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Hi @MMMURRAY Mike, No bother, whatsoever. I couldn’t get a clean chord for the life of me when I first started. It took a lot of what you’re doing, lifting fingers to determine where the muted strings were and what was causing them. My best suggestions are to make sure your wrist and pushed forward, as this will force your fingers to arch and bend; make sure you’re playing on the tips of your fingers. As you’ve been doing, lift fingers and try and figure out which finger is muting (touching) the string that is muted. Then work on placement and angle of the finger to correct the situation. When you get a clean chord, take notice of what you’ve done with your fingers.
If you can, take a picture of your fretting hand with the G chord. Post it here or send it to me in a private message, and I’ll see if I can see where the issue is.
You will be able to play a clean G chord, you just need to correct the current situation and build up muscle memory of how to place your fingers (comes from practice).