My first capo was a rubber band and a pencil. I started my search in 1976,while learning to play the banjo. I have bought and used many over the past 45 years. well I Soon found out that putting a capo on was a negative for an instrument, but in order for me to sing in the key I needed, I had to use one.
The negatives we talked about above are, #1, when a string is stretched past the fret, to the fret board, the frequency of the string is no longer the same as at the fret. It’s sharp. Negative #2, by pushing all of the strings to the fret board, they rarely stay in tune with each other, throwing the whole chord out of key and sharp. If we could play all of our tunes from the nut, we would never have these two negatives.
This capo that I designed does neither of these negatives. It is more like taking your nut and moving it up the neck where you want to play. The front edge of the capo is lined up with the peak of the fret, the trailing edge covers the fret behind and tightened down. The Velcro under the top of the capo protects the neck and keeps the strings from moving sideways, Perfect Tune Every Time.