The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #69583   Message #1181303
Posted By: Mark Clark
08-May-04 - 04:37 PM
Thread Name: capos
Subject: RE: capos
Don, I liked the çejilla. I actually made one of those many years ago when I owned a quality flemenco guitar1 and wanted to have an authentic capo to go with it. I liked it very much though I never made one for a steel stringed instrument. I figured it wouldn't be strong enough. I also liked the Sterner Eccentric Capo at the bottom of the page you linked. This one looks like a real improvement. I can understand Martin Gibson liking the Kyser, they look flashy and since he's only been a musician for 40 years, he probably lacks the experience needed to percieve its many flaws. <g>

The G7 capo actually looks pretty interesting. It's pretty small and the pressure can be controled. It might be worth a try. I'll be interested in breezy's impression after using it for a while.

The Dan Crary model that Mooh referenced looks nice too. I'm not sure I'd go the $65 USD for it but one never knows.

      - Mark

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1. About the same time you were taking flemenco guitar lessons.