Originally Posted by: BrokenJeraif i was going to play Aminor pentatonic on just the 6th string i would follow the patterns from 1 through 5 up the neck and still make the scale?

Yes. In fact on either E string (low or high) you can see the entire series of scale formula in intervals spread out on one string much easier than when it is spread across many strings.

scale degrees: 1 - min3 - 4 - 5 min7 - 1
fret numbers: 5 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 15 - 17
note names - A - C - D - E - G - A