Hey, I love tapping, and am trying to incorperate it into my playing.(I play an Takamine accoustic) The lessons from Hanspeter Kruesi taught me alot, and watching the guitarists Johnny Demarco with his performance of The Entertainer and some Stanley Jordan as well as Kaki King, Eric Mongrain, and the movie August Rush have inspired me. However... I find when I play on the upper frets, around the 5th and more, I get an annoying background noise between the fret I am playing and the nut. I would rather not put a mute (aka hair scrunchy) on the nut, as I still like the open strings. Is it just because I use an accoustic, or is there a certain way of pressing down on the strings that I need to master?

DF