About Us

Side view of Banjo Capo tightened down covering two Frets. The leading edge is lined up with the peak of the fret. the trailing edge over the rear fret.

My History

I started playing stringed instruments at about 18 years old. Played guitar first, then mandolin and settled on the banjo. I started on it while working on a fishing boat. The captain played the guitar. We would be out for some time and I wanted something to play, so while in port I picked up a banjo at a pawn shop. I started with bluegrass style and then switched to melodic claw-hammer several years later. Only when I began to play with other people did I notice a real issue. When my guitar partner would in the key of E major and I would be in double C tuning on the forth fret, with the capo, which is E, I was always sharp and out of tune. I was constantly re-tuning and resetting my capo. I have grieved over this issue for going on 42 years now.

My Design Discovery

They say that “Necessity is the mother of invention”.  I decided that I would attempt to remedy that problem. I built some strange looking complex things and then one day one of those strange looking things actually worked. Then I set out to make it presentable. That strange looking complex thing became simple and pretty. Many will look at it and think, why that’s so simple, why didn’t I think of that.

Seeing Is Believing

That couldn’t see and didn’t see thing are two in the same. I prayed and God let me see it and, I think all the time, why couldn’t I see it, it is so simple. So, I make one for the banjo and one for the guitar. I am never out of tune or sharp up the neck and you will never be either, ever again. I hand make them in my small shop in the Great Smoky Mountains of East-Tennessee and hope they will bless your playing as they have mine.

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