Name this chord?

I hope some one will come along and name this son-of-a-gun.

E: I-ii-IV-V
A: I-ii-V-vi
B: I-IV-V-viib
F#: I-iiib-IV-viib

A6add9(no3)?
A5add6add9?

The note on the G string is C#, so I think its just an Aadd9/E.

By the way, move it up two frets for a nice Badd11/E. You could get a I-IV-V in E without having to lift a finger, just use the open E shape and slide it.

It really depends on context.

If you don't play the first and second strings it's an inverted A.

If you add the open B in, then it's an Aadd9

of course depending on context, it could be a C#m7/5+

What Badlands53 said.

I'd like to add that the E shape can be moved barre less to other locations and produce a cool sounding chord.

This a useful trick to practice before tackling full barre chords, for one thing.

Useful locations include:

- the 2nd "fret", 044300, (E-C#-F#-A#,B-E) which is a sort of F#11/E.

- the "3rd fret", 055400 (E-D-G-B-B-E), which you could call a G6/E.

- the "5th fret", 077600 (E-E-A-C#-B-E) mentioned above, Aadd9/E.

- the "7th fret, 099800, (E-F#-B-D#-B-E), a Badd11/E.

- the "8th fret" 01010900, (E-G-C-E-B-E), a Cmaj7/E.

- the "10th fret" 012121100, (E-A-D-F#-B-E), a D6/9 type chord.

These "open" chords are perhaps most useful in conjunction with and as a variation on their barred twin, but moving them around can make some beautiful shimmery drones on the high B and E strings.

Check it out.

I just went back and edited my initial mistake in saying there was an F in it. Rather, as Badlands pointed out, it's really a C#.

Helgi, nice work on laying it all out. I read Nick's inverted A idea and got out my paper with all the fretboard notes (yea, I don't have them memorized yet). It is an inverted A. In fact, the fretted notes make up the tritone so that's cool to know, too.

I love it when I hear a new chord that sounds decent. I'll be using some of these variations for sure.

Another chord I like to use to drone the high e and b strings with is an E major like this: 076400