I was recently asked if there is a version of the Flexi-Capo which fits instruments with narrower necks, like banjos, ukeleles and mandolins.

Well, to my knowledge there are none - or at least none so far. The makers of Spider Capo, a competitor product from the US, do produce a "Mini" model for such instruments and they also have a special wide "XXX" version for 6-string basses and 7/8-string guitars, however they appear to be quite expensive compared to the Flexi-Capo.

Just in case you are wondering if it would be possible to cut off a piece of the metal shaft which holds the fingers and then just use say, four fingers instead of six, I should warn you that the threaded part of the shaft does not extend throughout its length so if you try it you may just render your Flexi-Capo useless. That is not to say a person with engineering skills couldn't do the job for you!

Have fun. 

I recently received this interesting idea from a Flexi-Capo user who has kindly allowed me to pass it on to readers of my BLOG.

"...did you know that you can fit a soft rubber bumper to the stops and use the Flexi-Capo as a "Harmonic capo"! I experimented using double sided tape but found 5mm squares of bicycle inner tube worked well and finally attached them with superglue (only put the superglue on the rubber NOT the capo - and use sparingly). Note: YOU DON'T PUSH THE LEVER TO THE "LOCKED POSITION" BUT JUST LET IT TOUCH THE STRING ENOUGH TO RING THE HARMONIC."

Tony Seeger - (take a look at the fabulous Harp Guitars he designs and plays at Seraph Harp Guitars)