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@NSmith just a quick comment here but proper form and ergonomics go really far in your case. If you are taking lessons, have your teacher review those things with you, and if you’re a self-learner, I could suggest researching classical form. Maybe borrow a few of the posture/ergonmics from that style of play, it could help you.
Also, there’s a few ways around this… Have you tried playing slide, or dobro? Also open tunings could be your friend here as well. Open tunings usually involve alot less note fretting for the left hand. Many unreachable 4 note fretted chords suddenly become 1 fretted note chords (or zero) with open tunings. If you use Tabulature for standard tuning, there’s absolutely zero learning curve, as you just change your tuning and read the open tuning Tabs just the same as with standard.
Best wishes, and wow, a mahogany GS Mini!!! Happy NGD to you 🙂