I am sure, however, that it is even more influenced by its being just about the only game in town if you don't want to drill into your banjo. It's price is obviously influenced by the fact it is produced in small quantities. You might think it is made of metal but you would be wrong: it's plastic. The bad news is that it is without doubt the most outrageously priced item I have ever bought - bar none. The good news is that it works and it's really no trouble to use. But it is a damned good piece of kit and very useful. I will recommend this, provided you don't want to change key mid-way through a song and you don't need to fit it/remove it ultra fast during songs in a set. Tuning, it stays in tune! And although it feels ultra light, that lack of weight is a bonus when it is fitted on the neck. Putting on and off, it can be a bit fiddly but as I've said, this will speed up with more use. If they sold this at half the price, or less, there would still be profit and I expect far more would be sold (including to players with more than one banjo). It is expensive, far too expensive, but as another reviewer pointed out, the company clearly needs to recoup its production costs and so "early adopters" pay far more than they need. Until that day arrives, we will keep searching for the fifth string capo we can feel comfortable with.įor the use I give a banjo, this capo really is perfect. Until manufacturers realise that a fifth string capo is not a luxury but is essential, we will always have to go to the additional expense - or else keep retuning the fifth string or even keep a banjo tuned to A (or other) rather than G. With more use, I am certain I will be able to put it on and take it off much quicker, and since I always have clothes with pockets, it will be no bother to put it away safely between songs. But this is definitely the capo for a banjo player who doesn't want to have anything screwed or hammered into the neck of his instrument, and who wants near-perfect pitch from his fifth string. And this is not a capo for someone who needs to change key mid-song or who has no time between songs to put it on and take it off. This is not a capo for someone who needs speed of putting on or taking off, chances are only spikes will serve. I will agree with other comments that have been left. Taking it off, well, that's another story and I expect using it more and more I will soon get used to it. In use the light weight of the product is perfect because it does not alter the balance of the neck (and a banjo is awkward enough to hold at the best of times). Definitely not something you can leave lying around anywhere, far too easy to get lost. Nicely and safely packaged, this capo is tiny and very light. I received the item only two working days after placing the order and I thought that was impressive, especially since I used the standard free postage rather than pay for a faster service. So I had two choices, buy this and hope, or keep re-tuning the fifth string. Yet to pay someone to fix a capo permanently or to insert railroad spikes would likely have cost the same amount (not to mention travel expenses when I eventually found such a person). I had read a number of reviews of this product and watched their (quite poor) videos and was always put off by the price. Like so many banjo owners, I did not want to drill holes in the side of my instrument neck and I have no idea of anyone locally who could have fitted such a fifth string capo or any other ways of adjusting the fifth string tone.
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