This is a precision device that is easy to use and sounds great. Customers around the world tell us that it is the only 5th string banjo capo that does not require retuning when changing keys.
Product Features
USA Patented adjustable SIDE-TENSIONED capo, designed for best sound.
Acoustic metal contacts the string for better sound, sustain and brighter timbre.
Capo is centered on the fret for pitch accuracy. Use with steel or nylon strings.
Fast key changes usually without the need for retuning.
No holes to drill. No installation costs. Includes FREE “gig clip” for “on board” capo storage and a microfibre accessory storage pouch. A $10 value.
Works great, but it’s a lightweight. I have a 40+ year-old Epiphone that belonged to my father, and I did not want to drill or nail holes into the neck, so I gave this a try. It works exactly as advertised and I have used it for a couple of gigs already. Slip it under the 5th string at whatever fret you need, tighten it a little and you get perfect tone. I’m knocking a star off because I thought, for the price, it would have a little more weight to it. It’s very light and you have to be careful not to bump it while it is in place…
The service was great arrived as promised and the capo is as described The service was great arrived as promised and the capo is as described. Contrary to what others have posted the main part which intercepts the string IS A METAL alloy, maybe not bronze don’t know. Woks smoothly and the sound is clean without distorting the tuning as much as my banjo with RR spikes. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because it is expensive even with discounts and awkward to do quick changes from open G tuning. The placement of my 5th string pip close to the 5th fret…
This is a great option for a tone-full capo on frets where you don’t have a railroad spike. And it doesn’t fly off during playing like pen caps tend to do.Even better, it’s the perfect companion for using capos on fretless banjos, in concert with the Perfect Pitch Capo for strings 1-4. Like the Perfect Pitch Capo, this Fifth String Banjo Capo provides its own fret/nut analogue, so the 5th string remains live and full of sound.(I got this capo from Amazon via links to…
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Works great, but it’s a lightweight. I have a 40+ year-old Epiphone that belonged to my father, and I did not want to drill or nail holes into the neck, so I gave this a try. It works exactly as advertised and I have used it for a couple of gigs already. Slip it under the 5th string at whatever fret you need, tighten it a little and you get perfect tone. I’m knocking a star off because I thought, for the price, it would have a little more weight to it. It’s very light and you have to be careful not to bump it while it is in place…
The service was great arrived as promised and the capo is as described The service was great arrived as promised and the capo is as described. Contrary to what others have posted the main part which intercepts the string IS A METAL alloy, maybe not bronze don’t know. Woks smoothly and the sound is clean without distorting the tuning as much as my banjo with RR spikes. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because it is expensive even with discounts and awkward to do quick changes from open G tuning. The placement of my 5th string pip close to the 5th fret…
This is a great option for a tone-full capo on frets where you don’t have a railroad spike. And it doesn’t fly off during playing like pen caps tend to do.Even better, it’s the perfect companion for using capos on fretless banjos, in concert with the Perfect Pitch Capo for strings 1-4. Like the Perfect Pitch Capo, this Fifth String Banjo Capo provides its own fret/nut analogue, so the 5th string remains live and full of sound.(I got this capo from Amazon via links to…