Originally Posted by: Drew77hey Benoit,
How did you learn them, just memorizing, or is there better way I might try. This is something I really think is important if I want to progress but I can't get myself to sit down and just memorize, which like I said doesn't seem to transfer into playing very well.

The way I learnt my way around the fretboard was to learn the notes on the 6th(E) and 5th(A) and then learn all the different octave positions which basically fills in the gaps on the other 4 strings. Once I had learnt this it became easier to figure out what notes are in which scale.