Hi Rick,

I'm not really into the technical playing stuffs, like all the different modes etc..
EVERYTHING I do on the fretboard are just built from penatonic, major and minor scales... or at least that's what I think I am doing. But penatonic always comes first. I just visualize everything based on the penatonic. Like if I'm playing C penatonic on this piece, the major scale would be E-flat. Then I would shift from this scale and play some odd notes in between to get some exotic sounding scales - I have been told those are call harmonic minor scales.

Actually, I don't know how to read notation or tabs at all. I really tried learning notation a few times ( even get the 7 years old neighbor's kid to teach me ! ). It's all too confusing for me.

I'll be the first to raise my hands and admit I cannot duplicate what I played, everything is just improv.

So, that's me in a nutshell - as far as playing gtr is concerned :)