Capos

[indexless]

Why does my cheapest capo sound the best?

[tomeh]

Ha, ha. What is it. Newman doesn’t sound Scottish.

Can you describe what you hear that makes you say that?

 

Cheers,

 

Tom eh

[indexless]

it’s a D’Addario that was like 10 bucks, on one guitar it just slays, on 6 others it sounds like poo….who knows

[tomeh]

Is it this one Richard?

 

[tomeh]

Oh you did say $10.00, probably this?

https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/planet-waves-ns-capo-lite-pw-cp-07-sheet-music/19953331?utm_medium=cpc&gclid=CjwKCAjw4avaBRBPEiwA_ZetYlqfRsPJmFKDxh24yo0hVgpZUOxMnCntgX9FklsQ9rUAnrZ6VQDo_BoCkwQQAvD_BwE&d=sem_sidecar&d=sem_sidecar&d=sem_ggl_{campaign_id}_&popup=false&popup=false&utm_source=google&ac=1&country_code=CAN&sc_intid=19953331&scid=scplp19953331

 

[indexless]

that’s the one PW-CP-07  sounds good on my tele as well.. soft “v” neck…who knew?

[tadol]

I’ve been trying to find my old “elastic”capo, which was the only one I knew for many years – I don’t think they even offer them anymore – but if its buzzing, you just have to stretch it one more hole –

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Lots o’ SCGC guitars! But never ask which is my fav

[Daniel]

Fretboard radius has a lot to do with how effective a capo is.

If they don’t match well, either the outside strings or the inside strings will not make great contact with the capo.  Lots of companies solve this problem by using soft enough material to form properly to the fretboard despite the curvature mismatch.

I suspect, Rich, that your cheap capo matches that one guitar perfectly and the other not so well.

In my case (ha), I’ve got a 15 year old Elliott that matches my SCGC perfectly and is as sonically transparent a capo as I have ever heard.

I have a lovely Shubb I bought for my Telecaster, a model made for electrics, that has too much radius.  So it doesn’t quite fit the Tele!  Sounds rubbish.  🙂  I suspect the old elastic and rubber ones would sound great on the Tele.

Daniel

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