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As you know I use my thumb a lot for fretting the 6th and 5th strings, especially when making the G 1st position chord I make this with the thumb fretting the 3rd fret of the Bass E string and barely touching/muting the open A string. My index finger is fretting the E and B string 3rd frets. Very easy way to make a G chord.

If you check my posts regarding the 3 and 4 fret stretch to reach that next note on another string you will note that i do stress the thumb Move down behind the 1st fretted string.

Fortunately i have all working fingers and thumbs.

Slide guitar in open tuning will give you a different approach to guitar picking, also.