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Originally Posted by Charmed Life Picks
Most of the electric players I know shy away from using a capo. Maybe it's more of an acoustic thing.
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yes it is, electric guitars have lighter strings = lower tension = bar chords easier and also people rarely want open string sound from electric guitars when playing soloes or strumming, because the tone can't be well controled. Some people don't play open strings at all on electric guitar and bass.
While some acoustic guitarists are trying real hard to a avoid bar chords because bar chords tend to mute the tone, sustain suffers, and the open note generally just rings so nicely. So more often than not, it is a matter of tone preference.
If you don't know why to use a capo, you probably don't know how to use it.