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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2013 21:38:16 GMT
I asked this question in another thread, but will start it separately here. Does anyone have any experience of one of the g7th Nashville (trigger) capo?
I'm still looking for a practical capo for my bouzouki. I have a mandolin one (the G7th banjo one) but is too narrow to go much beyond the 5th fret. I need something I can whip off and move very quickly as I have done an arrangement with my band where I need a capo at fret 7 and then very quickly get it off.
I actually really enjoy the sound of the bouzouki capoed quite high, so am really looking for a long term capo solution and not just something to fix an immediate musical problem,
Robbie
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Post by andrewjw on Dec 5, 2013 21:55:36 GMT
As I said on the other thread the Planet Waves NS is my favourite...well made , light and easy to get just the right amount of "press" on the strings so they don't buzz but stay pretty much in tune. I use this type of capo on all my guitars and the mandocello. PWaves also make a smaller one which we use on the mandolin....the best solution we've found for that too. www.daddario.com/pwProductDetail.Page?ActiveID=4115&productid=503&productname=NS_Capo_Black
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Post by pnut on Dec 5, 2013 23:45:13 GMT
Love the reindeer Andrew, Christmas really is coming!
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Post by K Tresp on Dec 6, 2013 0:16:34 GMT
I have tended to stick with the shubb. Going to give the planet waves a try - thanks Andrew - and this knotwork G7 looks amazing www.g7th.com/shop/products/1111 People sometimes get the hacksaw out on the shubb (its pretty easy to trim the rubber after that) to get them to fit different instruments so that might work with the bouzouki
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Post by sigmadel on Dec 6, 2013 0:54:03 GMT
That G7 looks cool and I did consider one of the standard ones but the Kyser was under £16 and the G7th was about £25 that's another set of strings so I opted for the Kyser.
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Post by ocarolan on Dec 6, 2013 1:12:52 GMT
Robbie, if you are after something to move up/down quickly on your bouzouki mid set then a Glider capo might be useful for you - www.amazon.co.uk/Glider-Capo-GL-1-GLX1/dp/B0002GODY6Depending on what the zouk neck is like at the nut end you might also be able to roll it right beyond the nut too. If you can't do that, this capo is probably a non-starter for you as they aren't easy to get on and off in a hurry. I gave up on mine after a while for that very reason, but it may work for you if there is no pronounced volute on the zouk neck - I can't remember from my brief acquantance with it. Keith
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Post by marcus on Dec 8, 2013 22:42:16 GMT
Hi Robbie, I've got a couple of G7th Nashvilles (after trading in a G7th Performance which I found quite difficult to get to work well... it always seemed to take quite a few adjustments before I could get all ringing out underneath the Performance). The Nashvilles seem to do the job fine and indeed I can capo up at the 7th fret on the new Brook with no issues. Having said that, I don't think they are any better that my old no-name trigger capo.... they just look better Cheers, marcus
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