Capo Capo A capo (short for "capodastro", "capo tasto" or "capotasto" , Italian for "head of fretboard"; Spanish: " cejilla" or "capodastro"; French: "capodastre"; German: "Kapodaster"; Portuguese: "capodastro", Serbo-Croatian: "kapodaster"; Greek: "kapotasta") is a device used on the neck of a stringed (typically fretted) instrument to shorten the playable length of the strings, hence raising the pitch. It is a common tool for players of guitars, mandolins, mandolas, banjos, ukuleles and bouzoukis. The word derives from the Italian "capotasto" which means the nut of a stringed instrument. The earliest known use of the term "capotasto" is by Giovanni Battista Doni who,
Cowtown Guitars with a considerable amount of amenities and a view of the Las Vegas Strip. Epic Records band Mudvayne was a client of The Clubhouse before it eventually closed when a partner of the Amoroso's pulled out. Jesse Amoroso is a guitarist, formerly of Crazy Chief, The Loud Pipes, Cyanide Blues, and Pigasus, a band Jesse once described as sounding like "God screaming at the top of his lungs". Jesse is also co-owner of Cowtown Guitars with wife Roxie. His main expertise lies in vintage stringed instruments and amplifiers, which he frequently appraises for the reality television series Pawn Stars on