Guitar Capo Review

Change key and find new inversions!

A Capo is a device you fit on the guitar neck in order to use open position chords and open strings in general, starting at any given fret.

Most people use a capo to change key but creatively you can go much further than that.

Layering guitars in the studio for example is easily done by adding a capo to a part and therefore forcing yourself to play different chord shapes.

Singer songwriters and one man bands rarely leave the house without one, neither should any serious guitarist.

No matter what Capo you choose you should first think about what you will use it for.

As you’ll soon find out, the capo market is a complex one, there is no obvious choice available.

Shubb Deluxe and C7B

The Shubb Deluxe use a roller mechanism to tighten the Capo, rather than the original rubber tip, it works very well indeed.

Apart from tweaking their existing Capos design Shubb also make the Shubb C7b Special Partial Capo which would enable you to capo only three strings.

YouTube legend Andy McKee demonstrates here what can be done with such a Capo in the video above.

Other players have experimented with using several partial capos to achieve high strung open tuning sounds.

Kyser Capo

For some people, not loosing your capo both on and off stage can become a huge problem.

Kyser Quick Change Capo quickly became popular since their clamp design offer you the option of clamping the capo to the top of the headstock when not in use.

Glider Capo

The Glider Capo takes Kyser’s concept a few steps further!

The Glider goes on the guitar and never comes off so no chance of loosing it.
The best part of the glider is that you can actually change key with it, and still play!

The Glider is the choice of Spytunes Guru. Check it out in action in the song Close To You in which Samantha use it to change key!

The Spider Capo

The Spider Capo takes the art of capoing to a different level, with this device you can choose individually what strings you want to capo and what to not.

You can even play behind the capo, or use it for open chord tunings.

No matter which capo you choose you will probably spend a large amount of time in your life looking for it. When your live set get dependent on it, make sure you always carry a backup.