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About Earl
Having just retired as Chief District Court Judge in Buncombe County at the age of 54, I devoted much of my time to playing the banjo, and I grew to love it. When it came time to capo my fifth string, I thought I would go to the store and buy a capo that could fit on the back of my banjo neck. I was amazed to find out that there wasn’t such a thing. You either had to put in screws or spikes! I didn’t want to do that to my banjo, but when I asked for what I wanted, I was told that there wasn’t such a thing and that--it couldn’t be done. That’s pretty much all it took. I went to my garage, took a padded hose clamp, some tin snips, my daughter’s pony tail rubber band and set to work. Soon I had fashioned what I had been looking for. I showed it to my banjo teacher, and he thought it needed to be patented. Lots of revisions later I got it patented, and it’s ready to share with you. I hope you will like it!
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grew up in the mountains of Western North Carolina. My family has lived
in Buncombe County for generations. It is said that the folks who settled
here were a special breed, both highly independent and a little stubborn.
Most of us also love Bluegrass music. My wife would say that I definitely
fit that mold, and she is probably right. In fact, you could say that’s
how Earl's Suspender Capo got started. Folks told me it couldn’t
be done, and being a little stubborn, I set out to see if it could…