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`Ilio Nui
`Olu`olu
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 Posted - 03/21/2008 : 1:26:30 PM
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All kidding aside, although I don't know why, I primarily use a Kyser capo
made of anodized aluminum.
Paul, "Eat a Peach" is one of my favorite albums. Right arm! Outta State! Farm out! You're so right. The Carbon Footprint is all about trade-offs. All I can say is all of you TPers need to stock up on incandescent light bulbs while they are still legal. The new compact fluorescent lights are gonna take a HazMat team if you break one in your house. Mercury toxicity is not a pretty thing. This DDS knows first hand.
Capo on!!!
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sm80808
Lokahi
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Posted - 03/21/2008 : 1:50:34 PM
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Originally posted by wcerto
GAS can also stand for Gadget Acquisition Syndrome. I think Paul has a couple of capos. I think one for banjo also. I just could not see what the brouhaha is about, since the idea of what a capo is supposed to do is pretty non-complex. But, I guess, if you build a better moustrap.....
Black anodize is better. First of all can only be done on aluminum and it is not any type of electroplating if it is dyed black anodize. All it is is a chemical conversion coating which oxidizes the first frew molecular layers of aluminum to keep it from oxidizing further. I shouldn't think that it would be too necessary anyhow, since you are going to leave it out in the rain, or put it coupled with a dissimilar metal, are you? There is also hard coat anodizing, which a lot of cookware lately is being treated with. That does the same thing, however, much stronger acid solutions are used -- usually chromic acid or very strong sulfuric solutions, but electrical current is used. That method provides a very hard, durable finish, but certainly not necessary for something like a capo. I like anodizing with a chromate rinse, which gives the metal a lovely golden hue. You could just twist some wire around the neck of your guitar, couldn't you?
And do not put them little nails iin your banjo for the 5th string. I think you can buy some gadget for real.
or use a solid chopstick and strong rubber bands...
I like the G7 Nashville Capo. |
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slackkeymike
Lokahi
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Posted - 03/25/2008 : 7:04:23 PM
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Originally posted by Mark
Well, your fingering should be closer to the fret. Ditto with capo position.
Its kind of like that old joke about "do you smoke after making love? Me? Don't know, never looked"
Not really sure where my fingers go...just sounds good to me! |
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sm80808
Lokahi
347 Posts |
Posted - 03/25/2008 : 9:00:48 PM
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| I just checked out the local guitar store... the Planet Waves NS (as in Ned Steinberger) capo is pretty cool too for cheap. |
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Trev
Lokahi
United Kingdom
265 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2008 : 03:10:59 AM
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Yep, a chopstick and rubber bands will do the job, but you won't be able to change key midway through a set of tunes. If you don't do that, then don't worry about it. But when you need to change quickly, then you need something that'll do it - Muriel's roller device, or a spring type thing.
Remember the G7th capo that was a prize on Taropatch a while back? Well they make a spring type one now, that they call (for reasons which escape me) a Nashville. I think I'll be looking for one of those - here's the link
http://www.g7th.com/ |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2168 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2008 : 07:33:18 AM
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I have an old Shubb, about 20 years now. Love it. I also have a Kyser, good if I can get it pinched right.
Wanda, capos came about because of the lack of qualified roadies. A roady should stand next to you while you play and hold the strings down for you and be able to change frets for you when you want. The problem is money. Good roadies are expensive and in demand. Deficient roadies change at the wrong time and lack the steady grip so that string-buzz occurs.
In ancient Egyptian tombs were found ancient stringed instruments. Next to them were ancient plectra. Next to the plectra, ancient capos were found. Even then, good roadies were few and far between. |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2008 : 07:06:21 AM
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Originally posted by wcerto
GAS can also stand for Gadget Acquisition Syndrome. I think Paul has a couple of capos. I think one for banjo also. I just could not see what the brouhaha is about, since the idea of what a capo is supposed to do is pretty non-complex. But, I guess, if you build a better moustrap.....
Black anodize is better. First of all can only be done on aluminum and it is not any type of electroplating if it is dyed black anodize. All it is is a chemical conversion coating which oxidizes the first frew molecular layers of aluminum to keep it from oxidizing further. I shouldn't think that it would be too necessary anyhow, since you are going to leave it out in the rain, or put it coupled with a dissimilar metal, are you? There is also hard coat anodizing, which a lot of cookware lately is being treated with. That does the same thing, however, much stronger acid solutions are used -- usually chromic acid or very strong sulfuric solutions, but electrical current is used. That method provides a very hard, durable finish, but certainly not necessary for something like a capo. I like anodizing with a chromate rinse, which gives the metal a lovely golden hue. You could just twist some wire around the neck of your guitar, couldn't you?
And do not put them little nails iin your banjo for the 5th string. I think you can buy some gadget for real.
Wanda - I beg to differ. Sorry to be out of the Hawaiian idiom. My most precious possession is my 1919 Vega/Fairbanks Regent banjo, which has a lovely ivory ball as a 5th string nut (same with the Whyte Ladye's), which precludes the use of the gadget, which stretches down the neck (good for bluegrassers' resonator banjos) and, IMHO, detracts mightily form the look of the banjo. I don't use the nail much for playing old timey - instead, I just tighten the 5th string to A. I believe that it gives me more of a rebound when I'm frailing, and it sounds better, too. Ask Paul. - Keaka (a recovering banjo guy) |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2168 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2008 : 07:21:24 AM
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Bluegrasser banjar pickers are always hotrodding their instruments, HO railroad spikes, 5th string capos, compensated bridges, Keith-tuners, and more. I just played mandolin and some Dobro.
Slack Key is less frantic. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 03/29/2008 : 08:17:24 AM
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| Kory - Pal, you don't know the half of it. Now Paul is going to build a banjo out of a gourd. He coulda made an ipu heke, but nooooo. He is making it to go with his "rendezvous" stuff -- an old timey persona of some pre-1840's mountain man guy playing a fretless banjer. Not allowed 5 strings, not allowed capo. This should be fun, yeah? He is my kane mauna nui, or would it be kane nui o ka mauna?? Elemakule??? |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 03/30/2008 : 5:59:32 PM
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There are newer types of 5th string capos for banjo, which do not require holes or spikes in the banjo. I use one called Eagle Claw. No spikes in my 5 string appalachian kamalani. My favorite Appalachian Kamalani gots staples, though.
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"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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slackkeymike
Lokahi
440 Posts |
Posted - 03/31/2008 : 03:59:24 AM
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Anybody make a capo for a cigar box guitar? Thinking of slack tuning this baby.
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Aloha, Mike |
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slackkeymike
Lokahi
440 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2008 : 07:04:19 AM
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Well, after playing with my shubbs  I can honestly say its the best I've used so far. The only negative is that it is easier to drop (it gets floppy when you release the pressure).
Using two hands, I can move it (shubbs) around about as fast as a kyser.
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Aloha, Mike |
Edited by - slackkeymike on 04/25/2008 07:06:03 AM |
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