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I bought a couple of Shubb partial capos, and I don't like either one. However, I do like using a full Shubb capo. And, I often use my full Shubb capo across 5 strings (leaving the low, 6th string open.) Problem is, with a regular full Shubb capo on 5 strings, the little piece that is supposed to cradle the back of the neck becomes a point contact, and the pressure is not always even.

I know some players really like the Kyser quick-change capos, and some chop off their own to make partial capos rather than buy them.

I have also been hearing good things about the Ned Steinberger designed Planet Waves NS capos, and they look like all you'd have to do is chop out a piece of hard rubber to make one into a partial.

This is probably just personal preference, but if I am partially capoed, it is almost always the low/bass strings that are open, and if I want to play behind the capo it is a pain to have "stuff" sticking up in the way. So, I like capos that attach from below (treble side.) Some of the pre-made partial capos are designed to go on the bass side.

Anyone have any ideas on home-modified partial capos?

Thanks!

Dennis

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Dennis Leahy
Duluth, MN, USA
7th Sense Multimedia

keysers cut nicely. You just need to alter the rubber and not the metal.

Thank you, Paul.

Dennis

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Dennis Leahy
Duluth, MN, USA
7th Sense Multimedia

I have a funny story regarding this but first to answer your question, I
used the Kyser to make a partial that could work as a DADGAD (only in E),
or you could flip it around and play in open A.

Now for the funny part!

When performing I do a lot of DADGAD and some open tunings but I just
never felt comfortable doing a lot of tuning onstage between songs.
So, I used to take like 3 guitars for a 2-3 hour show. A little overkill and a
lot of lugging around.
So I'm lying in bed one night and it came to me in a dream that I could
cut my full capo down to make this partial and it would eliminate most of
my tuning dilemmas. I got up and went right down to the shop to create
my new invention.

Sure enough, it worked just like I had dreamed it would.
That was it, I was going to market it, make my million and quit the day
job........ then I found out, they were already invented and readily
available for sale

Here it is Monday morning and I'm on the OLF.....still at the day job!

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Christopher C. Cordle
North Muskegon, MI

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I just cut the rubber on my full shubb. This put the back clamp in the right place and the metal part that is now exposed does not touch the strings. I've found that I can keep the piece of rubber that I chopped off and slide it back on and the capo is still usable as a full capo.

I cut the met on my Kyser, and used a fresh razor to cut the rubber. Make sure you test it at the highest fret you'll use it BEFORE cutting. (Strings get wider further down the fretboard.) Super glue ends as necessary

Thanks, Chris, Mike, and Terry

Chris, that story is funny, partially because of several things that I have "invented", only to find patented or readily on the market. Still, it's a good sign that we're thinking outside the box! (even when there is a small crowd outside the box)

I just saw a deal for 2 of the Planet Waves NS capos for $20 on Ebay, and bit.

Thanks again for the input.

Dennis

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Dennis Leahy
Duluth, MN, USA
7th Sense Multimedia

When I was 8 I thought up an idea for a new kind of floor mop, a big
sponge with a strip of bristley stuff on the edge that you could just
flip over and scrub with.  And a ratchet so that you could squeeze
out the excess water.



It wasn't until I was 14 before I saw my invention in the
supermarket.  Man was I bummed...there went my first
million.