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Capo for Rainsong 12?
I currently have a Shubb Deluxe 12-string capo that I use on my WS3000.
It works, but I have to adjust it to provide a lot of clamping force. For those of you with 12-string Rainsongs, what capos are you all using? Anything that might work better?
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That's the one I use. :-)
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I've emailed Shubb to ask them whether they think the S2 (classical) might work better than the S3 (12-string) since the Rainsong has such a flat radius to the fretboard.
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On my WS3000 I ended up using the Classical Shubb. It did work better than the 12 String Shubb model for me. Still not perfect but it's hard to get a capo to work fantastic on any 12 string I've ever owned.
I even tried the Paige 12 string capo. While in theory this should work excellent because it has the little extra rubber tubing for the octave strings I found it was too hard to position and really worked no better than the Shubb. Best of luck!
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Have you tried the old standby Kyser Quick-Change Capo? Place it just behind and almost on top of the fret for the least tuning distortion.
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Not strong enough. The problem isn't distortion from too much clamping force, it's that the octave strings are muted from not enough force.
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I also have a Shubb Deluxe 12-string capo that I use on everything, whether wood or CF, including the 12 string neck on my Emerald Chimaera doubleneck. It works wonderfully on that guitar.
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Shubb got back to me and Rick Shubb suggested that he modify an S3 as a better choice than the S2, so we will see how that works.
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Just got my modified capo from Shubb.
It's noticeably flatter than the standard 12-string capo, not as flat as a classical capo. Put it on and it mutes the high E. *sigh* Adjust more tension, still mutes the e string. Hmmn, I wonder... Put the capo on "upside down". Works perfectly. Ok, so I'm reasonably happy. Works much better than my old Shubb. I just have to mount the capo from the bottom instead of the top. (i.e. connecting bar on the treble side) I can live with that.
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Larrivee OM-03RE; O-01 Martin D-35; Guild F-212; Tacoma Roadking Breedlove American Series C20/SR Rainsong SFTA-FLE; WS3000; CH-PA Taylor GA3-12, Guild F-212 https://markhorning.bandcamp.com/music |
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I use the G7 Performance capo on my WS-3000, but only up to the 5th fret. Anything beyond that is iffy. The G7 12 string capo, I gave away.
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