" for that car . . |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by cliff:
John B. stopped at my gig last night (thanks again, John!) and gave me his G7 to try out on my Legend-12 . . .
Tried it at the 7th fret:
uh-uh.
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It was my pleasure. Thanks for Playing "Delta". David Crosby would have been proud. I wish I had the chops to sing that one. |
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Location: NJ | My pleasure, John. I always liked that song.
I think Rick even liked it. (dickhead.)
Wasn't one of our better night's (especially the first set), but thanks again for stopping by (and bringing the G7). |
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Hey PT, G7 Capo Sighting....