Doc-Z some of us, me included, DO look down on certain guitar players for using a capo.

You'd NEVER catch Lee Ritenaur, Larry Carleton, Tuck Andress and the like using a capo on an electric guitar. They use power chords.

Acoustic players, on the other hand, use the instrument as a combination chord instrument and percussion instrument. they need the open strings, or the bass note of the chord to vibrate and sustain naturally. That's why they use a capo; to get the tune in the right key for that kind of playing.

An electric player using a capo is generally just inexperienced and showing his lack of skill.


Russ