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  • Bluesheart July 24, 2011 at 11:08pm

    Yep, capo on the 2nd fret of a D tuned CBG and ya are playing the blues in E. Lots more you can do too, like capo only one or two strings etc etc.....................

    Nice try though

  • Hip Bone Bellaire July 24, 2011 at 5:34pm

    What about using a baritone guitar with this , would that make the scale play more like a standard guitar?  thanks... 

     

  • Keni Lee Burgess July 24, 2011 at 1:57pm
    Ya, this is another interesting toy too. Although, you really need another guitar just for this device because it seems installing and removing (shims may be needed to make fine adjustments) is not all that easy. Regardless, you can set the guitar to many different tunings and experiment. I think it would be a lot of fun. Anyone own one and would like to share their review? Thanks for sharing, Keni Lee     
  • Hip Bone Bellaire July 24, 2011 at 1:23pm

    Voice Capo

  • Keni Lee Burgess July 24, 2011 at 10:52am
    Thanks again Jim for your response. While I was driving out to see Furthur (The Grateful Dead) yesterday in Philly, your last response clicked in my head. I thought it would provide a quick fix for the standard guitarist who wants to play Bottleneck in open tuning, but unfortunately, I see I was mistaken. Thanks for the input. Enjoy, Keni Lee 
  • Rand Moore July 24, 2011 at 12:47am

    As popular as capos are, maybe it should have its own discussion group were folks can talk about different capos, and the art of capoing...

    -Rand.

  • Jim Yates July 23, 2011 at 6:40pm
    305733691?profile=originalThe Spider seems to be a variation on the Third Hand from the mid-seventies.  Can you still get these?  I believe they used to come with an instruction book.
  • Mark Bliss July 23, 2011 at 5:51pm

    Sorry, two more.

     

    Unusual ideas for the Spider capo-

     

     

    And then theres this idea, a harmonic capo

     

     

    And with that I think I'm about capo'd out..........

  • Mark Bliss July 23, 2011 at 5:42pm

    Stuff like this:

     

    And I just learned they have a small size for little necks that might be of interest.

    http://www.spidercapo.com/

     

    For my brain, I like it a little more simple!

     

    I think theres a million ways to skin this cat!

     

  • Jim Yates July 23, 2011 at 1:46pm

    Keni Lee,

            You are right that it clamps on the DGB at the 2nd fret, making them EAC# and making the open tuning EAEAC#E or open A tuning, but if you barre the guitar, at the fifth fret for instance, you are raising the 6th, 5th and 1st strings by 5 frets, but the 4th, 3rd and 2nd strings by only 3 frets, so you would get ADGCEA.  The capo does not affect the relationship between the strings since you have not retuned the guitar.  I hope this makes sense.

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