Hi there 
I wonder if a capo can actually damage the neck, I donāt know, maybe if the pressing is too much. I wonder because thereās cheap and expensive ones (like everything 
). I have had in the past an expensive capo (G7th Performance 3) but now I only have a cheap one. I would like a better understanding. Thanks.
No, I think the capo is more likely to get damaged over time. If you have a cheap one eventually it will wear out and doesnāt fully barre all 6 strings. Mine is beginning to get to the stage where I need to give it a bit of a wriggle to get rid of the string buzz.
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My husband often leaves a capo on his guitar neck. Iāve never seen any damage to the neck, though I do think leaving it on damages the strings. He doesnāt seem to mind, and honestly, if we change our strings regularly it might not matter!
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@RenanRischiotto Hello Renan,
in my opinion global quality of capos are on āso bigā quality level, that it cant damage your guitar. Or I never found one.
Bigger question comes to quality about pressure input, which can affect your tuning stability.
If you are using the cheaper ones, there could be too much pressure on strings and you can be too sharp/flat. Also the fretboard radius can be different a little than cheaper capo, so there could be more pressure for low E and high e and these two notes can be off.
G7th with ART is solving this with adaptable radius technology and also with enough pressure.
But all this things are more theory than real thing, so grab your capo and if it does not sound bad and is not in bad conditionā¦ you are good to go. 
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Personally, Iām a fan of this one. Rather than spring tension, you use the knob to adjust how tight you want it to be.
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Thank you all for the answers, I really appreciate it 
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Capo placement (right up close to the fret, rather than in the middle) is more important than capo tension.
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The damage string mention got me thinking. It is possible to the capo damage the strings? I have a classical guitar, so the strings are softer, specially the 1, 2 and 3.
No, you have nothing to worry about. Strings have a limited life span and you will need to change them anyway.
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I agree with Chris @chris_m - nothing to worry about. Weāve never suffered a broken string!
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Beautiful, thanks 
Years of clamping a kyser style capo has shown wear marks on the headstock of one of my guitars. On my high end guitar I only use the schubb brand capo which makes it easy to adjust the tension and it wonāt clamp onto the head stock. On that high end guitar i also donāt leave the tuner clamped to the headstock.
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