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 doesn't interfere with my fretting hand, I do regret the relative schlep of donning and doffing it. Here's another type that I've used only once or twice (borrowed or while playing someone else's guitar). I loved the fact that it was so easy to clamp on or remove but it did bother me that my left hand collided with it when I fret close to the capo. Do you guys have any favourites? What are their pros and cons? Where do you buy them? etc. I'm specifically interested in capos that can be used to achieve alternate tunings. I used to have a strap-on capo like my regular one which I modified so as to achieve a "Drop E" tuning (drop D capoed at the 2nd fret). I've lost it since and haven't bothered making a new one yet as it wasn't overly effective. Looking forward to your opinions.

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 wrotebut 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.

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