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The Voice Capo

Vic9mm

The Fingerstyle Mechanic

Location: Dallas Texas

Joined: Aug 27 2008

Check this out everyone. http://www.voicecapo.com/index.php/

Submitted on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 18:30

TheDoomOfAllFires

VG Maniak

Location: France

Joined: Aug 26 2008

Wow... Niiiiiice =)

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Submitted on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 18:41

Jacob31593

Location: Tampa, FL

Joined: Jan 04 2009

sacrificing four frets because you're too lazy to tune? call me crazy, but i think that sounds silly!

Submitted on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 18:43

surreal

Eric: tank,godlike

Location: Arizona

Joined: Jan 04 2009

I agree with jacob on this one. This capo seems over redundant in what can be achieved in an open tuning and a regular capo.

If the buttons on it looked more action ready then it might not be too bad for jumping from open tuning to open tuning in the middle of a piece.

Now, if only I could make a capo that is never even on the fretboard blocking access.

Hmmmmmmmm

Submitted on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 19:47

Re: I agree with jacob on this

Vic9mm

The Fingerstyle Mechanic

Location: Dallas Texas

Joined: Aug 27 2008

surreal said

Now, if only I could make a capo that is never even on the fretboard blocking access.

Hmmmmmmmm

Like just a reqular capo thats not as big? kinda like a flat capo?

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Submitted on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 19:57

Seems pretty neat :-) It's not the same as retuning to an open chord and playing over it, because anything you play above it is relative to the actual tuning, so you don't have to change fretboard patterns that you know, and you can play a chord that might not be easy in a particular open tuning over it.

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Submitted on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 20:11

Re: Seems pretty neat :-)

surreal

Eric: tank,godlike

Location: Arizona

Joined: Jan 04 2009

Yeah but that can be a double edged sword though =(

While it's nice to be familiar with standard tuning patterns, I still find it limiting in not allowing you the luxury of having the formations of the individual open tunings that would be really really tough to play in standard.

It's definitely nice to keep those movable barre chords though.

Back when Laurence Juber had a forum on his website he'd always answer questions like bass grandma. One of the things I took to heart was how he described how his view of the fretboard shifts with whatever tuning he's using, I'd like to build to that someday.

In any case, I really wanna work on a capo design that focuses on doing its job and not interfering. IT CAN BE DONE

Submitted on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 02:15

Re: Seems pretty neat :-)

Vic9mm

The Fingerstyle Mechanic

Location: Dallas Texas

Joined: Aug 27 2008

surreal said

Yeah but that can be a double edged sword though =(

While it's nice to be familiar with standard tuning patterns, I still find it limiting in not allowing you the luxury of having the formations of the individual open tunings that would be really really tough to play in standard.

It's definitely nice to keep those movable barre chords though.

Back when Laurence Juber had a forum on his website he'd always answer questions like bass grandma. One of the things I took to heart was how he described how his view of the fretboard shifts with whatever tuning he's using, I'd like to build to that someday.

In any case, I really wanna work on a capo design that focuses on doing its job and not interfering. IT CAN BE DONE

im down on helping you make that.

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Submitted on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 04:25

not that i'm the guy to

xuwawa

god of empty NES

Location: san antonio -ish

Joined: Apr 22 2009

not that i'm the guy to listen to on any of this, but...
when i first saw this thing i was like "blech"
now i'm like "hmm"
someone could certainly use it to great effect
but i think most people will be like "wtf no"
it seems guitar players embrace new accessories only if it affects their sound but not their playing

an aside, i saw this in the related videos