Shubb C1 Nickel Capo Review Published 2/17/2010
Overall Rating: 3.83 out of 5 Stars
The Shubb C1 Capo is a sturdy, compact capo that has an adjustable tightening screw and features an easy clamping hinged mechanism for getting it on and off. It also features a rubber pad on the part that clamps on to the strings, which keeps the strings from going out of tune from the pressure of the capo.
A Good All-Around Screw-Adjustable Capo
As far as a capo goes, the C1 is great for acoustic guitars and most electric guitars. However, if your guitar has a very thin neck, the capo does not clamp on hard enough to the neck, even if you adjust using the adjustment screw. This only presented a problem on a couple of guitars that I tried, so for most this won’t be an issue.
Inversely, I have had trouble clamping this capo on around the 11th and 12th fret of an acoustic on the heel of the neck, where the taper of the neck thickens at the body. This is common to most capos and that is at a range where you would likely not be using a capo. However with this particular capo it will not even clamp on to that thick part of the neck, whereas a grip-clamped capo may clamp on easier closer to the heel of the neck.
The hinged mechanism makes it easy to put it on and take it off, and would be great for anyone that can’t squeeze a traditional hand-clamped capo.
The capo cost $21.95 off of the Shubb website.
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These capos are real good. I’ve used one since 1991. I put them on upside down, that way I get better intonation because I don’t clamp so tight. Also, I’ve found the 12 string one which is a bit larger, more suitable on a few of my guitars. I wouldn’t use any other capo, most of the others put you out of tune. On some guitars with the Shubb, I find that my bottom E needs to drop a fraction when the capo goes on.
The Best by far
Cool factor 0 until you need one and then it’s a 10
Also, buy a replacement rubber part and put it in the case for when the other one finallyt wears out and also the little black thing that goes on the end of the screw adjustment.
How do you turn it upside down with the curved piece on the bottom? And yes, I’ve noticed that the bottom E goes out of tune slightly, especially the the farther you move it way from the fretwire. And I don’t really see where you would need one full time, except for maybe a twelve string, but I’m not disagreeing with you on the fact that they can be useful. And it turns out that mine doesn’t have the rubber stopper on the screw adjustment, thats probably where my thin necked problem comes. Maybe I’ll do (or let you do) a twelve-string model review in a few weeks.