The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #69583   Message #1181150
Posted By: Mark Clark
08-May-04 - 12:34 PM
Thread Name: capos
Subject: RE: capos
I just looked through all the capos listed at MusiciansFriend.com and could find no capo called a G 7. If it's a Kyser, I'd recommend against it. I think all Kyser capos are, as jOhn from Hull might say, rubbish. Kyser relys on the two main features that cause capos to be rubbish, one is a spring mechanism that doesn't let the player control the pressure on the strings and the other is any part that sticks out from the side of the neck restricting hand position. The Kyser capos have one other bad feature… they are really ugly.

My advice is stick with the Shubb or, if you really just have to have a new capo, buy something on the order of the John Pearse Ol' Reliable™. I think there are even smaller, lighter capos made on the order of this one—can't remember the company—but I think they are handmade and quite dear. Good though.

      - Mark