capo position

Mike I noticed your capo is slightly moved up a little on the 6th string side. Is this account of giving your thumb more room? I have problems with this, so that's why I noticed it. I have the top of the line Shubb, but I have big hands.

Hey Pete! Well actually, that's just a habit I developed playing acoustic gigs. I found that positioning the capo diagonally helped with tuning stability.

I was playing gigs where every song had a different fret the capo was on, and I noticed that if I put the capo on at an angle, the tuning wouldn't be so far off each time i changed it.

I've never even considered that it could help with the thumb. Does it actually help give you more room?

Thx!
Mike

Not really lol I tried it, Like I said I have big hands. I have a large Dunlop thumbpick and its very tight and cuts off my circulation, Still trying to find one that's bigger

Mike, one more thing, Getting back to that problem I had with Maniac Depression bending the string, I remember Ben Lindholm told me once just try and move your fingers instead of putting your wrist into the bend, and this works big time, Just in case someone else is having the same problems, Just use your fingers instead of the wrist. I tried looking for my post but don't see it. I guess they took it off already. Thanks for the communication Mike.............Pete

Hi Sgt
I think this will give you all your past post http://www.guitartricks.com/forum/search.php?searchid=1533632