Capo info

Benm39 · March 2023

I recall a @brucegill thread recently regarding Elliot capos... apparently very good and with scope to match to various radii...

brucegill · March 2023

Benm39 said:

I recall a @brucegill thread recently regarding Elliot capos... apparently very good and with scope to match to various radii...

Amazing capos, but NO scope to match various radii unfortunately.

Mellish · March 2023

An Elliott Mckinney is something else. I have a friend who has one.

But he gigs and uses a capo a lot. For home use only - well, if you wanted one, but they're expensive for sure.

I've got a G7th Nashville on the way, having read the praise by @bertie.

crunchman · March 2023

ICBM said:

Personally I didn't like the G7th either - I found it harder to set exactly right, still needs two hands to take it off, and possibly worst of all it's just such a slippery thing it flew out of my hand several times - really what you don't want on stage.

I take it off one handed without any problems. Never had problems with it being slippery either.

woody · March 2023

Im not going to tell you which is best because i dont know tbh,what i will say is that there is a great and handy trick that you can do with a kyser.. If you put it on second fret backwards it acts like one of those cut off capos,so you get dadgad,but moved up a key..Great fun..

bertie · March 2023

Mellish said:

I've got a G7th Nashville on the way, having read the praise by @bertie.

great, no pressure then...............................

woody said:

Im not going to tell you which is best because i dont know tbh,what i will say is that there is a great and handy trick that you can do with a kyser.. If you put it on second fret backwards it acts like one of those cut off capos,so you get dadgad,but moved up a key..Great fun..

you can do that with pretty much any capo, not just a kayser, been doing (and lauding) it for donkeys

get two capos and you can have fun and games all up and down the f/board

Jonathangus · March 2023

bertie said:

Mellish said:

I've got a G7th Nashville on the way, having read the praise by @bertie.

great, no pressure then...............................

Well, hopefully just enough without squeezing everything sharp.

bertie · March 2023

^^ LOL

Kilgore · March 2023

crunchman said:

ICBM said:

Personally I didn't like the G7th either - I found it harder to set exactly right, still needs two hands to take it off, and possibly worst of all it's just such a slippery thing it flew out of my hand several times - really what you don't want on stage.

I take it off one handed without any problems. Never had problems with it being slippery either.

But what about the capo?

Benm39 · March 2023

brucegill said:

Benm39 said:

I recall a @brucegill thread recently regarding Elliot capos... apparently very good and with scope to match to various radii...

Amazing capos, but NO scope to match various radii unfortunately.

Hmmm? Wonder what I was confusing that with then... was sure I'd seen something about it coming with a variety of different radius inserts... maybe that was a Thalia instead ???

brucegill · March 2023

Benm39 said:

brucegill said:

Benm39 said:

I recall a @brucegill thread recently regarding Elliot capos... apparently very good and with scope to match to various radii...

Amazing capos, but NO scope to match various radii unfortunately.

Hmmm? Wonder what I was confusing that with then... was sure I'd seen something about it coming with a variety of different radius inserts... maybe that was a Thalia instead ???

G7 bends to your radii. They do one of the same sort of design as the Elliott. Maybe that?

Mellish · March 2023

@Benm39 ; don't know about radius but they do come nut-width specific, or they do for banjos and I can't see why it should be different for guitars.

Benm39 · March 2023

Having relooked, it was the Thalia capos which come with about 14 different fretpads to match different neck radii...

Benm39 · March 2023

@brucegill , yup I've a G7 (v2 I think) which fits pretty much whatever it's on, mostly...

tomjax · March 2023

Shubb for me. Have a G7 too, but always seem to reach for the shubb. I find the shubbs also double up as great fidget toys...

guitarjack66 · March 2023

bertie said:

Mellish said:

I've got a G7th Nashville on the way, having read the praise by @bertie.

great, no pressure then...............................

woody said:

Im not going to tell you which is best because i dont know tbh,what i will say is that there is a great and handy trick that you can do with a kyser.. If you put it on second fret backwards it acts like one of those cut off capos,so you get dadgad,but moved up a key..Great fun..

you can do that with pretty much any capo, not just a kayser, been doing (and lauding) it for donkeys

get two capos and you can have fun and games all up and down the f/board

I did not know any of these 'tricks.' The only 'trick' of any sort with a capo is to capo up the neck and then strum below the capo on the tightened strings and it sounds like an Oriental type stringed instrument such as those used in Japan,China or the Far East.

Benm39 · March 2023

guitarjack66 said:

bertie said:

Mellish said:

I've got a G7th Nashville on the way, having read the praise by @bertie.

great, no pressure then...............................

woody said:

Im not going to tell you which is best because i dont know tbh,what i will say is that there is a great and handy trick that you can do with a kyser.. If you put it on second fret backwards it acts like one of those cut off capos,so you get dadgad,but moved up a key..Great fun..

you can do that with pretty much any capo, not just a kayser, been doing (and lauding) it for donkeys

get two capos and you can have fun and games all up and down the f/board

I did not know any of these 'tricks.' The only 'trick' of any sort with a capo is to capo up the neck and then strum below the capo on the tightened strings and it sounds like an Oriental type stringed instrument such as those used in Japan,China or the Far East.

Ah, so that's what Boris Johnson was trying to do..

bertie · March 2023

Mellish said:

I've got a G7th Nashville on the way, having read the praise by @bertie.

am I in the dog house yet then ?

Mellish · March 2023

^^^ *looks the other way*

@bertie;I haven't taken delivery yet mate. Don't know what they're doing, must be making it.

drofluf · March 2023

bertie said:

Mellish said:

I've got a G7th Nashville on the way, having read the praise by @bertie.

am I in the dog house yet then ?

Not for capo related matters..

bertie · March 2023

drofluf said:

Not for capo related matters..

Mellish · March 2023

Still no G7th Nashville.

Ungulate · March 2023

Just got this...first impressions are - very pretty, very effective, but heavy, we'll see how things go.

Thalia capo.

Mellish · March 2023

^ very nice

bertie · March 2023

rossi · March 2023

i use a £5.88 wood effect cheapie from Amazon .It works great and holds my pick .it works and I know where my pick is at last .

Honkycat · March 2023

Ungulate said:

Just got this...first impressions are - very pretty, very effective, but heavy, we'll see how things go.

Thalia capo.

Where did you get this? I was going to order one from America, but the shipping was about £20 (on top of an already expensive item).

Ungulate · March 2023

Honkycat said:

Ungulate said:

Just got this...first impressions are - very pretty, very effective, but heavy, we'll see how things go.

Thalia capo.

Where did you get this? I was going to order one from America, but the shipping was about £20 (on top of an already expensive item).

Yep, I got it from the USA store...it was pricey, but having played with it for an hour or two it is now my go to capo.

It's quite stiff but smooth to adjust & clamps reliably with no bending strings sharp, used on my Brook Teign & a Taylor 214. I also have a shubb & a G7th, both good capos but eclipsed by this one.

I know it was very expensive but I could afford it & it has brought me pleasure...life's too short to deny yourself such things IMHO

Honkycat · March 2023

Well my daughter is in NYC at the minute and I’ve asked her, if she comes across a guitar shop, to get me one. If not, you may have just inspired me to just go for it!

bertie · March 2023

I always thought about getting a sliver / red one, but couldt justify the £70 + - but If I added up the cost of all my capos its nearer £100

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