On Apr 18, 2007, at 10:36 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote: >> Yep, I agree. Sharpness of profile plus angle of deflection. I >> don’t think hardness enters into it, unless somebody can show me >> how. I don’t see how softer metal would make a sharp profile with >> a high angle less apt to string breakage. Maybe it does, but I >> don’t understand how. >> Regards, >> Fred Sturm >> University of New Mexico > > How about the unlikelihood of a soft capo maintaining the sharp > profile, where a hard one would? The hard capo would retain the > high breakage profile, while the softer one would blunt into a > safer contour. > > Ron N What happened to the concept we've been preached to that wire fatigue is the primary cause of broken strings? Is that now not the case? Would a harder capo not contribute to wearing through the wire as it "saws across the capo" moreso than a soft capo would? Jeff
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