[Black Sheep]

Guys, your opinion... I just bought a Jim Dunlop capo. My hands are large and I keep banging into the lever style ones... I owned a Dunlop capo years ago and as I remember it was a well engineered object... this new one is a piece of cheaply made, crude stuff which barely does the job. The metal is thin and the die cut edges are sharp. The buckle is very thin. The strap is stiff and flimsy, the rivets on the strap are rather random and the leaver is badly cast. It has die grinding marks cast into it. The plastic leaver is soft and does not sit flat when closed. I

t is very badly engineered.

I wonder if I have bought a fake because I am surprised at how shoddy the product is. And I know fakes are available from China.

This is not how I remember this style capo at all...

If you own a Dunlop, can you comment please? Is that how thy are these days or is this an imitation?

[at_leo_87]

i have one of two of these toggle capos from dunlops. the main one i use has an adjustable strap. the metal part that holds the strap is made from plastic. it was painted to look like metal but that quickly wore off.

but overall, it's a very good capo and gets the job done well.

if you keep banging into the lever, are you putting the capo on with the level pointing up or down?

does it actually say dunlop on it? i've seen a bunch of imitation ones from china on ebay.

[Black Sheep]

Thanks for the reply... the type I keep banging into are the brass locking lever capos. I am changing to the Dunlop one because it is smaller... So do you put the lever down or up?

[at_leo_87]

i put the lever up. so that when i undo it, i would flip it downwards towards the floor. this way, the excess of the lever over hangs the top of the fretboard. if it's the other way, my hand will hit it when playing in first position.

[David Gonzalez Sr.]

May i suggest a "SHUBB C2" for NYLON STRINGED GUITAR?
This capo is 2 1/4" wide and flat all the way across.

I use mine and love how it performs. Its always on tight, and is VERY sturdy and well made. The are a huge value too! I got mine for $17 USD. Pop one on your guitarra, you wont be dissapointed.

[Michael1917]

I have a Dunlop. It works well BUT, BUT be careful with the sharp edges. If not paying attention or strapping on too fast can indent in the neck right at the edge of the fretboard. not pretty . I have since moved to a spring action capo I bought from guitarmegadeals in Florida. It was made in Spain and is rather large but very, very easy and quick to use, and no problems .

[BrianBurns]

I recently bought a bunch of Dunlop curved capos for myself and my customers since I put a crown in the fingerboards of the guitars I make. They seem well made and certainly function fine. Perhaps you did get a Chinese knock-off.

Cheers,

Brian Burns

[lwoirhaye]

I use Shubb capos. I've tried the spring-loaded capos. The Shubb lets
you adjust the tension. The spring capos don't, from what I have
experience with.

It is a minor thing perhaps, but on some guitars the Shubb lets you
minimize the capo pulling the strings "sharp".

[at_leo_87]

those shubb ones are just....

i can't get over how they look.

[zachariah8]

agreed with David Gonzalez Sr.