Oh.

well, I don't forsee myself ever being capable of playing up the neck in solo leads (without open strings) though three note chording isn't too daunting. I just now learned my first bit of that kind of playing (see my "Jerusalem's Ridge" post) -- and that only 'cause I could learn it by rote. I just get too flustered and lose my place (can't keep up} and, really, what's worse -- I cannot seem to teach my brain that I can go laterally down on the strings and get a lower note. It blows my little brain.