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Ken Metcalf
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San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2013 6:49 am |
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Watching Emmylou and Rodney Crowell again and noticed Steve Fishell was using a capo on the pedal steel.
He was playing many open note riffs and made good use of it.
I was just wondering if there are many instances of this?
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Fred Rogan
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Birmingham, AL USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2013 11:50 am
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I saw that on Austin City Limits this past weekend and wasn't sure what I was seeing. How does a capo work on a PSG? Just like a 6-string? Does it just sit there? Upset my world...
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Steve Perry
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Elizabethtown Ky, USA
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 7 Nov 2013 12:30 pm
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The capos I've seen on PSG are usually just round bars under the strings, just barely larger than the string height. That way the changer action doesn't get bound up in the capo clamp. If string height is 9/16", just get 3 1/2" or so of 5/8" round stock.
I used to have one.
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Fred Rogan
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Birmingham, AL USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2013 12:33 pm
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Lane, the thing Fishell has on his guitar was on top of the strings. I wasn't sure if it was a capo or something to affect string tone.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 7 Nov 2013 12:37 pm
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Someone used to make a steel guitar capo at one time. I had one, and it was just round polished stock (I imagine it was stainless) with a flat machined on it so it didn't want to roll under the strings and stay in place. I don't believe I ever used it live.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 7 Nov 2013 12:39 pm
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I also don't see how the strings would return to their normal pitch with this type of capo, plus it wouldn't be wide enough to cover 10 strings. Maybe Fish didn't use pedals on that song. Maybe the strings do return to pitch just fine. Maybe Fish will see this and set us straight.
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 7 Nov 2013 12:41 pm
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I have a Beard capo bought for my 8 string Dobro.
I'll use it on the C6 neck, but it's not very pedal-friendly, the E9 neck and it don't get along terribly well.
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Tom Keller
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Greeneville, TN, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2013 12:59 pm
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Sho Bud sold pedal steel capo's in the 60's. I remember purchasing one via email from their catalog. 
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Jim Pitman
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Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2013 4:14 pm
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Of all the stringed instruments that need a capo, PSG is at the bottom.
Noneltheless, if you are playing some instrumental that's quite stacatto melodically and uses open strings in combo with fretted strings, and the bluegrass musician beside wants to raise the key to G, then it has a use.
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Clyde Mattocks
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Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2013 6:29 pm
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I have a capo of the type Sho Bud sold. Actually Gene Wooten had Snuffy Smith make them. They were just longer versions of his dobro capo. Snuffy passed away a few years ago, but he told me he just couldn't come out financially on them, they were quite time comsuming to make. Basically if you have, or know someone with machining skills, just find a good dobro capo and copy the design, making it long enough to cover 10 strings.
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Jeff Scott Brown
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O'Fallon Missouri, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2013 7:48 pm Re: Steel guitar capo
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| Ken Metcalf wrote: |
Watching Emmylou and Rodney Crowell again and noticed Steve Fishell was using a capo on the pedal steel.
He was playing many open note riffs and made good use of it.
I was just wondering if there are many instances of this? |
I have seen Mike Sigler use one.
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Larry Moore
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Hampton, Ga. USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2013 10:28 pm Capo for Steel
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I saw Walter Haynes use one at a show in SC several years ago.
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Bill Ford
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Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 8 Nov 2013 3:51 pm
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Walter used one on some of the Hawkshaw Hawkins records, that were a while back.
BF
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Tony Dingus
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Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2013 7:18 pm
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Jeff Newman did a instruction course using a capo. Don't remember the song.
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