- Shubb C1 Capo
Overall Rating: 7 out of 10
If you’re the kind of person that only uses a capo once and a while, this is the capo for you. Unfortunatly, if you’re the kind of person with a thin necked guitar, then your reading the wrong post.
The Shubb C1 Capo is a sturdy, compact capo that clamps on from one side and features easy clamping on and off. It also features a rubber pad on the part that clamps on to the strings, which they claim (and it seems to be the case) at the Shubb website keeps the strings from going out of tune.
As far as a capo goes, the C1 is pretty good. However, there is one downside, which I mentioned before. If you have any sort of thin necked guitar, the capo does not clamp on hard to the neck, even if you adjust the capo. I guess this doesn’t present much of a problem though, because most people with thin necked guitars are doing soloing rather than rhythm playing.
The capo cost $21.95 off of the Shubb website.
Portability: 9 out of 10
Reliability: 6 out of 10
Worth (Monetary): 8 out of 10
Cool Factor: 5 out of 10
Overall Average: 7 out of 10
These capos are real good. I’ve used one since 1991. I put them on upside down, that way I get better intonation because I don’t clamp so tight. Also, I’ve found the 12 string one which is a bit larger, more suitable on a few of my guitars. I wouldn’t use any other capo, most of the others put you out of tune. On some guitars with the Shubb, I find that my bottom E needs to drop a fraction when the capo goes on.
The Best by far
Cool factor 0 until you need one and then it’s a 10
Also, buy a replacement rubber part and put it in the case for when the other one finallyt wears out and also the little black thing that goes on the end of the screw adjustment.
How do you turn it upside down with the curved piece on the bottom? And yes, I’ve noticed that the bottom E goes out of tune slightly, especially the the farther you move it way from the fretwire. And I don’t really see where you would need one full time, except for maybe a twelve string, but I’m not disagreeing with you on the fact that they can be useful. And it turns out that mine doesn’t have the rubber stopper on the screw adjustment, thats probably where my thin necked problem comes. Maybe I’ll do (or let you do) a twelve-string model review in a few weeks.