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Location: On The Fringe Of Ground Zero | Hi All! So much has changed since I was an active guitar player. There are so many choices in amps, pedals, strings and capos.
Here's my question : Which capos do you suggest? I see there are half capos, full capos, etc. I'm very picky when it comes to keeping my guitars in good shape. I'm trying to keep the neck from any dents or nicks. Any and all suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks! :cool: |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | G7th - Best capo's in the world!
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Planet Waves NS (Ned Steinberger) Capo, $7 to $19 depending on where you get it. Very small and light.
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Location: SoCal | I always thought the G7th capo felt like it weighs about 18 lbs.
The May 2008 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine did a review of capos..... |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Nice article! |
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Location: NJ | I used t'use the G7 on the LongneckAdamas, but with the body being so light & the carved walnut neck/headstock being so heavy, adding the G7 was TOO much ballast on the neckend. They don't work on my 12's either. They ARE great capo's for the right neck/application, but for gigs, I'm much better off with my Kyser/Shubbs . . . |
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Location: SoCal | What Clifford said..... |
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Location: south east Michigan | What Moody said..... |
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Location: North Carolina | Go with the Shubb. I bought a G7 out of curiosity. It's almost as good as the Shubb and way more expensive. I use a Kyser on gigs. Slick and quick. |
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Location: Indiana | I'm a Shubb fan too...
You guys ever been to the Capo Museum ? |
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Location: Utah | I like the Kyser. Fast, light, cheap, and it works. I'm a bit picky (aka anal) about intonation, and the Kyser is OK. Not perfect, but very acceptable. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | I like these......
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Location: East Tennessee | Shubb or Planet Waves are great I sometimes use a Paige. I have a G7 and use it. Not much improvement over the Planet waves, maybe a little quicker to change.
Cliff is right they don't work well on a 12 string but I understand they now make a 12 string model,(a little longer and the rubber pad for the fret board is a little softer for the octave strings. I would want to try one before buying it. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Hey Mike....How many capos do you have now?
You need to start your own capo museum...... |
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Location: East Tennessee | TR,
I've got a few. Several of the same kind,(Shubb),
Kyser,Paige,Hamilton, Dunlop, G7, etc.
Oh I almost forgot, a glider that was givin to me by Trader Jim. It doesn't work well on wide necks but other wise is great for moving up a half step in the middle of a song. :cool: |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I don't see a G7 there, CG. |
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Location: East Tennessee | I know. I bought it after I took that picture.
I'm too lazy to gather up all the capos from their various cases/gig bag to take another with the G7. :) |
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Location: Winter Haven, FL | +1 on the Shubb |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | I've got a G7. I like it fine. I had a cheapo wraparound type model and it would drag the low E sharp by squeezing too hard. The G7 allows me to apply just the right amount of pressure. Haven't tried a Shubb. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I'm a Shubb (man) |
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Location: East Tennessee | The G7 is nice. I wish I hand waited and tried the 12 string version because the pad on the regular version does not work good on a 12 string. for that I use my Shubb. |
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Location: SoCal | 12 string version of the G7 works great...6 string and 12 string version both bought from Temp. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Tony,
I know but I hate to punk down another $39 for the 12 string one. I know I'm cheap. |
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| I have a couple of Dunlops that I've had since 1975 or thereabouts. They're compact and work fine.
My wife has one of the wooden spanish ones. |
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Location: On The Fringe Of Ground Zero | Thanks all! This is the Best Site on the web! :cool: |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I've been using the same Victor as my primary for over 20 years, with a bunch of others as back-ups. |
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Location: enid, ok | I've never used a capo. Sorry for the intrusion. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by maxdaddy7271:
I've never used a capo. Sorry for the intrusion. That's not necessarily something to be proud of. You're denying yourself a lot of sounds and possibilities just to maintain a snobbish attitude. I know you made the comment to be humorous and I'm not trying to come down on you.
Whatever helps me to get the best sound possible for a particular tune, is a good thing. Sometimes that's playing with a capo and sometimes it's playing without one....... |
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| I've got 2 G7s - a standard and a 12 string.
