Shubb was introduced to the concept of partial capoing many years ago by Harvey Reid and Jeff Hickey, who developed the Third Hand capo (an elastic capo designed exclusively for partial capoing). These guys both were users of Shubb capos for “regular” capoing, but were WAY into the possibilities of partial capoing. In addition to using a Third Hand, I noticed that Harvey had modified one of his Shubb capos by cutting it down so that it skipped the outside string and covered only the next three. He got some really wonderful sounds with this partial capo. A few years later they met Adrian Legg, who was introduced to them by John Pearse as “the best guitar player in Europe,” which is no exaggeration. they noticed that he, too, was using a sawed-off Shubb capo quite a lot, as an integral part of his amazing guitar style. Adrian, Harvey, and Jeff had urged me for quite some time to put an end to this wanton mutilation of Shubb capos, and to actually make one themselves that would do the job. It wasn’t good enough to just cut off a portion of our guitar capo; they built a crook into the frame that allows the capo to clearly skip the outside string without buzzing, while covering the next three. Then they altered the pad to line up with this new geometry. They nicknamed the odd looking new capo the Dogleg because of its angular bend. They didn’t use that name officially when it went to market, but for a few years they still called it the Dogleg around the shop. In 1995 they introduced their partial capo, and it has been growing in popularity ever since.
Features
- Skips the outside strings
- Covers 2-3-4 or 5-4-3
Specifications
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