Harmonic Capo Demo #1

Demonstrates Bob Kilgore's Harmonic Capo(tm) on an electric guitar. This is the first of several new videos in the works. Find out more about the Harmonic Capo at http://www.weaseltrap.com

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Music

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• Harmonic
• Capo
• Bob
• Kilgore
• Electric
• Tapping
• Shred
• Strat
• Fender
• Guitar

[baylorjosephson]

With the capo at the 12th, could I still use the harmonics at the 19th?

[weaseltrap]

@baylorjosephson Yes... but they're different. You can still play harmoncs at the 19th fret, but they will be an octave higher than usual. The same is true at the 7th fret. Harmonics at the 5th fret are normal.

[randyzvideos]

are you using any sort of noise gate or anything to keep the noise down? sounds very nice...just ordered one

[weaseltrap]

Hey thanks for the order!

This was done with a simple Distortion / Overdrive pedal, straight into an acoustic amp with a little added reverb. No noise gate, unless the video camera was doing it on its own.

[weaseltrap]

You have it right. The harmonics are always the same notes as the open strings, just an octave higher. What I was trying to say (badly) was that if those notes don't fit in the tune you are playing, the harmonics won't either. When I use an open tuning, it is partly to make that less of a problem. If you tune your guitar so all the open strings and their harmonics "fit" in the key you are playing, you get more opportunities to play them. That's all I meant.

[goldensleeves]

@weaseltrap why would it ever be in the wrong key? I mean, if the only harmonics that are occurring from the harmonic capo are all an octave above the open string, so anytime you play an open string, you would get the same note just an octave higher. So the harmonics are always going to be in the same key as long as you're playing open strings that are in the right key.

[goldensleeves]

@weaseltrap why would it ever be in the wrong key? I mean, if the only harmonics that are occurring from the harmonic capo are all an octave above the open string, so anytime you play an open string, you would get the same note just an octave higher. So the harmonics are always going to be in the same key as long as you're playing open strings that are in the right key.

[superstriker00]

HOW MUCH FOR ONE OF THESE?

[laughingboy0068]

I don't throw the word fuckin' around lightly, but that was fuckin' cool! :)

[PaulsOats]

This is an amazing invention great work Bob!