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Tony was almost right (Capo Shelf) Sept 15, 2016 10:02:12 GMT -5

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Post by TonyKgull on Sept 15, 2016 10:02:12 GMT -5

Sept 14, 2016 19:20:00 GMT -5 RobertW said:

Note teh 2 Picker's Pal's are there. Remember they have 4 fretpads? I think I'm going to use the one I repaired to make at least 2 cut capos.

I wonder if I can do a G6...
DGDGBE...

ummm I think that needs TWO capos..thinking about it makes my head hurt

You've brought up the G chord a lot lately, and who can blame you? It's one of my favorite chords and keys. Well, have no fear my friend! There's a capo for that! (Actually, there's two).

You just put a regular capo on the 3rd fret, and a Cut Capo on the 5th, and you're playing in DADGAD but in the key of G. Simple as that!

I haven't tried it yet cuz I got a lot goin' on right now, but it's on my list of "things to do" down the road.

Also, be warned, if you like playing the melody lead lines a lot in DADGAD, in this cup capo tuning of G, you'll want to be only doing this on a guitar with a cutaway as you'll need to access beyond the 12th fret to get the whole scale for leads.

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Tony was almost right (Capo Shelf) Sept 16, 2016 4:01:37 GMT -5

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Post by Derick on Sept 16, 2016 4:01:37 GMT -5

TonyKgull ,
Maybe this is a case for, one guitar in standard tuning, and one guitar in DADGAD, this will eliminate retuning, and keeping the whole fret board to use when in DADGAD, no capos required.
And only one string tuning to put you in that beautiful open D tuning

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Tony was almost right (Capo Shelf) Sept 16, 2016 8:31:38 GMT -5 Derick likes this

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Post by RobertW on Sept 16, 2016 8:31:38 GMT -5

Sept 16, 2016 4:01:37 GMT -5 Derick said:

TonyKgull ,
Maybe this is a case for, one guitar in standard tuning, and one guitar in DADGAD, this will eliminate retuning, and keeping the whole fret board to use when in DADGAD, no capos required.
And only one string tuning to put you in that beautiful open D tuning

he has 3! he CAN try G6 tuning too

drop 6th to D, raise 5th to G

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Tony was almost right (Capo Shelf) Sept 16, 2016 15:00:17 GMT -5 Derick likes this

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Post by RobertW on Sept 16, 2016 15:00:17 GMT -5

Sept 16, 2016 4:01:37 GMT -5 Derick said:

TonyKgull ,
Maybe this is a case for, one guitar in standard tuning, and one guitar in DADGAD, this will eliminate retuning, and keeping the whole fret board to use when in DADGAD, no capos required.
And only one string tuning to put you in that beautiful open D tuning

right now, i have my 6 strings set:
S6 - Dropped-D fullstep down
Amber Trail - G6 tuning 1/2 step down
Martin - that wierd two capo tuning from the video
Ibanez - E-Standard
Alvarez - B-Standard

12 string is in D-standard of course

what I am saying of course if you got guitars.. only 1 need to be in standard. expand!, explore! explode!

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Tony was almost right (Capo Shelf) Sept 17, 2016 6:26:17 GMT -5

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Post by TonyKgull on Sept 17, 2016 6:26:17 GMT -5

I like the capo technique because when I go somewhere, I only ever bring one guitar. So rather than get used to different guitars in different tunings, I like going with being used to the capos. That way, I don't ever have to say, "Sorry, can't play that song cuz I don't have my DADGAD guitar." or something like that.

Again, not a fan of detuning and retuning strings. That's is almost the only time I'd have a string break on me nowadays as the Elixer lights seem to be impervious to me breaking them otherwise.

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