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Capos causing excessive fret wear?
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This may have been already pointed out but capoing one of two guitars in a duo (not a "duet -- that's a song!) really enrichens the blend of sound and tone -- as opposed to both guitars playing the exact same chords with the exact same notes being put out. As in, one guitar is playing a no-capo E chord and the other is playing a D chord with the capo on the second fret. Go up higher, even, and "spread the love out" even more!
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Ahh, okay.
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I'm veering off topic here....but does anyone else just not like the sound of their guitar as much when it is capo'd (is that a word?). Once I get above the 3rd fret the high e string sounds very tinny too my ear. And not as full a sound overall as when it is played with the capo.
We spend a lot of time and money chasing what sounds good to our ears, and to me a capo really works against that. What are your thoughts?
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[QUOTE=min7b5;5276569]For me it's about being able to get voicings of chords that I would otherwise physically be able to in that key. Especially up the neck. An example would be my tune "Blues For Freida" http://acousticguitar.com/eric-skye-winter-namm-2016/ I wrote that tune in the key of G minor, but playing it as if it is E minor allows me to get voicings I could not be able get in G minor without capo. Hope that makes sense.[/QUOTE
Yes. I use a capo on the third fret a lot playing a G form. It's perfect for my voice, but it drives bass player crazy because it sounds in Ab.
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It really depends on the guitar. Some start sounding thin capoed but others take on a beautiful chime and ring. I usually look for guitars the like a capo before purchasing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Well at the time, I was very much a begginer. My repertoire of chords was miniscule and I know where my fingers were going and where the wear SHOULD be, because I only knew a handful. I was a rhythm player, still am mostly but my style is morphing a lot at the moment. I will even say I was rather hamfisted with my right hand - I overplayed badly. This was about 4 years ago. The wear I experienced was at the 4th fret and it was very heavy, needing fretwork in 7 months (dressing & crowning). I was using a Kyser and changed to other brands once I saw the results but I have avoided them ever since.
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When I first started playing, the word on the street was if you used a capo, you weren't a very good player. When we started our first garage bands and discovered electric guitars with their crazy easy action, we thought we were hot stuff playing all kinds of Abs and EbMaj7s like they were nothing.
But then something awful happened - we grew up. And we saw the value of using the tools that helped you attain whatever goal you had for the song you were playing. If that involved use of a capo, so be it, regardless of whatever Mr. Big Star did or did not use one. |
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That's not Ab, buddy
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I use a capo for this reason; one of the keys that best suits my voice is Eb. For some reason, open chords in Eb just don't fall readily to hand. Further, I play fingerstyle and I find that some chord shapes lend themselves more easily to certain tunes, and that those chord shapes may not suit my voice in open tuning. A capo puts the song in a range I can sing. Finally, a capo allows me to play in a different voicing. If I'm playing with another guy who's playing in open E, I can capo 4 and finger C to get a different sound than the other guitar.
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This could be why said bass player is driven nuts.
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BAHAHAHAHAHA Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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