--- product_id: 97669956 title: "Fifth String Banjo Capo - Bronze" brand: "banjo highway" price: "€ 116.76" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 category: "Banjo Highway" url: https://www.desertcart.it/products/97669956-fifth-string-banjo-capo-bronze store_origin: IT region: Italy --- # Includes gig clip & microfibre pouch USA patented side-tensioned design Bronze stainless steel metal body Fifth String Banjo Capo - Bronze **Brand:** banjo highway **Price:** € 116.76 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎶 Elevate your banjo game with precision and style—because your fifth string deserves the best! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Fifth String Banjo Capo - Bronze by banjo highway - **How much does it cost?** € 116.76 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.it](https://www.desertcart.it/products/97669956-fifth-string-banjo-capo-bronze) ## Best For - banjo highway enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted banjo highway brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **On-the-Go Ready:** Free gig clip and microfibre pouch keep your capo secure and stylish wherever you play. - • **Metal Meets Melody:** Bronze stainless steel contact enhances sustain and brightens your banjo’s signature tone. - • **Zero Damage, All Gain:** No drilling or installation costs—protect your banjo’s integrity while upgrading your sound. - • **Effortless Key Changes:** Switch keys fast—usually no retuning needed, keeping your flow uninterrupted. - • **Precision Pitch Perfected:** Patented side-tension design centers capo on fret for unmatched tuning accuracy. ## Overview The Fifth String Banjo Capo by Banjo Highway is a USA patented, bronze-colored stainless steel capo designed specifically for 5-string banjos. Its unique side-tension mechanism centers the capo on the fret, delivering superior pitch accuracy, enhanced sustain, and a brighter timbre. Compatible with steel and nylon strings on flat or radiused fretboards, it requires no installation or damage to your instrument. Included are a free gig clip and microfibre pouch for convenient storage, making it a professional-grade accessory trusted worldwide since 2012. ## Description The Banjo Highway capo uses acoustic metal technology. Only a metal banjo capo can properly create the defining tone of the 5th string on a banjo. This patented acoustic metal banjo capo design, enhances timbre and sustain and permits fast key changes often without retuning. Works on 5 string banjos with steel and nylon strings and banjos with flat and radiused fretboards. Requires no installation costs. Has been in use since 2012, in 27 countries by both professionals and serious amateurs. Review: Fiddly and expensive but perfect to use - Like so many banjo owners, I did not want to drill holes in the side of my instrument neck and I have no idea of anyone locally who could have fitted such a fifth string capo or any other ways of adjusting the fifth string tone. I had read a number of reviews of this product and watched their (quite poor) videos and was always put off by the price. Yet to pay someone to fix a capo permanently or to insert railroad spikes would likely have cost the same amount (not to mention travel expenses when I eventually found such a person). So I had two choices, buy this and hope, or keep re-tuning the fifth string. I received the item only two working days after placing the order and I thought that was impressive, especially since I used the standard free postage rather than pay for a faster service. Nicely and safely packaged, this capo is tiny and very light. Definitely not something you can leave lying around anywhere, far too easy to get lost. Fitting it was so simple I was amazed. In use the light weight of the product is perfect because it does not alter the balance of the neck (and a banjo is awkward enough to hold at the best of times). Taking it off, well, that's another story and I expect using it more and more I will soon get used to it. I will agree with other comments that have been left. This is not a capo for someone who needs speed of putting on or taking off, chances are only spikes will serve. And this is not a capo for someone who needs to change key mid-song or who has no time between songs to put it on and take it off. But this is definitely the capo for a banjo player who doesn't want to have anything screwed or hammered into the neck of his instrument, and who wants near-perfect pitch from his fifth string. With more use, I am certain I will be able to put it on and take it off much quicker, and since I always have clothes with pockets, it will be no bother to put it away safely between songs. Until manufacturers realise that a fifth string capo is not a luxury but is essential, we will always have to go to the additional expense - or else keep retuning the fifth string or even keep a banjo tuned to A (or other) rather than G. Until that day arrives, we will keep searching for the fifth string capo we can feel comfortable with. For the use I give a banjo, this capo really is perfect. It is expensive, far too expensive, but as another reviewer pointed out, the company clearly needs to recoup its production costs and so "early adopters" pay far more than they need. If they sold this at half the price, or less, there would still be profit and I expect far more would be sold (including to players with more than one banjo). In use, I can't fault it. Putting on and off, it can be a bit fiddly but as I've said, this will speed up with more use. Tuning, it stays in tune! And although it feels ultra light, that lack of weight is a bonus when it is fitted on the neck. I will recommend this, provided you don't want to change key mid-way through a song and you don't need to fit it/remove it ultra fast during songs in a set. But it is a damned good piece of kit and very useful. Review: This is an EXCELLENT bit of kit - This is an EXCELLENT bit of kit. O.K. yes it is rather expensive, but there is no real competition for it and it works really well. I can't understand some of the reviews who found it difficult to fit and take off. There are 2 very clear pictures on the packaging showing how to install and remove, and if you follow those it is EASY. Really pleased with the purchase. ## Features - Sounds better than any plastic capo. Acoustic METAL contacts the string. - Better sustain and brighter timbre because of it’s USA Patented adjustable SIDE-TENSIONED design. - Very pitch accurate. Capo is centered on the fret, not behind it. - Easy fast key changes, usually without the need for retuning. - No installation costs. No holes to drill in your banjo. Includes a FREE “gig clip” for “on board” capo storage and a microfibre accessory storage pouch. A $10 value. