getting to grips(please help)

could someone please help me with my scales i`m new to guitar can play most open chords easily & play loads of tunes but can`t get my head round scales or understand them ive even bought books & still don`t know .

Scales AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Some love em' some hate em', but we all need em'.

I use scale for excercis and for putting together solo's.

If you put together a tune using 4 chord for example and the tune is in the Key of E or what ever then you want to play a solo within the tune or over it you need a scale which fits. then using the notes in the chosen scale you can then make up your solo.

Send me your email adress and i will send on some pretty useful scales and other info in easie to understand form.

Learn a scale fully, then play around with it, but try to keep in mind what tune or style you want use it with.

Hope this is if use. It's the best I can do.

Going to a proffessional tutor will be of great use, even if you only go a couple of times for a deeper understanding of scales etc.

thanx for ur good advise fender my email is petbro1@aol.com stuck with my guitar at the moment but still pluggin away cheers