But I never use either of 'em. |
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Location: NJ | That would make YOU a Snob with Too Much Disposable Income . . . |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by cliff:
That would make YOU a Snob with Too Much Disposable Income . . . Not really. When my parents died, I used the inheritence and bought a capo.
Too much disposable income from buying a capo????? You're stretching.... |
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| I think the hairball was picking on me not you.
Always been this paranoid paul? |
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Location: Jet City | Anyone play wit a partial or modified capo? I've only seen one out there. There's a local guy here named Carl Tosten who modifies a capo (Shubb I think). He cut it up into six sections so he could change up which strings are fretted.
The guy's pretty good too. I just met him at a local music store. He's an endorser and rep for Dean Markley here too. I was really impressed with the sound he got out of the Trilogy pickup system.
I found a link of him on youtube, but I'm blocked here at work. Maybe you all can see it...
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Temp did a demo for one at NAMM a couple years ago. One came with the OFC, but I've never used it. Not because I'm a snob. Because I'm too dumb to figure out how to use it. |
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Location: Jet City | Mark, Carl's really closer to you. He's a Spokane dude. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Spokane isn't close, and after watching him on YouTube, Carl isn't close to me in any way. |
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Location: Jet City | I didn't see the video, just found the link. I did see him demo the pickup at the sore here. He's one of those guitar slappin string tappin kinda guys. Like Kaki, but much less desirable looking.
I thought Spokane was closer to you than to me. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Spokane's about 420 from me. Maybe a bit less for you. Like Boise, it's one of those places that's not close to anywhere. |
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by Damon67:
Anyone play wit a partial or modified capo? If you check the picture in the "Funny Faces" thread you'll see I'm using a standard Shubb and a Shubb partial, simultaneously.
The father of the partial capo is Harvey Reid. Harvey is a fabulous player and a thoroughly nice guy. He came up with the idea of cutting up shubbs 30-odd years ago, and then went on to develop the Third-Hand capo with Jeff Hickey. His recorded and live work since has featured modified capos extensively
I occasionally work as consultant/product demonstrator for G-band capo, a unique single and 2-string capo with many creative possibilites (My demos are on the G-band website and on youtube) The Shubb & Kyser partials capo the inner strings, the G-band capos the outer strings. Big difference. The Third-hand capo can do both-ish
There's a few other partial capo guys to check out, such as my good friend Randall Williams, who demos the Short-Cut for Kyser and has published the definitive teaching material for partial capos, and the amazing Trace Bundy.
For those of you who were at Amelia, you may remember I did a short demo on how to use a Shubb partial to simulate DADGAD tuning |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Paul Templeman:
For those of you who were at Amelia, you may remember I did a short demo on how to use a Shubb partial to simulate DADGAD tuning Kinda like the '60s. If you remember being there you weren't really there!
I need next year to be here so I can remember all the things I forgot to remember at the 2nd AI gathering! |
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Location: East Tennessee | I've been thinking of getting a drop D capo.
I'm also thinking of a G7 12 string version and if I like it I would probably get rid of the standard version to recoup some $$$.
What did I say!!! Get rid of a capo? :eek: |
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Location: NJ | if I ever start another band it will be called "we don't use no stinkin' capos" |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by alpep:
if I ever start another band it will be called "we don't use no stinkin' capos" and all instruments will be capo'ed at the 3rd fret or higher :p |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Play really effectively...buy a baritone and capo it up 2 frets... ;)
I use either Kyser, Dunlop, or the G7, kind of depending on what I'm doing. For quick stuff, the Kyser/Dunlop works great. If I want to play extended (ie, more than a song or two) capoed and not lose intonation so badly, I use the G7. I have a Kyser for my 12-string...haven't bought the longer G7 yet.
I thought about one of those "harmonic" capos, but didn't hear enough solid good review to merit the $$ for me. |
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by Capo Guy:
I've been thinking of getting a drop D capo.
In my opinion the Drop-D capo is a completely redundant product, as you can do the same trick with any standard capo which is open at one end, such as Shubb, Kyser, Victor, G7 and the rest |
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