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Post by drlj on Oct 26, 2022 15:21:01 GMT -5
A good substitute for a Kyser is a set of Ace Hardware vice grip pliers. The vice grips do less damage to your guitar. Vise grips, please! Vice grips are something else entirely. Oops! I am glad you caught that before Hammond did. |
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Post by millring on Oct 26, 2022 17:06:25 GMT -5
I call my DADGAD capo "Kyser Wilhelm".
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Post by david on Oct 26, 2022 17:46:56 GMT -5
I have been trying to reduce the spring tension on my Kyser capo. I have it tied up, fully open, hoping to get the spring to relax, but it is not working. Maybe heating it would work? The key is to put it on your guitar neck and then take a blow torch to the capo. The heat will relax the spring and give a nice patina to the guitar. Marshall might have creates a new finish: "Torchburst." |
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Post by millring on Oct 27, 2022 5:26:09 GMT -5
Use a Kyser and you'll never have to spring for a set of these.  |
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Post by millring on Oct 27, 2022 12:21:29 GMT -5
I call my Paige capo "Archie Bell".
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Post by millring on Oct 28, 2022 4:51:35 GMT -5
A Kyser is capoble of causing damage.
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Post by Marty on Oct 29, 2022 13:43:15 GMT -5
My capo collection. Middle left is a Hamilton lever action like a Kyser. The thing has about a 12lb pull, even bigger fret denter than a Kyser.  |
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Post by howard lee on Oct 29, 2022 13:52:29 GMT -5
This kaiser could also be perceived as a capo.
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Post by Dub on Oct 29, 2022 14:13:01 GMT -5
My capo collection. Middle left is a Hamilton lever action like a Kyser. The thing has about a 12lb pull, even bigger fret denter than a Kyser. I had one of those Hamilton lever action capos more than 50 years ago. I hated it because the force caused the guitar to be out of tune. That, and it was just clunky. I replaced it with the center right Hamilton and used that for years. I’ve seen photos of Clarence White using the spring lever Hamilton and I remember Pete Seeger used to use one on his 12-string. He’d put it on then force a wooden wedge down between the lever and the neck of the guitar to apply more pressure than the capo could by itself. Quite a few players used these Elton D’Astro Lightning capos.  I’ve seen old blues men use them as well as bluegrass players. James Monroe used to use one and had the bar wrapped with a big wad of electrical tape. I’ve seen others do that too. |
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Post by howard lee on Oct 30, 2022 8:53:31 GMT -5
When I bought my first Martin D-18, in 1973, I used one of these Jim Dunlop capos.
Everything else seemed clunky and mechanical. These, however, were not as efficient as I would have liked.
In the 1990s I found Shubb capos, then G7th, and around 2001 or 2002 I purchased my first Elliott capo
and was hooked.
I even used an Elliott capo as a clamp to reglue a loose nut on one of my guitars.
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Post by Village Idiot on Oct 30, 2022 17:39:48 GMT -5
When I got my first capo I assumed that this is what a capo was, no other design.  |
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Post by coachdoc on Oct 30, 2022 21:27:24 GMT -5
I’ve stretched out many an elastic capo. Glad the ones I use these days are more precise. Metal don’t stretch.
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