G7th Heritage Capo Mini Review

[Kh1967]

Originally Posted by Shades of Blue

Ordered me a Heritage!

[AcousticDreams]

Originally Posted by Song

I would recommend the wide for all guitars. You never know when ya may wanna capo up the board. The wide isn't much wider anyway...

Is there any hand position disadvantages using a wide?

Such as when the hand angles back for certain chords or notes on The First Fret after the capo? Does the hand touch the Wide more? I have little experience using a capo. But with the few times I have, there were occasions when my left hand felt constrained on certain positions when I was using one or more fingers on the first fret after the capo.

Where is the best place to capo with the Heritage? Just before the fret? In the middle between two frets. Or in the middle of the middle between two frets(1/4 before the fret)?

[TBman]

Originally Posted by Knives&Guitars

Is there any hand position disadvantages using a wide?

Such as when the hand angles back for certain chords or notes on The First Fret after the capo? Does the hand touch the Wide more? I have little experience using a capo. But with the few times I have, there were occasions when my left hand felt constrained on certain positions when I was using one or more fingers on the first fret after the capo.

Where is the best place to capo with the Heritage? Just before the fret? In the middle between two frets. Or in the middle of the middle between two frets(1/4 before the fret)?

It depends. I like a capo to be right on top of the fret. If its in my way for a tune I'll just move it back until it isn't.

[Goodallboy]

Originally Posted by Knives&Guitars

Is there any hand position disadvantages using a wide?

Such as when the hand angles back for certain chords or notes on The First Fret after the capo? Does the hand touch the Wide more? I have little experience using a capo. But with the few times I have, there were occasions when my left hand felt constrained on certain positions when I was using one or more fingers on the first fret after the capo.

Where is the best place to capo with the Heritage? Just before the fret? In the middle between two frets. Or in the middle of the middle between two frets(1/4 before the fret)?

Your guitar will tell you where it likes the capo. There's no single placing that's "best".

The wide capo shouldn't hinder you in any way. The Heritage is sleek and unobtrusive, while being one of the best capo's ever made.

[Shades of Blue]

My Heritage arrived today, and I’m a little on the fence...well, maybe I just need to get used to it and need some pointers.

How do you guys know when enough tension is applied? It is beautiful and works great, I just have never used a capo like this before.

Right now I’m having trouble finding the sweet spot. It’s either too tight and pulls sharp or it buzzes.

What’s the trick guys???

[big jilm]

Originally Posted by Shades of Blue

My Heritage arrived today, and I’m a little on the fence...well, maybe I just need to get used to it and need some pointers.

How do you guys know when enough tension is applied? It is beautiful and works great, I just have never used a capo like this before.

Right now I’m having trouble finding the sweet spot. It’s either too tight and pulls sharp or it buzzes.

What’s the trick guys???

Wow - mine isn’t like that at all. I put mine very close to the fret and tighten it until the notes ring true - which requires less pressure than my Shubbs, Dunlop trigger, or Paige does.

Is it happening the same way clamped against different frets around the neck?

[Shades of Blue]

Originally Posted by big jilm

Wow - mine isn’t like that at all. I put mine very close to the fret and tighten it until the notes ring true - which requires less pressure than my Shubbs, Dunlop trigger, or Paige does.



Is it happening the same way clamped against different frets around the neck?

I tried it again and I think you are right. A couple of my strings were a touch sharp and I didn’t realize it. Seems to work great I just didn’t know when you stop tightening ?

[UncleJesse]

Originally Posted by Goodallboy

Jesse, I am a Paige fan and have sung their praises on the forum for the past several years. They are designed in the yoke style that I believe produces the best capo'd tone of any style capo.

I bought the Heritage because the ART technology intrigued me as it claimed to reduce re-tuning, and the description of how it achieved that, was believable.

Not only does it accomplish that, it made my guitar sound FAR better than any capo I've ever used. So much so, I'd buy it again for that result alone.

You won't regret buying the Heritage.

You had to do it didn't you? You just forced me to buy it!

[Goodallboy]

Originally Posted by UncleJesse

You had to do it didn't you? You just forced me to buy it!

And I'm happy for you and await your response and review!

[Charmed Life Picks]

I'll have to snag one of these models one of these days. They do beautiful work, and I've been impressed with their Performance Series models for many years.

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[Shades of Blue]

The Heritage is growing on me. I am so used to clamp style capos that I find I’m fumbling a lot with quick changes with the yoke style.

It’s funny, but I put on my daughters $7 Amazon capo and it was perfectly in tune. However, when I switched back to the Heritage, the sound was SOOO much better with the Heritage.

I ordered a Performance 3 to compare with the Heritage. If the Performance 3 gives me similar tuning stability, no buzzing, and good sound, I’ll probably keep the P3.

[phcorrigan]

I never thought I'd spend $150 on a capo, but after reading this entire thread I just ordered a G7th Heritage capo from Sweetwater.

Food for my family will just have to wait.

[Kh1967]

Originally Posted by phcorrigan

I never thought I'd spend $150 on a capo, but after reading this entire thread I just ordered a G7th Heritage capo from Sweetwater.

Food for my family will just have to wait.

Your family will eventually forgive you.

[raysachs]

Originally Posted by Kh1967

Your family will eventually forgive you.

You would admit to anyone anywhere (family included, family in PARTICULAR) that you spent $150 on a capo? Or $30 on a pick?

My wife knows what my guitars cost. She claims not to care, but I feel obligated to let her know about the big stuff. The little stuff she might well be offended by and I don't need to do that to her or to me... I'm quite sure she buys stuff that I would think was kind of insane, but it's not my place to judge - neither of us has spent us into any sort of financial problems, so it's fine to make judgements about what to tell each other.

She does NOT know anything about my Heritage capos except that she see's them sitting there just like the $15 Shubb...

[AndrewG]

Originally Posted by Shades of Blue

I missed this thread! I've been really trying to decided between the Performance 3 and the Heritage. I have loved my Performance 2, but it doesn't work at all with my Taylor 717. Still trying to understand why.

Yes, my P2 doesn't have a radius to match my D-18, meaning it really needs to be mashed down to avoid the D and G being damped, resulting in much re-tuning which sort of defeats the object. I reverted back to my Shubb for the Martin.