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B00F4MT2LM | | Best Sellers Rank | 8,788 in Musical Instruments & DJ ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments & DJ ) 98 in Capotastos | | Body Material Type | Metal | | Brand Name | Banjo Highway | | Colour | Bronze | | Country of Origin | Australia | | Customer Reviews | 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars (141) | | Finish Type | Polished | | Grip Material | Metal | | Included Components | Gig clip, Microfibre accessory storage pouch | | Instrument | Banjo | | Item Dimensions | 25 x 22 x 22 millimetres | | Manufacturer | Banjo Highway | | Manufacturer Part Number | BC2-BZ | | Material Type | Bronze colored stainless steel metal | | Model Name | Banjo Highway Fifth String Capo - Bronze | | Model Number | BC2-BZ | | Product Style | Modern | | Set Name | Metal | | UPC | 689214788593 | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Banjo Highway - **Colour:** Bronze - **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 25 x 22 x 22 millimetres - **Material:** Bronze colored stainless steel metal - **Style:** Modern ## Images ![Fifth String Banjo Capo - Bronze - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/512t9Ai3wgL.jpg) ![Fifth String Banjo Capo - Bronze - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41pmhz+pu8L.jpg) ![Fifth String Banjo Capo - Bronze - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/314KkqEl89L.jpg) ![Fifth String Banjo Capo - Bronze - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41V3F0KGasL.jpg) ![Fifth String Banjo Capo - Bronze - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41AL-VEGhuL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fiddly and expensive but perfect to use *by R***W on 4 October 2014* Like so many banjo owners, I did not want to drill holes in the side of my instrument neck and I have no idea of anyone locally who could have fitted such a fifth string capo or any other ways of adjusting the fifth string tone. I had read a number of reviews of this product and watched their (quite poor) videos and was always put off by the price. Yet to pay someone to fix a capo permanently or to insert railroad spikes would likely have cost the same amount (not to mention travel expenses when I eventually found such a person). So I had two choices, buy this and hope, or keep re-tuning the fifth string. I received the item only two working days after placing the order and I thought that was impressive, especially since I used the standard free postage rather than pay for a faster service. Nicely and safely packaged, this capo is tiny and very light. Definitely not something you can leave lying around anywhere, far too easy to get lost. Fitting it was so simple I was amazed. In use the light weight of the product is perfect because it does not alter the balance of the neck (and a banjo is awkward enough to hold at the best of times). Taking it off, well, that's another story and I expect using it more and more I will soon get used to it. I will agree with other comments that have been left. This is not a capo for someone who needs speed of putting on or taking off, chances are only spikes will serve. And this is not a capo for someone who needs to change key mid-song or who has no time between songs to put it on and take it off. But this is definitely the capo for a banjo player who doesn't want to have anything screwed or hammered into the neck of his instrument, and who wants near-perfect pitch from his fifth string. With more use, I am certain I will be able to put it on and take it off much quicker, and since I always have clothes with pockets, it will be no bother to put it away safely between songs. Until manufacturers realise that a fifth string capo is not a luxury but is essential, we will always have to go to the additional expense - or else keep retuning the fifth string or even keep a banjo tuned to A (or other) rather than G. Until that day arrives, we will keep searching for the fifth string capo we can feel comfortable with. For the use I give a banjo, this capo really is perfect. It is expensive, far too expensive, but as another reviewer pointed out, the company clearly needs to recoup its production costs and so "early adopters" pay far more than they need. If they sold this at half the price, or less, there would still be profit and I expect far more would be sold (including to players with more than one banjo). In use, I can't fault it. Putting on and off, it can be a bit fiddly but as I've said, this will speed up with more use. Tuning, it stays in tune! And although it feels ultra light, that lack of weight is a bonus when it is fitted on the neck. I will recommend this, provided you don't want to change key mid-way through a song and you don't need to fit it/remove it ultra fast during songs in a set. But it is a damned good piece of kit and very useful. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is an EXCELLENT bit of kit *by K***F on 25 April 2015* This is an EXCELLENT bit of kit. O.K. yes it is rather expensive, but there is no real competition for it and it works really well. I can't understand some of the reviews who found it difficult to fit and take off. There are 2 very clear pictures on the packaging showing how to install and remove, and if you follow those it is EASY. Really pleased with the purchase. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very expensive - works well though *by B***N on 13 November 2018* I know what you're thinking - does this thing work?? How does it stay on?? But yeah, it works! I've had a few biro top adapted 5th string capos and had a number of them go flying across a stage at various points. This works significantly better than those, and is far less likely to go flying, though I have had it hop off on me once, though I was getting a bit carried away at the time and hit the fifth very hard - I have a suspicion I may not have had it on quite correctly also, so I'm giving it a pass on that :-) It's quite small, so I get the comments about it being very expensive, but I would recommend it. I'm far happier with it than putting up with the biro tops, and I definitely don't fancy putting a rail on my banjo. ## Frequently Bought Together - Banjo Highway Fifth String Banjo Capo - Bronze - D'Addario Banjo Strings (XTJ1023) - Ernie Ball Earthwood 5-String Frailing 80/20 Bronze Banjo Strings, 10-24 Gauge (P02061) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.it/products/97669956-fifth-string-banjo-capo-bronze](https://www.desertcart.it/products/97669956-fifth-string-banjo-capo-bronze) --- *Product available on Desertcart Italy* *Store origin: IT* *Last updated: 2026-06-21*