This is a really newbie question I bet... but on TAB's when it says some thing like:


"5th Fret Capo"


What does it mean?


Thnx!

It meansyou have to placea capo on the 5th fret [img]smileys/smiley17.gif[/img]

[img]http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/S=2114717014/K=capos/v=2/SID=e/l=IVI;_ylt=AqwdfaXq4xjq6q8miutCsbVWBQx.;_ylu=X3oDM TA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/*-http://www.barnhide.co.uk/images/tgi/capos3.jpg[/img]


u need one of these and then put it on the fret it says [img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

Capos are great because if a song isn't in your key you can transpose up or down so it suits your voice better. Some songs are easier to play when capoed too, I think. Shubbs are the best capos! [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...hubbdeluxe.jpg

ha ha... thats my capo[img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img][img]smileys/smiley17.gif[/img]

This is the type I use - very easy to place and move withoutbending the strings ...


http://images.google.com/images?q=tb...3fMJ:www.zootm usic.com.au/database/images/thm_product_359.jpg Edited by: Enoch

i use this one and it's awesome...never buy a cheap capo...





http://www.jimdunlop.com/products/ca...tor/index.html

Hey it's my capo, too! http://www.eskimofriends.com/forum/smileys/smiley17.gif


Oh and guess what? I was watching the Austin City Limits gig again and guess which capo Damien was using? Yep![img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img] I looked at older pics and he had one like sarahukuk posted, so he must havepicked up a Shubb somewhere on the last American tour.

what's good about the shubb? (apart from you guys and damien using it...)

it's really easy to handle and it's pretty exact!

I can't live without one, this one looks far better than mine but i haven't seen this brand anywhere.....

how do those shubbs work - do you just squeeze some how, or do you need to turn the screw?

you need to turn the screw only the first time you put it on your
guitar! it's to adjust it on your guitar neck! you can find some
information about it here:

www.shubb.com/capos.html

thanks for that, chris. i guess this explains it all:


http://www.shubb.com/GIF/capo1.GIF


[img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]

Ewwww, Cille, that animation is disgusting and pervy... [img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img] [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]

So "capos" is the thing that e.g. Jimi Hendrix used?

http://wug.physics.uiuc.edu/courses/...mi_Hendrix.gif
(the little white thin thing there...)Edited by: Hendrik

welches weiße ding?[img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

no, jimi's was black, i think...[img]smileys/smiley17.gif[/img]

Dieser kleine Stab dort mit dem weißen Griff...

No, that's (one of) his guitar(s), really...

But that wasn't the question, you little...!! [img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img] [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]

ach das ist das Vibratosystem!

Sagt das doch gleich! Danke. [img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

...cheeky minx? beeyatch?http://www.eskimofriends.com/forum/smileys/smiley17.gifhttp://www.eskimofriends.com/forum/smileys/smiley2.gif


a capo is the thing you put on the guitar's neck. damien has got one on here:


http://www.straightface.co.uk/damian_rice0295.jpg


(pretty close to his left hand)


damien's is black. the capo.[img]smileys/smiley8.gif[/img]

Thanx!!

*bites Cille in HER neck* [img]smileys/smiley17.gif[/img] [img]smileys/smiley8.gif[/img] Edited by: Hendrik

[img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img]

Personally, I like a kyser capo.





Can be kept easily on the Haedstock whereas the Shubb is a little more fiddly.


If you want to see this and want also to save seeerious money on strings picks etc go to http://www.stringbusters.com





Ta

ah, that kyser thing looks really easy to use


http://www.marshallamplifiers.co.uk/...Kyser-capo.jpg

^ I don't like those cos they stick up and feel like they get in my way while I'm playing. Ibought one onceand took it back and exhanged it for a Shubb.



[img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img]omg you guys!! Does this ^ mean "whammy bar"?http://www.eskimofriends.com/forum/smileys/smiley17.gif Well that's what we call it... [img]smileys/smiley9.gif[/img]Edited by: SisterMidnight

I kinda feel like they get in the way too and they seem to have too much pressure.......but that's what I have right now!

Hey Melissa,


Ya got any of your music on the net??

The wammy thingy.....[img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img]