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How to make a dirt simple Guitar Capo!

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Congratulations! You have just made your own guitar capo! You just saved 15 dollars! :-)

To use it, simply put the weird tool part on the underside of the guitar neck and the ruler part on top. Put plastic washers on the screws for looks and so the wood doesn't break.
Screw the screws into the weird tool where they belong and tighten it over the fret you want to capo it!

To put it on easily, keep one screw in and the other out so you can just pivot it over the neck, squeeze the pieces together, and tighten them! That was simple, wasn't it?

I found a cool white weird tool that somehow became yellow... that would've looked nice :-)

The Capo doesn't really inhibit my fingers from playing any chords or tabs or anything so in all, i believe this project was a success...apart from my stink from the burning wood...


I'm not sure if this qualifies for the Tools Tips Contest, so if it's not, I'll remove it from the group. I just figured that the capo was a tool itself for a guitar and i was giving you tips on how to make one on your own! :-)
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