Hi squeak

Thanx for the demo. It really sounded professional.

As far as bar chords, don't some people actually wrap their thumb around and use it on the bottom string? I'm trying to remember back to my rock band days and it sure seems to me that our guitar player did it.

Also, although what you are talking about is probably commonly called fret noise, isn't it really string noise, caused by the fingers sliding over the strings. It seems to me if it was fret noise, that it would be heard as you slide, but it would be more like, click, click, click, (for lack of a better term)? To me, that would be the sound of the fret causing the sound. May be splitting fine hairs here, but thought I'd get your opinion on it.

Scott