G7th Capo – Review
G7th Performance Capo
Are you up for a different classical guitar capo? Since this may not be a piece of guitar gear that is on the top of your want list, once you have the opportunity to use the G7th Capo, you will wonder when you waited.
This device truly uses ingenious and improved technology that accomplishes what great capos do the best – to furnish key modifications with as little or no hassle as possible, such as changing string pitch.
The Primary Function of the Guitar Capo:
The capo is a gadget that takes the place of a barred finger across the strings, and acts as a temporary relocation of the guitar nut to shift keys on the guitar. On an acoustic guitar, the functionality of the capo spans about 10 frets on a 14-fret neck and 8 frets on a 12-fret neck.
The G7th Capo was engineered by Nick Campling from England. He is a professional product designer as well as being a very established artist in his own right. After 30 years of using sub-standard capos, Nick decided to put his design talents to work and designed a enhanced capo. The first thing that he did was to analyize the shortfalls of the currently available capos on the market.
The Design Objectives:
- Guitar intonation shall be affected very minimally after positioning of the capo.
- The capo should be very easy to apply and remove from the guitar neck.
- The capo shall not damage the guitar neck during its use.
- While being used, the capo shall not get in the way of the fretting hand.
- A capo that is very functionally designed as well as very delightful to the eye.
- Key modifications by capo repositioning is very simple.
As a outcome of meeting all of these design demands, Nick came up with an amazing capo that not only functioned with flawlessness, it looked notable as well. The architectural axiom of “Form Follows Function” truly applied to this contemporary piece of artwork.
There have been as many as 140 patents filed with the patent office for various capos for stringed instruments and very few of them can execute the basic functions listed above that every guitar player would wish for in the optimum capo gadget. While it may not appear like a complicated task to engineer a product that will not vary string intonation, while providing adequate clamping tension and not damaging the guitar neck – this isn’t easy.
How This Capo Functions:
This capo simply operates by using two clamping bars connected by a pivitol joint. The bottom bar gives tension to the backside of the neck and the top bar provide clamping action on the guitar fretboard. The joint of the capo consists of a wrapped spring clutch that functions much like to high-speed printer and photocoyping decoupling devices.
By using this type of clamping action it was found that the clamping action was infinitely adjustable and resulted in a far superior action as compared the the ordinary ratcheting action mechanisms commonly found on this type of capo. The mechanism of the clutch has three components, being a fixed hub, a movable hub and a spring that fits over both of them very tightly.
My Testing of The G7th Capo:
G7th Performance Capo
You can effortlessly use one hand to control this capo. There is a plastic tab that is operated to unloosen the tension on the capo. With some varieties, most notably the Shubb I would have to take the capo totally off to re-adjust the tension, that is not necessary with the G7th. Simply squeeze the capo onto the guitar neck to automatically restore the tension.
Dead open strings will be non-existent with this capo. Most other capos can result in dead areas or dead sounding open strings. Just make use of a bit of downward pressure on the capo and place it anywhere on the fretboard from the first to the eighth fret or higher and your guitar strings will ring loud and true.
I was concerned what the neck widths this capo was capable of spanning since I build guitars with wide necks to meet the needs of fingerstyle guitarists, repeatedly using necks as wide a 1-7/8″ at the nut. As it turned out the G7th easily spanned these wide-necked guitars.
My Recommendations of the G7th Capo:
At $59.99 list price, you can pick this capo up at a discounted price of around $40.00 or less. While this may seem like a lot of money to spend on a guitar capo, I think this capo is worth every penny. It will save you more than that in time, frustration and ease of use and you will find it to be a outstanding investment.
At $59.99 list price, you can pick this capo up at a discounted price of around $40.00 or less. While this may seem like a great deal of money to spend on a guitar capo, I think this capo is worth every penny. It will save you more than that in time, frustration and ease of use and you will find it to be a outstanding investment.
Wrapping this up, this capo will perform precisely for you, save you a bunch of time and frustration re-tuning your guitar, preserve the finish of your neck, minimally interfere with your fretting hand, and you will have a very stunning, sleek-looking product that will enhance the appearance of your guitar.
For more information on Guitar Capo recommendations see the article Our Picks of Guitar Capos.
Want to learn just how to use a guitar capo? See the Article How to Use a Guitar Capo
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