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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | I've always gotten by using my old Dunlop strap capo,but using a capo more often,I decided to break down and buy one of these Kyser spring jobbers. $16.00!!! These guys are brilliant! A small spring stuck to some rubber and plastic, a little hocus pocus, and walla $16.00!!!
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I've been using one of those for a while, and they work great. "walla?" your patriotism keeps you from using that French exclamation?
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voi·là (vwä-lä“) interj. Used to call attention to or express satisfaction with a thing shown or accomplished.
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As a child when I read the word "voilà" I pronounced it VOY-OH-LA ! Not quite understanding what was being written. It wasn't until well into adulthood that someone pointed out to me that that word is "walla"!
Those French - they have a different word for everthing. :D
I've been using those for awhile now. They work well - I have a hard time forming some chords that my hand has to go up on the neck to get the finger position...
Any other good capos that don't get in the way? |
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Location: SoCal | I use the Kysers on my 6 strings, but they don't clamp tightly enough on the 12's. There I use Shub's. |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Yea, I use French verbage, to describe a suspictiously German sounding product!
Next thing you know I'll be eating boiled goat in buckwheat pancake sand(and I do mean SAND)wiches!
Norse("Republican"...but not "Gaurd")man1
p.s. In case of any doubt: GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.!!! |
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You would be perfect for the 10th Mountain, one of the most decorated WWII outfits in the campaign in Italy, and they have been hauling ass in Afghanistan. They trained in conditions that you live in right now and have acclimitized to. You are war ready and didn't even know it.
I have a Schubb too, but I've had it so long the rubber deterioated and it's useless unless I need a tournaquit (French) for a severed finger.
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Location: Germantown, MD | I bought a Greg Bennett Glider spring capo last weekend. It sounds like the same general idea as Norse's glider, but (dammit) more expensive. There's a demo at www.glidercapo.com.
Peace,
John |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Hey Bailey, I know a music store up here in Brainerd where you can buy replacement rubbers ( :eek : ) for Schubb capos. They were hanging right next to the rubbers for those Trojan capos!
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I wish you hadn't said that, now I'll go from music store to music store looking for those replacement rubbers. I have a fixation about repairing useless things and restoring their original value. I don't throw things away, but keep thinking I'll find the repair parts. Did you ever live in a house full of 50 years worth of slightly damaged but useless possessions? |
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Location: Simsbury, CT | I have had the same problem with every capo I've tried... The darn thing seems to get in the way! I am currently using a Bird of Paradise. Another simple design: three hunks of injection molded plastic, two plastic pins and two rubbers. It ran me about $15, and I've had it for about 5 years. (It must have cost them less than a buck to make, but it works well)
Can anyone recommend a good alternate tuning capo?
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Bailey,
When I get off work today (4/1/03) I'll stop by the music store and see what they cost. I don't imagine they would be much. I'll get back to you later.
Norse(this way they can't kick me out for loitering as usual)man1 |
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Location: Scotland | Joe, the most versatile alternate-tuning capo is called the "Third Hand Capo" the bar is split into 6 sections, and each one rotates, so you can have each section on a fret or not. There's also the Shubb partial capo which covers 3 strings and gives 2 basic tunings: strings 5, 4 & 3 capo'd produces Emodal (DADGAD up a tone) or 4 3 & 2 capo'd produses open A major. You can uses a standard Shubb, Kyser or similar to capo 5 strings only, missing out either the 6th or 1st strings.
http://www.thirdhandcapo.com/
http://www.shubb.com/partial/ |
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