This is great advice. One thing I wanted to clear up: I stated that the worst noise comes when "hammering-on" at the 12th fret, but what I meant was when "hammering," which is something different you know. I just realized that last night as I was looking through this helpful book a friend gave me called "The Complete Guitarist" by Richard Chapman. I recommend it to all intermediate players who want to learn a little theory and what not. It's got everything.
DC
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