Donny, you have your right to an opinion, but here, we couldn't disagree more.

That's OK...that's what makes the world go round.

I'm making a point that, when it comes to all things guitar, I can make a claim of being somewhat of an authority.

And I'll bet if you ask accomplished guitarists, you'd hear the same thing from the great majority of them.

Our differences go way beyond just capos. I don't use or even listen to players who use tracks of any kind, and recently stopped using arrangers for "live" performance. You'll NEVER see a laptop on my bandstand.

Different strokes, for sure. And I'm not implying that there is any high road here. There is only what's right for each individual.

Just for curiosity, check out the capo thing with real players. And listen carefully to the playing and level of difficulty of the material played by those who use them.

They generally are self accompanists; not soloists or players of tunes with more than three chords or so.

But, I enjoy some of their performances. It's just not what you'd hear on my bandstand.

Be well (hope your eyes are better).


Russ

Dan, you're right...the gentleman ROCKS; understands the equipment and was demonstrating it; not necessarily trying to dazzle anyone with his playing. I bet the capo was to put chords in his vocal range with a strong open bass note (eg, a capo at the 4th fret would make a C chord an E flat).
There are lots of midi guitars; he chose one of the best. He knows what he's doing. COOL DUDE!
R.