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I think it's some of the most beautiful music around...

make sure your square on your right hand technique, these can start to hurt if you go at them for too long..

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Hey the scale pattern that LX is reffering to is a E minor pentatonic scale pattern. With the root note in the 1 position on the 6th string. Thus his pattern would be in the key of F. I believe when useing pentatonic scales the blues are played with minor scales.
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I'm not really sure what you mean in your last sentence.  But if you are saying that the minor pentatonic scale works well over the blues, you are right.

The blues scales is very similar to the minor pentatonic.  The difference is the added flat 5th or "blue note."

earlier in this thread I said that you can play this scale anywhere on the neck.  What I entabulated was the F-blues scale, but if you take that same scale and move everything up, you can play the scale in any key.

If you want to play in A minor, like the solo from stairway to heaven, place the first note of the scale on the fifth fret of the 6th string

If you want to play in B minor, like the solo from Money (floyd), do the same on the 7th fret.

Both those solos, countless others and tons of rock leads are almost completely based in blues/minor pentatonic scale.

mastering that scale can get you pretty far in your eartraining and ease of learning leads.  Even hard leads end up making a lot of sense.

also try this

-------------------------1-4------|----------4-6-7---------- -------------------------------

---------------------1-4----------|------4-6---------------- -------------------------------

---------------1-3-4--------------|----5-------------------- -------------------------------

-----------1-3--------------------|------------------------- ------------------------------

-----1-2-3------------------------|------------------------- ------------------------------

-1-4------------------------------|------------------------- ------------------------------

on the third string you can slide up .  The root then lies in the 2nd string (6), and you have a new position to play in.  This higher position is where people mostly play lead. 

it is easy to get into this higher position by sliding up on the third string with your 3rd finger.  then switch to the index finger to play the "4" on the 2nd string, 3rd finger on "6, same for the first string. 

You can actually finger this any way you want.  I am very used to using my pinky, but not everyone else is...you can play without the pinky and that is still acceptable, it's actually more common to avoid the pinky completely, but that will just lead to limitations in the future.

Just remember that you can play this scale in **any position** in fact, i encourage playing this in higher posiiton because the frets are closer together and they are easier to play...

This is the most important scale to use if you want to jam on rock tunes!!!

I'm not sure that is an A4 chord...I think it's an A2 chord.  The second string was open which rings a second above the root.  There was no 3rd fret on the second string which would the fourth.

Thanks a lot, i really appreciate the compliments...I will always love to play classical, but the main reason I went to school for it is for the technique and reading/theory.  What I want to do with my music is write songs and play electric and acoustic with or without a pick.  If I only played classical guitar, I'd be more of a historian than a musician.  I want to play my music for a living, not some dead guys, however great they may have been.  Once I organize my songs and put them onto the computer, I'll upload them onto the chordie server. 

as a sidenote along the same grain:**People love it when you play pop songs in a classical style.  If you can fingerpick the chords and melody of Yesterday, anyone will tip you...

If they recognize it, it's good music...

I woudn't mind spend between one and two grand (american).  I would prefer to paint it, not dye it...I was going to have an artist friend of mine to paint it for me.  Is there a specific type of paint I could use so as to not disrupt the flow of vibration?...is that even an issue?  I'm probably going to need at least one humbucker, (I have a vintage rat distortion pedal, they're great, but noisy)  maybe an active pickup? don't know...any ideas?

that worked

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It would be impossible for me to pick out just one, so I'll give you a Top 10 in no particular order.

1. Stevie Ray Vaughan

2. Eric Johnson

3. Jimi Hendrix

4. Danny Gatton

5. Robben Ford

6. Larry Carlton

7. Eric Clapton

8. Roy Buchanan

9. Wes Montgomery

10. Grant Green
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really...no charlie christian?

you know, wes montgomery's first job was transcibing and playing charlie christian solos note for note for benny goodman

I have a hagstrom swede from the early 70s...I think the guy from Sly and the Family Stone played the same model...

the link you put down didn't work...