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Post by bobcarter on Feb 26, 2018 17:26:25 GMT
Looking for your wisdom on partial capos. Have been attempting to work up a passable version of this (I know...possibly a little ambitious...):
...using the excellent tutorial here:
It requires a partial capo on strings 1-3.
So far my solution has been to order the world's cheapest capo (79p including free postage from China - beat that!) and chop it up. This worked better than you might think, actually, but isn't perfect as it messes up the capo tension and is prone to buzzing.
I don't want to spend a fortune as it's just for one tune but also as far as I can see all the purpose-built 3-string capos are intended to cover strings 2-4 or 3-5. The only thing I can find is the Spider capo (as in the tutorial video) but that gets mixed opinions and is also a bit more than I wanted to spend at about £28.
Any advice greatly appreciated!
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Post by Phil Taylor on Feb 26, 2018 17:47:20 GMT
Looking for your wisdom on partial capos. Have been attempting to work up a passable version of this (I know...possibly a little ambitious...): ...using the excellent tutorial here: It requires a partial capo on strings 1-3. So far my solution has been to order the world's cheapest capo (79p including free postage from China - beat that!) and chop it up. This worked better than you might think, actually, but isn't perfect as it messes up the capo tension and is prone to buzzing. I don't want to spend a fortune as it's just for one tune but also as far as I can see all the purpose-built 3-string capos are intended to cover strings 2-4 or 3-5. The only thing I can find is the Spider capo (as in the tutorial video) but that gets mixed opinions and is also a bit more than I wanted to spend at about £28. Any advice greatly appreciated! Not checked to see if you can buy them but I have one that covers four strings IE 1-4 or 3-6 and it is a normal 6 string Shubb capo that I cut down which works fine. You could do the same. Phil
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Post by bobcarter on Feb 26, 2018 18:24:15 GMT
Thanks Phil. Might resort to that. Did you chop the whole thing or just the rubber part?
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Post by Phil Taylor on Feb 26, 2018 19:29:12 GMT
Thanks Phil. Might resort to that. Did you chop the whole thing or just the rubber part? I chopped the whole thing. You could try cutting the rubber only but I suspect the 'open' strings would rattle. Phil
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Post by ocarolan on Feb 26, 2018 21:24:22 GMT
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Post by bobcarter on Feb 26, 2018 22:10:36 GMT
Ha...excellent thank you Keith. What a great guide. I'm clearly in the presence of greatness! Looks like DIY is the way to go. Still surprised I can't find anyone who majes an off the shelf capo meant for strings 1-3 though!
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Post by andyhowell on Feb 26, 2018 22:28:44 GMT
The work of the devil ...
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Post by ocarolan on Feb 26, 2018 23:09:13 GMT
Thanks bobcarter - I believe some folk have managed to cut very thin sections of the rubber, so if a section for strings 1,2,3 leaves the metal catching on string 6, maybe a thin bit to rest on the fingerboard between 6 and 5 might prop the metal bar up if nec? Keith
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