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Can you put a steel string capo on a nylon string guitar or vise versa?
TxtTalk168
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∙ 14y agoI've used a popsicle stick and three rubber bands as a capo on both steel and nylon string guitars effectively. The trick is will it hold down the strings enough to "barre" across the entire neck. Most steel string guitars have a fretboard radius which means many capos from nylon string guitars won't hold down all the strings. Most nylon string guitars have unradiused necks. Capos from steel string guitars have trouble holding down all the strings on nylon string guitars for the same reason. I had an old capo from the sixties which had very thick rubber around a metal bar held on by very strong elastic. This capo worked on both styles of guitars. I wish I could find it because I haven't seen one like it in years (decades?). None of the capos I currently own would work on both styles of guitars.
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