Capo question

[32-20-Blues]

Okay, I'm playing a very cheap steel string at the moment (50 dollars ), and it chokes out if I put a capo any further up the neck than the fifth fret.

 

With good quality acoustic, which has been set-up well, what's the highest fret I could put a capo on?

 

Basically, I want to know how high up the neck you guys go.

 

Thanks.

[Cripes]

You should be able to use a capo all the way up to the point you can't get your hands on the neck to play.

[babablowfish]

I personally don't play beyond the 8th fret. The frets get too narrow past there for my big meaty hand. But I play a lot at the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th.

[32-20-Blues]

Thanks guys, that's what I was hoping.

[Hudman]

8th fret is as high as I go.

[polynices]

Okay, I'm playing a very cheap steel string at the moment (50 dollars ), and it chokes out if I put a capo any further up the neck than the fifth fret. With good quality acoustic, which has been set-up well, what's the highest fret I could put a capo on? Basically, I want to know how high up the neck you guys go. Thanks.

 

MY J-150 can go way up and still sound great. But I never really play it capoed above about 7. My Martin 000-15S can go to 7 too and sound good, although as a 12 fretter, there's not much left on the fretboard. MY J-45, doesn't sound as good capoed up that far.

[KINNORDAVIYD]

The farther down the fretboard that you place the capo, the sound might get rather "tinny" sounding. Have you tried a "Short Cut Capo" yet?

[32-20-Blues]

 

The farther down the fretboard that you place the capo, the sound might get rather "tinny" sounding. Have you tried a "Short Cut Capo" yet?

 

 

No I haven't; I just visited their website, it looks very interesting - I have taken a hacksaw to plenty of capos in the past for the purposes of drone strings, etc.

 

I tried out the tune on my brothers D15 today, capo on the seventh fret, and it sounds pretty good.