pete72
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Post by pete72 on Jul 26, 2020 12:58:32 GMT
Hi
Can anyone recommend a good quality capo for use with a resonator? I’m bewildered by different types and brands!
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Post by snakehips on Jul 26, 2020 13:11:51 GMT
Any good capo will work fine.
Shubb, G7th, Jim Dunlop "Trigger Capo" to name a few good ones !
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Post by pete1951 on Jul 26, 2020 14:05:58 GMT
Also , they come in curved ( for most ‘standard’ guitars ) and straight or flat for classical (and some resos) so check your finger board .
Pete
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Post by tigercubt20 on Jul 26, 2020 15:32:28 GMT
i would go for the shubb adjustable tension type. i really dont like spring clamp type, the fretboard width and radius is not the same over the length of the neck. and you want the minimum amount of
clamping. spring loaded non adjustable clamp type capos, just mash the strings down wherever you put them , with the same ammount of clamping, usually more than is necessary. or there is always the
traditional authentic bluesmans, pencil and elastic bands. i went to the crossroads, sorry man cant play it me elastics gone.
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 26, 2020 15:50:38 GMT
Shubb, every time. I have used them for forty years and while I do have a few, I still have and use the first one I got. As Pete says, straight classical one for flat fretboards, or curved for radiused fretboards.
I was one of the first six or so people to be given a few G7th capos to test. I can see the attraction, but I have never liked them. I find them clumsy and I don't like having to use my left hand to squeeze it, it can pull on the muscles.
Shine On
Michael
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pete72
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Post by pete72 on Jul 26, 2020 16:10:39 GMT
Thanks for everyone’s advice, I’ll go for a shubb! Thanks!
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Post by lonelyjelly on Jul 26, 2020 17:33:35 GMT
Paige capos are also awesome...the screw type, not the click type. Paige or Shubb all the way for me.
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Post by snakehips on Jul 26, 2020 19:25:09 GMT
Hi again !
While we are there talking about capos - and even on what we are not keen on, can I raise a controversial subject ?
It makes my blood boil to see capos on guitars the wrong way round !
They should go on the bass side of the neck, NOT from under the neck, up the treble side !
It’s as bad as playing a gig with a clip-on tuner still on the headstock.
Get it right, people !
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Jul 26, 2020 19:37:25 GMT
Don't shout at me but I use the Jim Dunlop elastic capos.
The other more popular metal scaffolding types get in the way of my wandering thumb.
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Post by lonelyjelly on Jul 26, 2020 21:12:23 GMT
Hi again ! While we are there talking about capos - and even on what we are not keen on, can I raise a controversial subject ? It makes my blood boil to see capos on guitars the wrong way round ! They should go on the bass side of the neck, NOT from under the neck, up the treble side ! It’s as bad as playing a gig with a clip-on tuner still on the headstock. Get it right, people ! I’m not disagreeing as such but what difference does it make? I’m thinking none at all 😜 |
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Post by twang1 on Jul 26, 2020 22:24:24 GMT
The same Shubb for 30 years as well, and one more Shubb as a spare. I recently bought a D'Addario Planet Wave capo, which is not bad. But live...always the Shubb. It also works on my VERY FAT neck acoustic.
I wouldn't know about any other capos just because I just used that one... I also don't like to see things attached to the headstock (capo or tuners).
In my first years I used to have the usual Dunlop.
Frank
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Post by snakehips on Jul 26, 2020 23:12:03 GMT
An aesthetic difference, Lonelyjelly !
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Post by lonelyjelly on Jul 27, 2020 8:27:21 GMT
An aesthetic difference, Lonelyjelly ! 🤣🕺🏻💋 |
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Post by bonzo on Jul 27, 2020 8:34:34 GMT
Sounds like Snakey might have his tongue in his cheek! Bit of ocd is okay!
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 27, 2020 10:17:01 GMT
Hi again ! While we are there talking about capos - and even on what we are not keen on, can I raise a controversial subject ? It makes my blood boil to see capos on guitars the wrong way round ! They should go on the bass side of the neck, NOT from under the neck, up the treble side ! It’s as bad as playing a gig with a clip-on tuner still on the headstock. Get it right, people ! I’m not disagreeing as such but what difference does it make? I’m thinking none at all 😜 It is far more than an aesthetic difference. When the capo is on upside down there are two main differences (1) you need to fit it tighter, and (2) it gets in the way of your hand, which it doesn't when it is the right way up. Shine On Michael |
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