Originally Posted by: axemaster911You must be careful not to prejudge. Many of your views I consider questionable, and open for debate. Thanks for the imput though, I like your style.

I was just saying that the dots to mark the frets are there to mark places on the neck so that while playing, you can see where you are at a quick glance. I don't think there was any pre-judging going on.
Knowing the notes on the guitar becomes a valuable asset. You don't really have to sit there for ages memorizing, after a few years of playing guitar, you start to just know where the notes are without any work. Although, from your profile I see you've been playing guitar for 20 years, which is five times what I've been playing, so who am I to say?