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Topic: Capo for square neck lap steel |
George Manno
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chicago
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Posted 2 Nov 2005 5:18 am |
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where can I buy one?
Thanks |
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D Schubert
From:
Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2005 5:49 am
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| You can use a Beard resonator capo on a lap steel guitar. It's made of brass & bone, and clamps onto the strings. It has no contact with the fretboard, so string height and neck size are not an issue. Tried it once on my National New Yorker, and use it occasionally with my Dobro. It's probably the best of the lot -- but you will find that it mutes the strings, so that tone and volume both suffer to some degree. |
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Alan Kirk
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Scotia, CA, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2005 6:14 am
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It is true that anything you add to an acoustic instrument will change its sound somewhat.
The Elmer Bradley capo has enough mass, though, to minimize that effect.
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 2 Nov 2005 8:46 am
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I think if you took a poll of dobro/6-string lap steelers regarding the preferred capo right now, they are the Bradley and the newly redesigned, with more weight/mass Scheerhorn capo, which you can see at the Elderly Instruments website. Do not confuse this with the Scheerhorn/Flux capo that has been around for years.
I have a Beard, and I would rate it as "decent." The word is that Beard is working on a new, improved design. I would not rate it the best of the lot anymore. Reso capos keep changing and evolving like an invention that could have been founded during the Industrial Revolution in the 1800's.
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[This message was edited by Mark Eaton on 02 November 2005 at 08:49 AM.] |
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Peter Jacobs
From:
Northern Virginia
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Posted 2 Nov 2005 9:52 am
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I use a Leno capo on my Melobar 6 string lap steel, and it works fine -- I don't hear a huge difference in tone.
I am going to try the new Scheerhorn, though, as an alternative/backup.
Peter |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 2 Nov 2005 1:53 pm
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| When I tried a Leno, it tended to crimp the windings on the top four strings. Scared me to death to play in Bb with new strings! But with the Bradley I've been using for ten or so years, now, there is none of that. Less tone loss, too. |
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Andy Sandoval
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Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2005 3:01 pm
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| George, this topic was covered here also. [This message was edited by Andy Sandoval on 02 November 2005 at 03:01 PM.] |
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