Thalia Capo Review

I'd recommend extreme caution buying one of these capos. I was a Kickstarter backer for this design, and mine only lasted a few weeks before it broke down the middle due to a known design flaw with the metal. Thalia has done nothing to remedy the situation even though I've sent them emails and pictures of the completely broken capo.

Spend your money on a capo that won't break on you so easily- get a G7th.

Ive had two of these for about a year now and the capo gets significantly easier to use the more you use it. They look great and make the guitar sound great. The interchangeable fretboard pads are fantastic. I have one capo set for my Breedlove and the other set for my Telecaster, and they work great. That being said, they are hard to get onto the guitar initially. But once it is on the neck, moving it up and down is very easy and very fast. Very good capos.

Also they are coming out with a Thalia 2.0 this year that allows the hinge to move easier and the capo is thinner.

I was a Kickstarter backer from the very beginning. I watched the announcements for the day the Kickstarter opened and backed to buy 2 instantly. Took a while to finally get them but they were well worth the wait!

I'm very surprised that you have trouble moving or removing the capo. You definitely have more muscle than I do and I quick change this capo every Sunday morning. I've been using it for nearly a year now. If these two ever broke I'd buy new ones in a heartbeat.

The first thing I did was change out the fretpad... by the way, that's the word you were looking for: fretpad. To the rubber ones. I didn't feel safe using the plastic on my Martin I had just bought a few weeks before the capo arrived. I didn't want to scratch the neck. It is definitely beefy as you mention. The only problem with that is when using it high up on the 7th fret. My fingers already get squished enough because the frets aren't as spaced out, I end up bumping up against the capo as well.

I'll be keeping an eye out for the 2.0 as well. I don't feel like the current capo needs any real improvement but you never know, someone is always thinking of a way to make something better! Proof is in this capo already!

I noticed in your review that you put the Thalia capo on from the top like a traditional capo. I also watched a video by the people who designed the Thalia capo, and noticed they actually built it to go on the guitar from the bottom and be moved around by basically gripping it like you are doing a barre chord. Does anyone who has one of these use it that way, and does it make it any easier to move around?