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From RUSTYSTILL on 1/15/2013 8:31:06 PM

Just found the Banjo Highway capo and it looks like a great idea but the price seems high. I didn't want to put spikes or drill into the neck of my Deering Calico so have been using the Regan capo with great success. The only problem I have is people coming up and asking what the heck that thing is bouncing around when I am using frailing rather than 2 or three finger picking. Also, in some performance settings on stage it can be a little hard to line up the slot in the capo with the string in dark lighting, and especially if I'm not wearing my reading glasses. I use blue chip picks (on guitar) and Thomastik strings (guitar and banjo) so I'm not adverse to spending money to get good sound, but for just over $10 the Regan gives me great sound. Banjo Highway touts theirs as having great sustain but when playing fast the sustain is in the banjo, not the string and it's the string's initial attack sonic structure that matters. Anyway, just wondering if anyone has compared the Regan to this new capo design and think that the sound difference warrants the much higher price?

5 Comments
	tkocason says: 1/16/2013 8:04:18 AM Yeah, I caught that capo on the BHO flyer. I'm gonna order one I think. The thing that attracts me is the fact that it doesn't stay on the banjo. I have the old style on my goodtime, it bugs me sometimes, in the way. If the tone or sustain is better, then that's just an added bonus. Although, if it's not on the banjo, where do you keep it so you have it when you need it?....hmmmm
	BanjoRW says: 1/17/2013 7:47:34 PM I use the banjohighway capo, works great and no drilling into the neck.
	RUSTYSTILL says: 1/17/2013 8:19:33 PM <> The Regan capo just slips onto any string in between the tuning peg and nut. Easy storage.
Ciao says: 1/21/2013 5:20:03 PM I own a Banjo Highway Capo, and am very happy with it. I've never compared it to any other type of 5th string capo, so can't comment on that aspect. I keep mine in my top pocket, along with the Shubb when I'm playing, or in the bag it comes in, inside the banjo case.
Ciao says: 1/21/2013 5:21:16 PM Just reread your post. I have no trouble at all slipping it on in the dark; it just slips onto the fret wire.
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