I was watching “No Direction Home” last night, and I noticed that Dylan was using a capo on his electric guitar. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone use a capo on a Fender before.
I was watching “No Direction Home” last night, and I noticed that Dylan was using a capo on his electric guitar. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone use a capo on a Fender before.
<Raises hand> I have, many times. Well, not on a Fender, but on a G&L strat and a PRS. Even though I’m familiar with the fretboard and don’t need the capo to change keys, it’s an interesting thing to try because it changes the tone of the instrument.
I’ve used one on an acoustic, but I’d never seen it on an electric before. Certainly never tried it on mine. Huh.
My favorite for the electric is the Shubb capo. It’s a little clamp on thing with the tension controlled by a thumbscrew. When you get it set correctly, it doesn’t change the tuning when in place. It works great for acoustic guitars too, but I generally use the Kyser capo for acoustics.
My favorite guitar player to jam with uses the shubb on both his acoustic and his strat. He only played the strat through an amp I built with the speaker I harvested from a ’72 leslie organ. It was freakish when he put the wah pedal on it. Unfortunately he couldn’t put his acoustic through it the resonance caused unholy feedback. Still and all it worked well with our psychedelic folk rock sound – the capo seemed to sharpen the input to the pre-amp.