[horn82y]

in fact i am just curious if it hurts the strings to leave it on well i am not playing.... say i am playing a song capo 3 and when i am done i just put the guitar down it is stand and come back in an hour or so..... is it going to really matter........?

thanks in advance

[ninjato]

not really

[MakoMako]

That amount of length, no. I don't think leaving a capo will even actually hurt the strings themselves, but certain capos tend to wear and loose the ability to clamp so much if you leave them on for overly long amounts of time. Or so I'm told.

[horn82y]

o thanks... i have a kyster capo, and i do notice that the rubber has the grooves of the strings, and it seems to not be as strong but it stilll works great... thanks

[ninjato]

That amount of length, no. I don't think leaving a capo will even actually hurt the strings themselves, but certain capos tend to wear and loose the ability to clamp so much if you leave them on for overly long amounts of time. Or so I'm told.

My Kyser capo is quite "tight". I actually would like it a little looser. On acoustics it's great but it bends my strings out of tune on electrics. I don't see the Kyser losing it's spring strength anytime soon. I've had it for over 6 years.

I also use the 12 string capo as opposed to the 6 string just because I have a couple of 12 strings in acoustic and electric. You can use the 12 string capo on a 6 string but the 6 string capo isn't long enough to fit a 12 string neck.

[MakoMako]

That amount of length, no. I don't think leaving a capo will even actually hurt the strings themselves, but certain capos tend to wear and loose the ability to clamp so much if you leave them on for overly long amounts of time. Or so I'm told.

My Kyser capo is quite "tight". I actually would like it a little looser. On acoustics it's great but it bends my strings out of tune on electrics. I don't see the Kyser losing it's spring strength anytime soon. I've had it for over 6 years.

I also use the 12 string capo as opposed to the 6 string just because I have a couple of 12 strings in acoustic and electric. You can use the 12 string capo on a 6 string but the 6 string capo isn't long enough to fit a 12 string neck.

I'd like to thank you for this, as well. I'm inexperienced with useing electric guitars right now, considering I'm only focused on playing acoustically at the moment. The capo I have already seems to be looseing a bit of its 'spring.' Then again, the capo was very cheap to begin with, so I'm not exactly looseing out on this one.

[ninjato]

The ones that wear out are the cheap rubber band strap types that you wrap around the guitar.....those SUCK and you can't change frets quickly.

The Kysers are the clamp on type w/ a very thick coil spring. You can with a little practice switch positions with it within a beat.

Songs like James Taylor's "Your Smiling Face" where you change keys twice and each time you move the capo up a step. It's a tough and fun song to play.