12 string capos

[drlj]

I don’t know how many of you play 12 string but I am smitten with this capo.
It’s the easiest 12 string capo I have ever used and, because of its pad, does not require a lot of tension to eliminate buzzing.
I love it more than cookies.


I do not know how to make pictures bigger in posts. Mea culpa.
(Edit: made it bigger for you. Rob Hanesworth)

[drlj]

Ok, I don’t know what I did, but the picture disappeared.
So, I will start over & put up my small picture.

[howard lee]

I have a six-string version of this—the G7th Art Capo, is it?

[Dub]

G7th capos are excellent. No surprise their 12-string model works well.

I haven’t owned a 12-string guitar since I gave my last one to Art Thieme ca. 1974. I always tuned them down to C, like Lead Belly. His was the only music I ever wanted to play on a 12-string.

[drlj]

It’s a G7th Newport. Smaller & lighter than the standard G7. The shaped pad makes capoing the octave and regular string easy & accurate.

[drlj]

Apr 16, 2023 16:48:07 GMT -5 Dub said:

G7th capos are excellent. No surprise their 12-string model works well.

I haven’t owned a 12-string guitar since I gave my last one to Art Thieme ca. 1974. I always tuned them down to C, like Lead Belly. His was the only music I ever wanted to play on a 12-string.

I’ve always had a 12 string. I had a ‘60s era Gibson B-45-12 for many years but in ‘98 I bought the Taylor 555 I have now. It’s a very easy to play 12. I used to do the heavy strings tuned to C but the last few years I have kept it in standard pitch with light strings. I like to play fiddle tunes on it and I like the lush sounding chords.
I have never been happy with any capo until I found this one. I should buy another as a spare because any time I like something this much it gets discontinued.

[Dub]

I remember playing a Breedlove 12-string (Atlas series) with the JLD Bridge System. It sounded good and the JLD thing would keep the belly from coming up from the tension. I thought at the time that if I ever wanted a 12-string again, I might think about that one.

[david]

I remain loyal to my (Guitar Center used $95) Greg Bennett D-9 Samick 12 string. It stays in either the tuning for Leo Kottke's "Busted Bicycle" or Josh Turner's "Introduction." (I have no other reason to have a 12 string).

Despite Marty's continuous, and valid, warning about Keyser capos, I leave my American Flag Keyser capo on the 12 string at all times, because I rarely play it, it works, and someday the capo spring might loosen up enough to where I would be willing to use it on a good 6 string guitar.

[james]

I have a Simon and Patrick 12. Nice guitar. I nearly always have it tuned to down to C tunings, occasionally B and the Shubb capo copes okay. If I fancy an unnecessary splurge one day, which I most likely will, I'll probably buy the G7.

[drlj]

I saw Leo Kottke many years ago at The Quiet Knight in Chicago. He was playing a Martin 12 string and after every couple of songs he would ask if anyone had a B-45-12. He said he would trade the Martin for it on the spot. I had one but I didn’t want to drive back to IN to get it so I could drive back to Chicago to trade it for something I did not want.
I don’t recall why I sold the B-45-12 but it probably financed something that caught my eye.

[John B]

Apr 16, 2023 17:32:59 GMT -5 david said:

I remain loyal to my (Guitar Center used $95) Greg Bennett D-9 Samick 12 string. It stays in either the tuning for Leo Kottke's "Busted Bicycle" or Josh Turner's "Introduction." (I have no other reason to have a 12 string).

How about Josh Turner's Busted Bicycle? Played by some ridiculously young high school kid.

[John B]

Apr 16, 2023 17:44:03 GMT -5 drlj said:

I saw Leo Kottke many years ago at The Quiet Knight in Chicago. He was playing a Martin 12 string and after every couple of songs he would ask if anyone had a B-45-12. He said he would trade the Martin for it on the spot. I had one but I didn’t want to drive back to IN to get it so I could drive back to Chicago to trade it for something I did not want.
I don’t recall why I sold the B-45-12 but it probably financed something that caught my eye.

I've got a twin to your Mossman 6-string. Except this twin has 12 strings. Unfortunately it is in a state of disrepair; from when I originally bought it and when I gave up on the refret (I quit while I was behind).

bushouse.smugmug.com/Music/Repair-Candidates/Mossman/

[RickW]

I had a hankering for a 12 string at one point. I went shopping. After an hour of playing 12 strings, I could barely move my fingers. And that was that.

What I would like is one of the short scale 12 strings that some custom builders are making. Emerald makes one, the Amicus, and there’s the Veillette Gryphon. They are tuned up, to A I think? But they sound great, like a mandolin, sort of, but much fatter.

[Shannon]

LJ, I have that capo as well.

I like it very much; it is hard to capo a 12-string!

[drlj]

Apr 16, 2023 18:46:52 GMT -5 John B said:

Apr 16, 2023 17:44:03 GMT -5 drlj said:

I saw Leo Kottke many years ago at The Quiet Knight in Chicago. He was playing a Martin 12 string and after every couple of songs he would ask if anyone had a B-45-12. He said he would trade the Martin for it on the spot. I had one but I didn’t want to drive back to IN to get it so I could drive back to Chicago to trade it for something I did not want.
I don’t recall why I sold the B-45-12 but it probably financed something that caught my eye.

I've got a twin to your Mossman 6-string. Except this twin has 12 strings. Unfortunately it is in a state of disrepair; from when I originally bought it and when I gave up on the refret (I quit while I was behind).

bushouse.smugmug.com/Music/Repair-Candidates/Mossman/

Konkoly did a neck reset on my Mossman a few years ago. He made a new saddle for it and did at least a partial refret. I don’t recall exactly about that part.

[Marshall]

I had a B25-12 end of high school. Played it into college, until I bought a Guild D40. The D40 was louder than the Gibson 12, so I sold it.

I got a '72 Guild F112 in about 1999. Kept it for 7 years and eventually sold that. I'm circling the wagons. I used to seek variety. Now my aperture gets narrower and narrower.