A Capo with Rock-solid Intonation

Slap the Shubb C8b Partial Capo on your steel-string guitar, and you’ll enter a whole new world of sonic exploration. This capo skips your guitar’s outside string, while covering the remaining five. This enables you to mimic Drop D tuning — all without buzz. This capo’s patented over-center locking action ensures smooth operation and unrivaled ease of use. Its soft rubber pad works like a fingertip, while its closing action is engineered like your hand, so the capo doesn’t pull your guitar’s strings off center — no retuning necessary. The C8b Partial Capo is made of plain, non-plated brass, giving it a vintage, rustic-like appearance. That said, if you polish it, it shines like gold. Small, stylish, and unobtrusive, the Shubb C8b is an easy way to experiment with alternate tunings.

Partial capo-ing is not open tuning

The Shubb C8b Partial Capo skips your guitar’s outside string and covers the remaining five. This enables you to emulate Drop D tuning, a full step higher (EBEACF). It’s kind of like an emulation of Drop D tuning — Drop E tuning if you will. But unlike proper Drop D tuning, which affects every note on your guitar’s low E string, the C8b doesn’t affect any notes above it. This is easily demonstrated by barring above the capo — it’s like the capo isn’t even there. This enables you to play up and down the fretboard in standard tuning, while benefitting from the emulated Drop D turning. Here’s a  tip: try downtuning your guitar a whole step before applying the capo — it sounds brutal!

Engineered to work like the human hand

Most capos muck with your intonation — you have to retune your instrument every time you install one. That’s because fingerboards are made for fingers, not capos. But, thanks to Shubb, this is no longer a problem. Shubb capos employ a soft rubber pad that works like your fingertip. Consequently, they don’t forcefully bend your instrument’s strings over its frets. Likewise, the capo’s closing action is similar to that of your hand, so it doesn’t pull your strings off center. This eliminates the need to retune your instrument after installing the capo. What’s more, Shubb capos are a breeze to use — one flip of a lever locks it securely in place and removes it just as easily. Fast, easy installation and rock-solid intonation — what more could you ask for? These capos have remained popular for nearly 40 years. Try one, and you’ll understand why.

Shubb C8b Partial Capo Features:

• Fits most steel-string acoustic and electric guitars
• Skips your guitar’s outside string, while covering the remaining five
• An easy way to experiment with alternate tunings
• Boasts Shubb’s legendary 40-year-old capo design
• Patented over-center locking action ensures smooth operation and unrivaled ease of use
• Soft rubber pad works like your fingertip, so it doesn’t bend your strings over your guitar’s frets
• Closing action is similar to that of your hand, so it doesn’t pull your strings off center
• Eliminates the need to retune your instrument after installing the capo
• Fast, easy installation via a single lever
• Made of plain, non-plated brass for a vintage, rustic-like appearance
• Small, stylish, and unobtrusive