How many of you use a Capo?

I use one (the standard Kyser), but generally only when I'm accompanying myself by singing. I find that there are any number of songs that fit better with my voice in a different key than "open", and the capo is a convenient, quick way to achieve this.
 
Steverino said:
Mid-song?

I've never done it, but it'd be cool to :)
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Not mid song.... but I sing and play. I'm not going to bend down to put it on the floor (and bang my headstock into a mic stand) or walk past the drummer or bass player to set it down. The headstock is a few inches away from the fingerboard.... unclip... clip. done. :helper:
 
[SUB][/SUB]I've never understood the capo as cheater mindset. It makes good sense for me to use one.

I have a personal bugaboo, though, about having the capo clipped to the headstock while performing. I cannot do it. I also cannot perform with the tuner clipped to the headstock. That's my OCD thing, I guess. The capo stays in my pocket when not in use.
 
I'm a "capo-on-the-headstock-when-not-in-use" guy and can't imagine why that would be a problem!?!
 
baimun said:
Not mid song.... but I sing and play. I'm not going to bend down to put it on the floor (and bang my headstock into a mic stand) or walk past the drummer or bass player to set it down. The headstock is a few inches away from the fingerboard.... unclip... clip. done. :helper:
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Gotcha, I saw (of all people) Gretchen Wilson do it once live during a key change. It stuck in my brain. I'd like to try it!

I keep one clipped to the headstock as well, which makes my guitar longer and more apt to smack a mic stand :messedup:

I've used capos so often it's prematurely worn the frets on my Seagull, mostly at the 2nd fret.
 
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bsman said:
I'm a "capo-on-the-headstock-when-not-in-use" guy and can't imagine why that would be a problem!?!
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It isn't. It is a problem for me when I do it because for some reason it annoys the hell out of me. It doesn't bother me when others do it. idn_smilie
 
I had used capos quite a bit when I was playing in a church youth group band years back. Until recently I didn't have the need for one in roughly 10 years.
I had a Kyser for years but it grew legs at some point so I picked up a Jim Dunlop.
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Gary Blanchard said:
[SUB][/SUB]I've never understood the capo as cheater mindset. It makes good sense for me to use one.

I have a personal bugaboo, though, about having the capo clipped to the headstock while performing. I cannot do it. I also cannot perform with the tuner clipped to the headstock. That's my OCD thing, I guess. The capo stays in my pocket when not in use.
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I didn't used to mind the tuner on the headstock thing until recently. I saw some pictures my Guild with the tuner hanging off the headstock and it started to bug me.
 
Gary Blanchard said:
It isn't. It is a problem for me when I do it because for some reason it annoys the hell out of me. It doesn't bother me when others do it. idn_smilie
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I don't clip my capo on the headstock very often. It messes with my head. Sometime it's like I can feel the extra weight at the end of the neck, and I have to adjust for it.

And performing with a tuner clipped to the headstock just looks completely unprofessional.
 
I use one all the time in church, as many of the praise/worship songs are written on the piano. Also, some songs we capo to help save the pastor's voice, since he sings/play the guitar too during the evening service.

Alot of Jethro Tull songs are capo'ed too, from the times I've sat down and tried to learn some of them.
 
My buddies and me always called it a sissy bar! I never used to use one for at least 20 years until my cousin showed me some really cool stuff and how to use one properly......not so much of a sissy thing any longer...lol!
 
I've used a dunlop capo since forever ago. I am usually tuned down a half a step and it's just easier to go back and forth between that tuning and standard.

 
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