Re. Barney's fingering (GUEST, Jon)

Yes, I tend to use the little finger when I go outside the first 5 frets, but it does depend on the tune. I noticed Barney seemed to slide his fingers up now and again, rather than use his little finger. I often do this, but I always felt it was sort of cheating - until now! :-)

Although I've heard Barney playing many times on record, I've never had the chance to see his fingering up close before, so this was very interesting to me.

As you say, it's what works that counts - I just wondered what other players do.