Kyser Quick-Change Short Cut Partial Guitar Capo

Title says it all. Get a Shubb, a D'Addario or if you have the $$ get the G7th. G7th is the best choice.

Started out as a great capo. However, it lost its ability to clamp down on the last string. The rubber padding just isn’t long enough. Kyser should make these a tad longer. Still a great capo and for the price I got mileage from it. But again, if it were a bit longer you’d most likely have a capo for life.

So much fun to play around with. The quality is exceptional which is what you would expect with anything made by Kyser and just a really cool tool for a little more inspiration.

No bueno.... not sitting still on my guitar; keeps pinching off unless I position it in a way that is either unplayable or bends my strings out of tune.I am really disappointed because I have a 6-string Kyser capo and did not have any problems with it, so I regrettingly trusted the brand for the short capo which is a no-go.

I bought this because the product description said it covered ANY three strings. I already have a shubb partial capo which does a great job at covering three centre strings. When the kysershortcut arrived I discovered not only does it not cover the outside strings but that it does not do a good job of the centre ones either. I am returning it.I have come to the conclusion that I need to buy a full size shubb capo and cut it down.

Run away from this crap!

It doesn’t stay on well and when I use it the strings it covers go out of tune. Not good at all

Ce capo n'est absolument pas adapté pour guitare classique! Il ne couvre que 2 cordes et ne s'ouvre pas assez. Ce capo n'est absolument pas adaptable en fonction de la guitare.Il est très déplorable qu'aucune information sur le produit n'indique qu'il n'est pas adapté aux guitares classiques, d'autant plus que le prix est élevé! Que ce soit ici sur Amazon ou sur le paquet du produit, aucune info : "for six string guitars"... Ah, que je sache, la guitare classique a bien 6 cordes...Donc forcément pour l'utiliser je vais devoir le rafistoler et le rallonger... Si j'achetais ça c'était justement pour ne pas perdre du temps à construire moi même un capo short-cup à partir d'un entier... Très déçu...

I am not sure what kind of guitars the positive reviewers are playing, but this capo would not fit securely on my Martins neck. I tried all angles. The curve on the back side of the capo was simply too small.

Had high hopes for this as I've been looking for a capo to only cover 3 strings for a while. Unfortunately, this thing won't stay on the neck. No matter how I position it, it always slips off the neck after 10 seconds of strumming or finger picking.

This is NOT a classical guitar capo. It is the exact same as the other 3 string capo Kyser capo that Amazon sells, just in a different color. All of Kyser's products are great, but don't be fooled: this will not fit on a wide classical neck :/

i guess the person that fill in the order didnt know the diference between a okelele capo and a short cut capo so i received the wrong product. i kept it any way but had to run out to buy the one i needed. they quickly reponded to resolve though, unfortunately i had already resolved it myself.

Can't believe they sell this. You literally can watch it push your strings around rather than just clamp them down as a capo should. We don't expect perfection which is why you check tuning after deployment but to be able to see with your eyes when you put it in place how much it is moving strings around laterally is not acceptable. Returned quickly. AVOID.

Didn't work for me, I have a classical guitar the neck is 2" wide and the capo doesn't cover all three strings. This company makes fine products, just be aware that it doesn't work will all classical guitars.

Kiser makes good stuff but this capo is too short to work on a 2 inch wide classical neck string spacing.

This slides off the neck of my guitar when I try to capo the 3 strings it is designed for. Maybe it works ok on a guitar with a neck that is more square buy not my Taylor acoustic. If I put it on far enough so it stays on then it lifts off the bass E-string. Useless for a rounded neck. Even if I try to shove it on so it covers 4 strings it still doesn't clamp the low string securely so it doesn't buzz.

Maybe I'm missing something because the reviews are generally positive, if I am, hopefully someone can set me straight and I'll keep the thing. But I found out quickly upon using it that I can't play DADGAD songs without retuning the low and high E strings down a full step, which defeats the purpose. Maybe I'm somehow using it wrong?

Not as easy to use as I had hoped - the shape of the neck has a big influence

The capo is good for steel string guitars, but be aware that it is too short to work on a classical guitar.

This Short-Cut Capo is as you'd expect, but the weight distribution is so odd that I've seen it slip off my guitar (polished acoustic neck) and sing out of tune easily.

Spending 2000Rs for this capo is expensive.. rest all ok

I like Kyser capos. They're very easy to use and they look great. The only thing that really bothers me about them is that, in my experience at least, they WILL break eventually. I've had 3 Kyser capos and on all three of them, the spring inside eventually snapped, somewhere around the 4-5 year old mark.I'm not a hardcore player who's on the road putting thousands of hours on these things and giving them a ton of abuse. I use them completely normally, a couple times a week. At some point, without warning, the springs just snapped and broke into 2 pieces when I tried to place my capos.Maybe putting just a little bit of oil on the spring from time to time would prevent this, but I shouldn't have to do that! If Kyser used high quality spring steel in their springs, they would not need maintenance and they would last essentially forever, or at least until the rubber pad that holds the strings down disintegrated. That's the part of this design that should be the weakest link, not the spring.Maybe they've already addressed this. I bought all of my Kysers more than 5 years ago, and the most recent one finally snapped last night, prompting this review. If this issue hasn't been fixed though, it needs to be!

A fine product, but I could never get it to really reproduce actually playing in DADGAD. Lots of people like it, and use it, but I’m used to going in and out of tunings. It was well worth the try.

This one is not as good as the ones I bought before. In fact, I have fashioned better ones with older Keyser capos with my Dremel tool.

I have a Martin DC-160GTE. When the Capo gets to the sixth or seventh fret it no longer spans the three strings. Just the first two. It will span one and a quarter in. Otherwise I haven't had enough experience with it to say anything else.

I couldn't get any cords to sound good with this on any fret. I made sure my strings were in tune but still nothing sounded good. Three stars for how well made the product is. It doesn't give any buzz on the strings.

I got this capo to play cut capo style guitar (modal, with lots of ringy roots and fifths). As with other Kyser capos, it's blazingly fast to put on the guitar, and stores conveniently on the headstock while not needed. But the problem I've got is the capo extends far enough that it blocks easy access to the adjacent string. When the capo is on in the Esus configuration, it blocks the 2nd fret on the B string. I got a Shubb partial capo and have been much more pleased with how it feels while playing. If your style of play is primarily chordal rather than melodic, the Kyser will be a great capo for you! If you need to play melody lines, you may want to consider the Shubb instead.

Nice, useful capo. Very, very stiff though which some will appreciate, others will not. But its perfect for me on an acoustic guitar.

Well what can I say. I bought one in hopes that I could use it on any 3 strings but you really can't. It wont hold only 2 strings either. Oh well, it's still a great tool. I enjoy using it to change up scales and possibilities, it makes for making interesting open chords.If you're going to buy it, BUY 1 not 2.

haven't used much yet but fits well and seems well made