OK I decided that the blues should NEVER and I mean Never be played with a CAPO!
Can I get an Amen...
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You failed already at "the blues should NEVER", bro.
Well, probably 7 bar blues won't be a runner, but AFAIK there were no rules like "standard blues tuning" or "thou shalt not use a capo for it is a devils own contraption and a slap in the face of our Lord, B.B. King."
OTOH - quite an interesting discussion, but - is it some kind of a holy war? "Capists" vs. "Retuners"?
Like "C extension" vs "5th string" vs "purists" among the upright bass players? ;-)
A pencil and some string??? We paid neighbours' children to press and hold the strings at the 3rd fret...
That's the perfect capo for a cigar box guitar Mike.
I'm sure most have seen this already, but the human capo comments compel me to share it. ;)
HUMAN CAPO X 2!!!!!
Capo?
But seriously, check out the capo action here starting at about 1:20
Here is an interesting capo.
http://www.elderly.com/accessories/items/KLEV-G.htm
They call it an open G capo, but actually from standard tuning it frets the D,G, and B strings giving you Open A, EA(EAC#)E.
Of course, all the fingerings are the same as Open G tuning, but the guitar sounds a whole step higher to the key of A.
A fun little devise for those who play mainly in open tuning and want to quickly change to Open tuning for bottleneck slide.
Enjoy, Keni Lee
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