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Old 04-13-2010, 12:04 AM   #3 (permalink)
lucifer_sam
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Originally Posted by AwwSugar View Post
I don't have a capo.
I need it to be cheap, I don't mind if it's an elastic one or anything.
It's an acoustic. The fretboard is flat. It's a Jasmine Takamine.
I was about to buy one just now on Amazon, but decided against it until I had some valid opinions.

Does anyone have recommendations for good, cheap capos for an acoustic guitar?
This...actually makes a difference. You sure you don't have a radial fretboard? Common ones are around 9" - 13". Flat fretboards can be excessively hard to play barre chords on.

Every capo I've seen, and I mean EVERY one has some sort of curvature to the barring arm, I would imagine a flat fretboard would hinder the capo's ability to barre the D/G strings and might lead to buzzing. It's also good to choose a capo that's spring-loaded rather than preloaded (like a set-screw) so that the capo naturally counteracts the spring tension and you don't need to worry about going out of tune as a result.

But yes, I own the Kyser one that mr dave posted, works like a dream but it's relatively expensive (around $20).
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