ddw--

Thanks for the tips...I have fooled around with all those fingerings up and down the neck...I like sliding the B7 up to get an E7 with open B string, still playing all six strings -- for bluesy stuff. I also use the C fingering occasionally and slide it up two frets with my pinky on the first string 5th fret to play a D chord...I still like to play the open G string with that chord, though, which makes it a Dsus4, I think. I like the sound of that half step interval between the F# and G on strings right next to each other.

I haven't fooled around with dropped D tuning in a long time...I'll have to try out your suggestion.

Neil