abacus capo

Hey There John
Our beads work by cutting the string at the fret much the same way a finger
does, and is therefore tied to the pitch of the guitar. But alas, it still
is an interesting tool.
Please excuse my ignorance, but what is a micro tonal guitar. As I have
been building guitars now for six years, I am very interested.
Thanks
Jonathan Sims
Abacus Capo
www3.sympatico.ca/abacuscapo

> > Basically, it is a single stringed movables capo system that we install
into
> > guitars. Each string gets a tiny bead which slides up and down the
string,
> > and is held at any fret it is left at. All six beads slide over the
nut, so
> > any combination can be used from zero to all six. This lets the player
set
> > up any chord as a base. Not true down tuning, more like 'uptuning',
when
> > used in combination, the limits are set only by the players imagination.
> > There are photos and details of our guitar at the super easy to remember
> > address of www3.sympatico.ca/abacuscapo
> > Our guitars have only been played by a handful of players, and seeing as
> > though we are always striving to make it better, we'd love to hear any
> > comments you may have.
> > Thank You
> > Jonathan Sims
> > Abacus Capo
>
> Looks like something that could be very useful, and could be used with
> microtonal guitars also. Plus, it appears that the beads could be placed
> anywhere behind the fret so that the pitch is not necessarily tied to
> the pitch dictated by the fret.
>
> --
> John Starrett
> "We have nothing to fear but the scary stuff."
> http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/microtone.html
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julia wrote:

> Please excuse my ignorance, but what is a micro tonal guitar. As I have
> been building guitars now for six years, I am very interested.

http://microtones.com

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