THE JOURNEYMAN HARP
Imagine sitting on a paddle steamer, slowly floating down the Mississippi. The sun is shining, and you look over 
the rail while there’s music playing. The Big River Harp perfectly captures this spirit of the Mississippi delta, 
freedom, and tranquility – hence the name. It’s the perfect starting point for your first expeditions into the 
world of western, folk or Nashville style country.

Modular construction
The comb, reed and cover plates are interchangeable with all other MS series for many possible combinations that 
suit your playing style

Curved cover plates
The cover plates ensure a good handling

Durable plastic comb
Reliable performance under all climate conditions thanks to resilient plastic comb

Reed plates (material, thickness):	brass, 0.9 mm
Reed plates (surface):			brass
Reeds (number, material):		20, brass
Comb (material, color):			ABS, black
Comb (finish):				ABS
Mouthpiece (surface):			ABS
Cover plates:				stainless steel
Keys:					F#, F, E, Eb, D, Db, C, B(H), Bb, A, Ab, G
Type:					diatonic
Tuning:					Richter
Number of holes:			10
Tonal range:				3 octaves
Length:					10.5 cm / 4.1"

SHUBB C7b D-Tune Capo, Brass

plain brass, original design

Model C7 and C7B.

I was introduced to the concept of partial capoing many years ago by the great acoustic 
guitarist Harvey Reid and by Jeff Hickey, who developed the Third Hand capo 
(an elastic capo designed exclusively for partial capoing). These guys both were users of
Shubb capos for "regular" capoing, but were WAY into the possibilities of partial capoing. 
In addition to using a Third Hand, I noticed that Harvey had modified one of his Shubb capos 
by cutting it down so that it skipped the outside string and covered only the next three. 
He got some really wonderful sounds with this partial capo. Shortly thereafter I saw Chris 
Proctor using one he had customized, evidently inspired by Harvey.

A few years later I met Adrian Legg, who was introduced to me by John Pearse as
"the best guitar player in Europe," which is no exaggeration. I noticed that he, too, was using a 
sawed-off Shubb capo quite a lot, as an integral part of his amazing guitar style.

Adrian, Harvey, Chris, and Jeff had urged me for quite some time to put an end to this wanton 
mutilation of Shubb capos, and to actually make one ourselves that would do the job.

It wasn't good enough to just cut off a portion of our guitar capo; we built a crook into the 
frame that allows the capo to clearly skip the outside string without buzzing, while 
covering the next three. Then we altered the pad to line up with this new geometry. 
We nicknamed the odd looking new capo the Dogleg because of its angular bend. 
We didn't use that name officially when it went to market, but for a few years we 
still called it the Dogleg around the shop.

In 1995 we introduced our partial capo, and it has been growing in popularity ever since.

It skips the outside string and covers the next three, either 2-3-4 or 5-4-3 (emulating DADGAD tuning)
See image 'tuning'
Partial capoing is NOT the same as open