MTed and Rolfy —— I went home last night and tried the "barred G" you're talking about and found it nearly impossible. But then I tried forming a standard G using my little finger on the treble E, my ring finger on the bass E and my middle finger on the A string. Then I slid it all up the neck and laid my index across the all six strings two frets down quite comfortably. Worked a whole lot better for me than the contortions above and gave me a full six-string chord to boot.cheers,
david