After many years of practicing with a Shubb capo, I can move it about as fast as a Kyser. But it takes two hands. I recently worked out a tune change where I struck a chord in the first key and held it while I moved the capo to the new key. The sound of the cittern never stopped. I couldn't do that with my Shubb, unless I was just removing the capo.

I use a capo a lot, often high on the neck, so when I have the necks of my instruments worked on, I am careful to let the luthier know that. He seems to be able to adjust the action and intonation to support that a bit, probably finding some happier middle ground.

Shall we assign political camps to capos? Would the Kyser be more conservative, with its vice-like grip, its unwillingness to bend? The Shubb is perhaps more liberal, more adjustable, willing to compromise into more situations. ;-)

John