Originally posted by daveasdf
One more quick question too: Anybody's index finger almost sideways on the fretboard as they get closer to the head of the guitar? Like so that the one side of it is what makes contact with the strings, not the tip? .. Not just near the head either, almost everywhere.

Nope if I understand that correctly. All my fingers sit straight down on the frets even on the lower frets of a bass. The only time my finger sits side ways on a fret is when I play the really high frets on a non-cutaway acoustic (like the 20th). Man I hate that.