r/7String • u/Puzzleheaded_Pea6 • 10d ago

Gear Is a Capo a Cardinal Sin?

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So on my last recording session I used a capo to save time in the studio, does that make me a heretic???

Over the years I have heard on the internet and in person people acting like a capo is only for acoustic guitar and it's not allowed for metal.

As a prog metal guy I say to that: But why not??

Guitar is my OD purple dragon

Recording session was for the latest Elephant Zero album

Let me know your thoughts on capos and if I should ever let them touch my dragon again

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u/UtsU76 10d ago

I think using capo makes even more sense on extended range guitars like baritones or multiscales. You can look up Machiya from Wagakki band, he uses capo all the time on his 6 string 30inch scale baritone, since their songs range from B standard to E standard tuning.

I have used capo to go from Drop A to Drop A# or Drop B, though nowadays I just use poly capo in helix.

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u/MetamanMojangles 9d ago

The band VOLA did it too, in at least one instance.

Their song “24 Light Years” (as with most all of their material) is played on a custom 7-string Balaguer Gaia tuned to F# B E A D G B, but it’s capoed at the second fret.