Chord Capo

[Blackfire]

I did a search on the board and did not find any references to a device called a chord capo. I just viewed an ad at the site below and was wondering if anyone on the board has ever used one of these. In theory, the device allows you to set and fix a chord on the first four frets rather than bar an entire fret like a regular capo. Your left hand is then free to finger other chords or individual notes on the remaining part of the fretboard. It allows you to quickly change keys by alternate tunings of a base chord. It looks pretty nifty and I can imagine having fun with it but I have never seen one in a shop or played one. I can imagine it would be handy with slide guitar. Here is the link to one called the Voice Capo:

http://www.voicecapo.com/

Mike

 

[dreadnut]

Looks pretty cool, I'd love to try one out!

 

[chazzan]

I believe it's called a Third Hand Capo- you have six pieces of rubber you can set to form any chord. It was made in DeKalb Il by Jeff Hicky.

IMO they do not work well at all- hard to adjust, and pull the guitar out of tune- however if you are messing around at home- it could be a nice experiment. I knew a person who made them and he felt they were no good- however it being college then- a job was a job.

I recommend the shubb partial capo!

 

[danerectal]

The problem is, that it's only good for one chord. You would need a compensated slide to maintain the chord. It would be a neat tool for playing in open tuning when you want to do leads in standard.