Which capo?

deefstes · 2011-07-01T10:15:17+00:00

I'm just curious to know which capo design other forumites use and like. I've been using this type for years now and while I like the compactness of it which...

Which capo?

chilliepot

I use the Planet Waves NS Capo. The G7 capo is probably very good but checking it out on eBay its very expensive!! The NS capo is light, nifty and can be operated with one hand. (I do it with one hand!). For me the Shub is a good second option.
The capo useum is fascinating. Its amazing how many different ways guitarists over the centuries have devised of improvising such a device. http://www.sternercapo.se/Capomuseum/. If you ever get washed up on a desert island pencil and a rubber band also works!

zohn

chilliepot wrote: If you ever get washed up on a desert island pencil and a rubber band also works!

Only on a classical though...

Renesongs

Whenever a new student arrives with a Capo I say "do you play in a worship band" and they say "how can you tell" and then I proceed to teach them all about bar chords ?

Keira-WitherKay

i have a large selection , both for classical and steel string ...... i have those simple jim dunlop ones which are great for nylons almost like the old traditional flamenco capo's that wrap around the guitar and the i have a kyser ( which i find too big .... it's very unwieldly to have on the guitar ) and a NS one from planet waves..... which unfortunately has a little wheel one turns to release the tension which intermittantly on my one fails to release the mechanism even though it turns, prob a freak fault but i loved the light weight .....but that wheel not releasing at times makes it unreliable for stage where i want quick changes between tunes.and even though it works if i fiddle with it ..... thats a no no on stage .but that weight of the NS is awsome almost feather light ( it's made outa airplane aluminium or was it space shuttle ?) but the one i use at gigs is the shubb one ...it replaced the NS when it started giving probs..... it's easy and works great and i often use the capo with the E string open as in uncapo'd for my original work and it never slips off.....so the shubb is out of all of them my fave and roadtested and never a hassle..

deefstes

Keira WitherKay wrote:but the one i use at gigs is the shubb one ...it replaced the NS when it started giving probs..... it's easy and works great and i often use the capo with the E string open as in uncapo'd for my original work and it never slips off.....so the shubb is out of all of them my fave and roadtested and never a hassle..

This sounds interesting. Are you saying that the shubb can be used to partially capo the neck without modifications?

Keira-WitherKay

deefstes wrote:
Keira WitherKay wrote:but the one i use at gigs is the shubb one ...it replaced the NS when it started giving probs..... it's easy and works great and i often use the capo with the E string open as in uncapo'd for my original work and it never slips off.....so the shubb is out of all of them my fave and roadtested and never a hassle..
This sounds interesting. Are you saying that the shubb can be used to partially capo the neck without modifications?

well yes any of the clamp type capo's the kyser/ns and shubb can work as partial capo ..well by partial i leave the low E uncapo'd ..... i doubt it can leave say 2 strings uncapo'd but i aint tried that yet ..dfinitely stable ( as in never slips off) with either high or low E uncapo'd

zohn

deefstes wrote:
Keira WitherKay wrote:..... it's easy and works great and i often use the capo with the E string open as in uncapo'd for my original work and it never slips off.....so the shubb is out of all of them my fave and roadtested and never a hassle..
This sounds interesting. Are you saying that the shubb can be used to partially capo the neck without modifications?

Partial capos are popular in the States. Phil Keaggy sometimes uses two in tandem that leave different strings open.
The most common is the one that covers the lower 5 strings leaving the top (bass E) string open as in a dropped-D configuration.

racman

I don't use a Capo - I have 6 fingers on my left hand .... ? ? ? ?

Squonk

I use a Kyser and it works well, much quicker than a shubb. The main use for me. I used dropped D and DADGAD tuning and I find that putting the capo on the second fret, gives me just the right tension for tapping and the percussive style I use, there is more of a ring when capoing on the second fret.

Bob-Dubery

deefstes wrote:
Keira WitherKay wrote:but the one i use at gigs is the shubb one ...it replaced the NS when it started giving probs..... it's easy and works great and i often use the capo with the E string open as in uncapo'd for my original work and it never slips off.....so the shubb is out of all of them my fave and roadtested and never a hassle..
This sounds interesting. Are you saying that the shubb can be used to partially capo the neck without modifications?

Many capos will work that way, but there's always a bit more sticking out somewhere and some players may find this intrusive.

Shubb make partial capos anyway. Because they're designed to only depress so many strings you don't have to shift them to one side of the neck and so there's less obstruction.

zohn

racman wrote: I don't use a Capo - I have 6 fingers on my left hand .... ? ? ? ?

ouchhh ☹

singemonkey

The joke's always on the capo haters.

Hearing them murder Keith Richard licks is always a sweet delight. Just because you can play without a capo, doesn't mean you should. A capo isn't to allow you to play things that you couldn't play with different voicings - it's to create specific voicings that you couldn't otherwise play. High, ringing open strings would be the no. 1 reason.

I confirmed this yet again the other night when I left my capo at home and had to work out alternative voicings. The sweetness disappeared. Such a pleasure to pick the same thing with the capo on again.

singemonkey

Ah. So the one I use for my nylon string is a Hamilton Quick-Action design. Like this except flat:

IceCreamMan

singemonkey wrote: Ah. So the one I use for my nylon string is a Hamilton Quick-Action design. Like this except flat:

looks like something a gynae might use....

analogzealot

There is only one capo to use
G7th Nashville Capo

go to : http://www.g7th.com/capos/nashville

I bought one online from their store and never looked back.
Much easier to use than the Shubb.