G7th Capo Company

G7th Ltd of Peterborough, England, is a manufacturer of guitar capos.

G7th The Capo Company Ltd
TypeLimited
IndustryGuitar Capos
Founded2004 in Peterborough, England by Nick Campling
HeadquartersBretton, Peterborough, UK
Key people
Nick Campling, Noel Sheehan
ProductsGuitar Capos
Websitewww.g7th.com

The first G7th "Performance" capo was launched in April 2004. The capos have won numerous awards for the design of the capo (Design Week), Players' Award (Acoustic Guitar mag) and many other accolades. In 2009, the Company won the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise and the founders were invited to Buckingham Palace, London, to meet the Queen.

The "Performance 2" capo was launched in 2014 to excellent reviews,[1] and went on to win the 2014 Player's Choice Award for capos in Acoustic Guitar (magazine),[2] the third win in a row for G7th.

As of 2017 there are 5 distinct ranges of G7th Capos: Heritage, Performance, Newport, Nashville and Ultralight.

The G7th "Performance" capo which uses a wrap spring clutch

G7th capos are used by many professional musicians including Richard Thompson, Bryan Adams, The Kooks, KT Tunstall, Marcus Mumford, Roger McGuinn, Catfish and the Bottlemen. Blues musician Eric Clapton, used one on his DVD "Sessions for Robert Johnson".

References
  1. "G7th Performance 2 capo review". 9 July 2014.
  2. "Player's Choice Awards: Accessories / 2014 Player's Choice Awards / News & Features / Acoustic Guitar". www.acousticguitar.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-31.
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