Flamenco guitarists – if you’re looking for a good capo (cejilla), I just got a great one! If you’re interested, read further.

I should note that if you are using a traditional, fancy handmade wooden cejilla with fancy inlay and the whole nine, you may not need or want this. Being very practical, function is more important to me that sexy looks. Unless someone wants to buy me an expensive Spanish one, of course!

In any case, if you’re reading this, you know flamenco guitar music often requires a cejilla. I had been using a simple Shubb classical capo, and it was quite adequate, if not stellar. But then I got a new Pedro De Miguel guitar from Spain. It’s shorter than my other guitar, and has a very thick neck. The old capo would only work on the first two frets… not that great. So I went looking for something that was more flexible.

I read about the G7th, which has a very intriguing, mechanically ingenious design that is easy to operate and has a nice low profile. The Guitar Center in my area happened to have one. They also had a Kyser classical – it worked OK and had an intriguing look, but its spring mechanism was wound so tightly that sometimes it would fly out of my hand when tightly squeezed. I also wasn’t really looking for something that stuck out that much when in use. It is a good capo, but I found the G7th to be easier to use, more graceful in design and function, and it fit my needs.

The G7th easily handled higher frets, and that’s on a neck that gets very thick at the top, over an inch deep (admittedly deeper than many classicals and flamencos). I was able to use it above the 7th fret, which is higher than I’d generally need anyway. I hope this helps any other flamenco guitarists who may need a cejilla for a thick neck. Nice job, G7th!