When I began playing mandolin a while back (wow - a decade ago based on my join date at the cafe) my wife wanted to support my new hobby so on some subsequent gift-giving day like my birthday or Father’s Day, she bought me this capo based on a recommendation from someone somewhere. I didn’t have the heart to tell her I was unlikely to ever get any use out of it and simply thanked her profusely, and tucked it away for what I thought was the duration. Fast forward to today, with my Eastman MDO305 in hand I began working on the first tune in Joe K. Walsh’s octave mandolin course at Peghead Nation, which requires - you guessed it, a capo. Darned if I wasn’t able to locate that Kyser banjo capo (tucked in the storage compartment of a ukulele case) and additionally darned if it didn’t work just right! I don’t think it will go on very far up the neck, but then I am not sure I would ever need it to.
What do others use as capos for their octaves?
Here’s a pic with a standard Kyser for size comparison:
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