I rarely have used guitar capos in all the years I've played, & I need some advice! I have arthritis, & carpal tunnel in both wrists, but I need to use a capo for a particular song in order to sing it with others in the middle of a set. I tried a quick change squeeze capo a friend had, & it was quite painful & near impossible for me to squeeze the darn thing! I saw in a catalog a glider capo, too, & I was wondering if it is really all that easy to use, & if it will go down the neck 4-5 frets or so? Is there a geezer-friendly capo out there for a geezer such as myself?
    It has become slowly but increasingly more painful in the past few years to play & since the carpal tunnel, the bar chords which I used to do all the time are especially painful. Being only 5 feet tall with very short fingers, I can't do the thumb version like so many do. My old '64 J-45 (Gibson) which has a smaller than the now standard Gibson neck is getting harder for me to play these days. I do know that soon I will have to look for a good acoustic guitar (gotta be acoustic for my kind of music!, but I should have a pickup in it) with an electric sized neck & smaller body. The only acoustic guitar I've ever played like that was a Fender Wildwood(I think?)which I borrowed way back in the '70's from a boyfriend for a couple of years--but they are near impossible to find & nobody wants to let go of the ones they have! Any suggestions on a good capo as well as skinny-necked small-body guitar for a geezerly gal with a very limited budget? I was hoping to not have to sell or trade my old J-45 so that I could pass it on for posterity to my dear nephew--who has no trouble at all with the bar chords. However, I also know that within a couple more years (maybe sooner!)I may not have a choice.
      Thanks!      Kaleea