You ever use a cheater? Yeah sure you have. Most every guitar player has used a capo from time to time.
Well, even if you are the macho type, that would risk a muscle pull playing a boogie in F, when there’s a pretty girl watching, the Sterner Capo Museum will be of interest.
Capos have been in existence for more than 200 years and they are designed in many ways. Since 1850 there are more than 130 capo patents, some are smart and some are really crazy. There seem to be few musicians among the designers – or the other way round.
Lots of info and capos, capos, capos. Ranging from the first patented…
…to the Decoish…
…to stuff that looks like it should be on the shelf at Home depot…
…to Anders Sterner’s own clever design…
…why, even a doghouse bass capo…
And, if that’s not enough to get you to get your capo on; capo humor.
Chet Atkins always told a story on the rare occasion when he’d put on about the hills where he grew up. He said: “If someone would go out on their porch and shout ‘B flat!’, you could hear capos slidin’ for 5 miles”.
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