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rcmoore - Posted - 02/02/2011: 08:45:12
If you have ever wondered how those gouges got on the back of your old banjo neck, one of these Elton Capos may have been the culprit.
Bob Moore

Jim D - Posted - 02/02/2011: 09:51:39
Or maybe one of these.... that masking tape is almost as good as duct tape!
Jim
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uncle.fogey - Posted - 02/02/2011: 10:08:10
Normally, you put a piece of surgical tube around the spring, and the real traditional thing is to put a piece of red hot-water-bag (enema bag) tubing around the part that pushes the strings down.
Here are a couple of pictures picture of the Kingston Trio with those Elton capos modified with enema bag tubing:

tombriarhopper - Posted - 02/02/2011: 10:21:08
I have a banjo with those marks! Thanks for possibly solving the mystery!
TonyS - Posted - 02/16/2011: 15:17:39
Thanks for the album and mag cover I couldn't get with the Apple!
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