Well I'm a very happy bunny now because I'm quite good at remembering box shapes, so I'll just learn them - the beauty of this system seems to me to be that unlike pentatonic erm scales I learned from ages ago, with modes you learn the same bunch of shapes but have 7 different 'sounds' you end up with.

I also feel a little miffed I don't know all the names of every string on every fret, is there a good shorthand for this I wonder?

Thanks again to everyone!

j