Capo info

bertie

BillDL said:

For functionality, accuracy, ease of use, low profile, and reasonable price I use the "Planet Waves (d'Addario) NS Capo Lite".  It sells for anywhere between £10 and £15.  I have most of the other types including Shubb and Kyser but I prefer the Planet Waves NS Lite and have several of them in different cases/gig bags so I always have one handy.

is that the one with the little tension wheel ?   pretty sure I have one somewhere, couldnt get on with it

BillDL

Yes @bertie ;; This one, although I think the image is of the straight, not curved, one for flat fretboards.

drofluf

G7 here, I’ve also got a Shubb -there’s nothing wrong with it but the G7 is my go to. 

ICBM

malcolmkindness said:

I didn't say Kyser, I said Shubb!

I know you did, but you must have *meant* Kyser because you said simplest and most functional .

crunchman said:

I don't get the love for Shubb.

Me neither. Fiddly and awkward, needs two hands and constant adjusting between different fret positions if the neck has any significant taper. I put up with them for years because I'd always been told they were 'the best', but when I accidentally acquired a Kyser (which I'd never heard of until then) I couldn't believe how much simpler and better it was! Gave away my Shubbs.

crunchman said:

G7th are much better.  Just squeeze the right amount when you put it on.

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.

But, each to their own. I do understand that there are people who don't like the Kyser, although I can't really understand why. For me it's the perfect zero-fuss capo, it doesn't have a single thing wrong with it, and it even looks good clipped to the end of the headstock.

Stuckfast

I'm not wild about either the Shubb or the G7 capos. Every time you move the Shubb up or down the neck you have to adjust the fit, otherwise they send the strings sharp or don't capo properly. And I always find it hard to get the right degree of pressure from the G7, there's nothing tangible to tell you whether it's clamping tightly enough or too tightly. Both of them also end up gettling lost all the time because you can't easily keep them attached to the guitar when not in use (I once found a Shubb capo in the street).

So, for me, the Paige capo is by far the best. BUT it's important to get the right model for your neck.

Roland

Stuckfast said:

… (I once found a Shubb capo in the street)...

Me too

bertie

ICBM said:

I know you did, but you must have *meant* Kyser because you said simplest and most unnecessarily ornate and stupid looking    >

FTFY




tho now after some time with the G7 Nashville,  I do agree the "mechanism"  works well

Soupman

Stuckfast said:
Every time you move the Shubb up or down the neck you have to adjust the fit, otherwise they send the strings sharp or don't capo properly.

Maybe the neck profile makes a difference?
Agreed - if I move the Shubb up from the 2nd fret to the 5th I usually have to adjust the tension wheel half a turn  but I don't find that a problem.
The thing I like about the Shubb is that it never makes my strings sharp! 

Horses for courses.  I'm sure most capo varieties function well enough, it's just down to personal preferences.
I have a friend who uses one of those old original folksy capos - you know  those D shaped ones with a swingarm top bar and a wadge of felt on the underside, knurled nut adjuster. When I say most function well enough......this could be the exception. It must work for him though!

@danishbacon ;; just go for one. It's not like laying out mega money on a new guitar. (Unless you go for a Thalia!)
 
 

thermionic

The great thing about Kyser capos is that they be used, at a pinch, instead of a ratchet bar clamp for small woodworking tasks.

usedtobe

I’ve got a Shubb that I’ve had ages, and a Thalia I bought as a treat, for myself. Thalia, all day long, for me, but I still use, and like, the Shubb.. Had a G7 and didn’t like it - gave it away.. Had a Kyser-alike and it was shite.. either gave it away or binned it.. 

Benm39

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

brucegill

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

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

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

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

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

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

^^ LOL

Kilgore

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

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 ???