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Forgot/broke your capo ? Don't want to buy one ? Here's a simple 15 second solution :)
I found this really useful when I saw it online, so I've decided to do my 1st project here :)

Posted by Catarina's Alter Ego from Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal • Published
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  • How to make a guitar. Easy&Fast Guitar Capo - Step 1
    Step 1

    Get your stuff together.

  • How to make a guitar. Easy&Fast Guitar Capo - Step 2
    Step 2

    Okay, this is optional. If your rubber bands are big, like mines, you must fold them to make it smaller and make enought streng on you guitar strings.

  • How to make a guitar. Easy&Fast Guitar Capo - Step 3
    Step 3

    Put your pencil close to the fret you want, and position the rubber band just like in the picture.

  • How to make a guitar. Easy&Fast Guitar Capo - Step 4
    Step 4

    Make the rubber band stretch behind the guitar and make it fit in the bottom of the pencil. Add one or two more rubber bands, as many as it takes to do hold the pencil.

  • How to make a guitar. Easy&Fast Guitar Capo - Step 5
    Step 5

    And that's it ! Just play your song.

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Abbie R
Abbie R · 9 projects
i have a trigger capo but i always forget it.... but now i never will because of your amaaazzziinnnggg idea! Happy (i like your G chord in step five Happy)
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Reda R.
Reda R. · 5 projects
I have always wanted to buy a capo, but now I will save some money with your creative idea! Thank you ;)
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Demy
Demy · 1 project
Thanks a lot! I always wanted to buy one, but this is much easier!
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katie
katie · 4 projects
This is so helpful!!! i'm always losing my capo so this is really useful, thank you!
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cheese
cheese · Elgin, Illinois, US · 11 projects
"ah! thats so clever" direct quote from my guitar lovin brother "WHY DIDN"T I THINK OF THAT" as he goes off to find a rubber band and pencil
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XxXOh DorothyXxX
XxXOh DorothyXxX · London, GB · 4 projects
Awesome!
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Catarina's Alter Ego
Catarina's Alter Ego · Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, PT · 1 project
Hahaha, thank you people Happy
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Tessel D.
Tessel D. · The Hague, South Holland, NL · 1 project
Thanks, really nice Happy
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Gaby F.
Gaby F. · Zapopan, Jalisco, MX · 2 projects
the most incredible thing i have ever seen Happy
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Kitty
Kitty · Okotoks, Alberta, CA · 18 projects
sweet!
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