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banjobrains Approved
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I have been learnig to play clawhammer on the 5 string banjo and purchased a capo with my banjo. What do I do with the 5th string? HELP Last edited on Thu May 3rd, 2007 07:29 pm by banjobrains |
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Charlie Approved 
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You can purchase a capo for it also and there are different ways to do it, I like the Scrubb I think thats the name of it. You put it on the side of the neck with 2 small screws and it slides to the fret you want and tighten it on the fifth string. If you capo to the 3rd fret with the main capo, then capo the 3rd fret with the 5th string also. There are different ones also and one of them is to make one out of a pencil cap from a ball point pin, Some one will see this and give more hints. Charlie
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banjo brad Super Moderator 
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Like Charlie said, you can add a 5th string capo (most of them are sliding types, and need to be screwed onto the side of the neck - brrrrrrrrrrr, shiver, shudder!!!!), or you can add or have a luthier add spikes at the 7th and 9th frets. When you capo up 2 frets on the 1st 4 strings (not too many people capo much higher, except for special tunes), you can slip the string under the 7th string spike to get the 'a' in the aEAC#E tuning, from standard G. If you need to tune it up more, you can use the 9th fret spike. For tunings between, you can tune up or down a half-tone (1 fret) between the spikes. I simply retune the 5th string up to 'a' on my new Chuck Lee, since I haven't got the heart to put a hole in the neck of this beautiful instrument yet. I had a spike at the 7th fret on my Deering Goodtime. I seldom capo higher than the second fret for the tunes I play. Brad
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Philj200 Approved 
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Has it been six months already? We do this thread twice a year it seems. Brad, do you have the link to the 5th string pen cap-capo you once sent me. I made a couple of them and use them on my cookie-tin. But don't have the link anymore to the instructions. Re: pen cap capo: The simplest and easiest... and cheapest...5th string capo is made from a cap from a Bic pen. Hard to describe, easy to see. You saw off everything but about 1/2" of the clip, and a 1/2" inch of the cover. You hold the stub of the cover in your hand and position the stub of the clip under the 5th string. It acts as a 5th nut whereever you place it, a capo. And it really works. They can fall out. And they are small and can get lost. That's why I made a few of them (two left). Fine for playing in a controlled situation. I wouldn't depend on it for a performance. There is a storebought brass capo that does the same job as the pencap. It works. But it is just as prone to getting lost. There are spring loaded capos that I've tried and hated. They don't work. There is a device the clips around the back of the neck secured by a bracket under (not capoing) the first string and holding down the 5th. It works and is cheap enouh. But I never cared to the extra speed bump the strape and the bracket under the 1st string require. The Shubbs require two or three small holes on the side of the neck. I didn't like driving holes in my necks either. But I got used to it fast when I saw how convienient that are. I would not put them on an antique instrument or on something where their appearance would be distasteful. My instruments are not that valuable or rare. So Shubbs are my preferred way to go.
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banjo brad Super Moderator
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Phil- It's (the Bic capo) on Frank Ford's site: http://www.frets.com . Here's the direct link to the article: BIC capo Brad
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Philj200 Approved
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We would be in deep trouble without Brad's memory. And hard drive too. THX!
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banjo brad Super Moderator
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No, one of the first places I go with questions regarding fretted instruments is Frank's site. Since I found it around 2000-2001 it has helped answer a lot of questions, and clarified a whole bunch more! Brad (I think). ps. Incidentally, my harddrive doesn't have a lot of what it used to have. Well, actually, it never had as much as my old computer did. Can't transfer a lot of the stuff from PC to iMac! Last edited on Sat May 5th, 2007 01:30 am by banjo brad ____________________ ezFolk Help Brad Prickly Pear Music Banjo Brad's ezFolk page TOTMC |
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Philj200 Approved
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Brad, Send me a PM with the type of PC and version of Windows and the type and OS of your Mac. We have some fine IT people in my company. Maybe they can offer some cogent advice.
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