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 ARCHIVED TOPIC: Old Elton Capo


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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

copron - Posted - 02/02/2011:  09:25:23


WOW!.........kinda like capoing with a "C" clamp.

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



   

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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