![]() Holding Thin Strings: I found that quite often it would produce buzzes or mute high-g and A-strings. Trying to make it flush against the fret often means that the ridges at the back of the capo are over the fret behind it. And they really seem to repel the fretboard at every opportunity. You have to be careful that the little ridges under the capo rest on the fretboard rather than on the frets or dangling in mid air. ![]() It’s a lot easier to attach the capo wonky than to attach it correctly. Even once you have all the levers properly aligned for your uke it takes time to get it fixed properly. The Not So Good Stuffįiddly to Attach: It’s certainly not like a standard capo that you can slap on in two seconds. Well Made: It feels like a sturdy and durable piece of kit. Quick enough you could switch levers mid-song if the situation called for it. Quick Lever Switching: Flicking a lever on or off the string is lightening quick. And it’s a fun trick to play below the capo as well as above it. ![]() It’s fits on all my ukes from soprano to baritone without any problem.Ĭreates Unique Patterns: I had a lot of fun messing around and came up with things I wouldn’t have been able to play any other way. Highly Adjustable: You can adjust the width of the entire spider capo and the distance between the levers a great deal. Making them higher than is practical through retuning. In the second piece in the video above I have the g- and A-strings fretted at the fifth fret. The spider capo is also more adaptable than using open tunings. But with a spider capo set up to a D chord an A chord is just the G shape (0232) and C is a Bb shape (3211). if you tuned the ukulele to an open D chord an A chord is 0234 and C is 3213. Why not just use an open tuning? The biggest reason is that all the chord shapes and scale patterns you know still work when you use a spider capo. Being generous and saying it can fit on 12 frets that’s 180 combinations (181 if you count gCEA). But if you want to be picky – and I certainly do – I make it 15 possible combinations per fret (2^4 total combinations less one for none of the strings capoed). They claim you get “hundreds of open string tunings”. That means when you play all the strings you get a D chord. But a spider capo lets you choose which strings it frets and which are left open.įor example, in this photo I have the capo on the second fret with the levers on the g-, C- and E-strings down and the A-string left open. What the Hell is a Spider Capo?Ī standard capo frets all the strings on the fret you put it on. So I couldn’t resist picking up the most ridiculous bit of ukulele kit: a spider capo. I’ve spent the last year trying to not buy an Apple Watch). The more useless and ridiculous the better (e.g.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |