Originally Posted by: dvanevenYou cleared out a question for me that I have been wondering about for years now...
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You are quite welcome. :)

Originally Posted by: dvaneven
Obviously I play alot of the same patterns using the blues scale to get a specific sound or sequence of notes. I can actually hear the stuff I'm going to play in my head before I actually play it...

It is excellent that you can "hear it" in your mind! That is proof you are paying attention to what you do and you are connecting and integrating the patterns with actual sounds. Well done.
[QUOTE=dvaneven].. I can learn lots of other scales and how to apply them in the same manner as I have been doing with the blues scale? Or am I missing what you are saying?

If you haven't yet, please go through Guitar Fundamentals 2 which starts with intervals and builds them into scales. Then, you will get a lot of great info on how scales and chords are related to each other.

http://www.guitartricks.com/course.php?input=2

Then, use your existing knowledge of the pentatonic boxes to your advantage by going through these:

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=296
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=722
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=185
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=483
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=491

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=217
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=232
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=244

Let me know if those are on target, and how it goes. Best of success.