Chords for ONE STRING CAPO - DAVID WILCOX

_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
The [Bm] one string capo.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ Now, you know about the capo that lets the bass string go
through, so you're not just playing in the key of D [F#] and having just to have to
deal with a third in the bass like that, [B] _ but you want [F#] that low D sound, right?
_ [G#] So
this string goes through.
Now you know all this, [F#] you know this, but what I'm here
to tell you is that there's another sort of like this phenomenon [F#] _ that happens.
Notice when the pinky is up here on the fifth fret of the high string, _ _ _ _ you may
think to yourself, now if I really love that high chiming note, _ why not just make
a capo that can hold that down for me?
You might think that, and if you [A] thought
that, you'd think to yourself, why not just have it so it clips on.
Watch this.
Clips on, just click like that.
_ [B] _
_ _ _ Whoops, that's not a two [G#m] chord.
This would be a
two chord.
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [F#] _
So the question is, how do you make [D#] such a wondrous clip-on one string
capo?
_ Now, it seems simple enough.
You just kind of keep it right next to your
little pick holder like there, and it just sort of stays right there.
Watch
this.
The quick, easy remove.
It just goes click like that, [C#] you know, so you're
sitting around playing guitar.
You think to yourself, damn, don't want to be
holding that high [F#] string anymore.
Click. _ _
_ _ _ So, _ here's how to make one.
[B] Check it out.
Watch this.
All you got to do is start with your fancy Dan [D] _ hairband.
_ You can ask
first.
You can even buy your own.
They'll let you.
You can buy them.
[C#] They'll say,
hey, what are you doing with those?
You're not gonna put those on your guitar, are
you?
You say, oh, no, no, no, I just, I use them, you know, [C] in the normal method.
Don't
worry.
[G#m] But then, when they're not [G] looking, you just kind of approximate, like, I need
about this much, and you get an implement of destruction like this. _
Just cut [G#] that thing right in half.
_ [N] _ _
Look at that.
See how that's all nice and rounded on the end?
That little
rounded part is what you want right on this.
Obviously, if you want to make one
of these that covers two strings, you can do it, but we're not even going to
talk about that right now.
We're just gonna start right here, and what we're
gonna do is we're gonna say to ourselves, you know, if this plastic was warmed up,
it would bend, wouldn't it?
Of course it would.
So, _ _ hold it at a safe distance.
Just get it a little [A#] warm. _
_ _ [E] You feel it in your bones like it's ready to bend.
You get your handy-dandy channel
locks, and you just bend right around that corner.
Look at that.
Isn't that beautiful?
Look at that angle.
See how nice that [F#] is?
That just fits right like that.
_ _ _ [C#] Isn't that
cool?
Now, now what you have to do is form the rest of it to the right shape of the
neck.
It's gonna look like this, but it don't stay like [N] that _ unless_
You persuade it.
You got a little persuasion right there. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Watch this.
Oh, look at that.
I heated it up, and this part _ bent straight.
So, _ one thing at a time.
First, I'm gonna get this to cool off and bend straight again.
_ And then bend crimped again.
There.
Then I can kind of give this the old scooch. _
Scooch it out.
It's already looking guitar-ish, isn't it?
Isn't that nice?
_ If you do it too much, it gets all flippy-floppy and loses its integrity.
But if you do it
just the right amount_
Now watch this.
You gotta guess the right distance, _ _ _ and then _ hold
it like that, cut it like this, and what you want is just the right amount to bend over
like that.
And the way you do it_
And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ then you get your little thingy, and you crimp
that over.
This one a little tighter.
Nice tight angle on this.
Now obviously that's
too much.
That would fret the bass string.
So what you're gonna do eventually is trim
that down so that it's just the right length. _ _ _
_ _ And then you find _ there's always one fret
that it's just right for.
This one needs a little more curve right here. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Isn't that easy?
You saw it right here.
You do [B] it yourself.
It's no problem.
It's not
illegal in most states, though you should check.
People could be really offended.
Hey,
you're cheating.
You're not [F#] holding that string down.
You're supposed to sit there like a
zombie and hold your pinky for [B] days and days while you play the whole song.
But no.
You
say no.
You say you turn the world upside [N] down.
That's what you'll_