Capos - How Many Do You Own?

[Gary Blanchard]

I have a Paige 12-string capo and Shubb for the 6-string. I think I have a Kyser in the banjo case, but I hate using it. Too much tension.

There are probably some other capos kicking around the house somewhere. My very first capo was one of these:

 

[sleewell]

none

 

[Alex W]

1

 

[Ignored Member]

One. I think. It's around here somewhere.

 

[LeftyTom]

One, a Kyser.

FWIW, the plural of capo is capi. :mmad:

 

[Gary Blanchard]

Funny how capo use is very much dependent of style of music. They are very common in folk, country, and bluegrass music and not so common in rock and jazz.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Funny how capo use is very much dependent of style of music. They are very common in folk, country, and bluegrass music and not so common in rock and jazz.

I play rock and I use capos regularly.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

I play rock and I use capos regularly.

I have seen a number of rock players use them, but they aren't as common as they are in acoustic music in my experience. Go to a bluegrass jam and some folk have two capos on the headstock.

 

[Lerxst]

uno

 

[smurfco]

Fourteen.

 

[vonbladet]

Go to a bluegrass jam and some folk have two capos on the headstock.

"D'oh! I got another one and put that one on the headstock too and I'll be darned if I can hear a difference!"
"Jeb, a word in your shell-like?"

 

[jamesp]

Two Kysers, a 7TH and a Planet Waves for mando.

 

[Dogsinplastic]

two...keyser and dunlop clip ons

 

[Stratguy]

3 Schubbs
1 Kyser
1 Dunlop (don't know where it is right now, but I know it's around somewhere.

 

[joeboy]

Two Dunlops. They do what is needed.

 

[Grant Gross]

One, I think it's a standard Dunlop.

 

[fused]

I have a few...one partial and a longer one for the 12..
Mostly use them on the 12...

 

[B Valley]

One Kyser.

 

[Modern Saint]

Bringing my capo count up since my original post in 2015. I am now up to 4. I added a Kyser Mandolin capo in the summer of 2015.

The biggest break through was when I was reading about the Shubb Capo and how you can control the tension of the capo preventing your guitar from going slightly out of tune. Bought my first Shubb a few weeks ago and it has been great to work with. I now favor the Shubbs. I will break it in tonight at my wine bar acoustic gig in DTSA.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

The biggest break through was when I was reading about the Shubb Capo and how you can control the tension of the capo preventing your guitar from going slightly out of tune. Bought my first Shubb a few weeks ago and it has been great to work with. I now favor the Shubbs. I will break it in tonight at my wine bar acoustic gig in DTSA.

I have favored Shubbs for years, and pretty much use them exclusively.