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The Kyser Timeline
1975
Milton Kyser, a machinist with a love of connecting people through music purchases a patent from a friend and begins developing the Kyser Quick-Change® Capo.
1979
To help musicians change keys effortlessly with one hand, the ambitious founder invents a trigger mechanism for guitar capos that remains remarkably unchanged to this day.
1999
The Quick-Change® Capo line welcomes its first non-acoustic capo, which boasted a special radius and lower tension developed especially for streamlined electric necks.
2000
Kyser introduces its first "sublimated" capo, broadening the company's creative capo possibilities beyond paint colors and into custom-dyed patterns and designs. The first, the KG6F freedom capo, was a nod to Milton's time as a Korean War soldier and a company-wide commitment to supporting vets with music.
2006
Once hand pressed into the aluminum of the capo body, Kyser evolved its signature logo imprint by switching the process to a special ink stamp.
2012
Milton passes the Kyser torch to his great-niece Meredith Attebery, who currently assumes the role of Company Owner and President. Milton was nearing 80 years old at the time of his retirement.
2020
The company celebrates 40 years in the business by debuting its first signature capos, appropriately named the "Milton" and the "Meredith".