Re: Capo is fine for banjo and guitar...why not mandolin?
Well, then, allow me to put in my 2¢. If we accept the premise of the thread title, then this is so because banjos and guitars are common instruments, able to be played by common people, with common tastes and sensibilities. Hence, the use of a device such as a capo, which is compromising standards if not out-and-out cheating, is acceptable to them. Mandolins, however, are high class instruments played by people with refined tastes and sensibilities, who would never stoop to such a lowly approach.
Sorry, but it needed to be said, and high time, too.
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
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