Originally Posted by: axe2u can play say the A min pentatonic too the A maj pentatonic,like it was said above and try throwing in the A blues scale,so know you have three scales.now play all three an octave higher.so if your playing the A MIN move it up to the 17th fret same scale just different voicing.alot of players including my do that,its pretty cool...and use all fife pent boxes as well.

Hmm... Good suggestions. I know only one song (off the top of my head, that is), that uses the "octave higher" thing. "Sometimes I Like Screaming" by Deep Purple has its main-riff/theme, that after the solo gets played a couple of times in different positions and keys, giving it a different "feel" for each time. Simply executed, yet it sounds awesome and beautiful at the same time.

Any other awesome tricks worth trying out? And if I use different scales, would it be better to start a new lick/phrase with a note that both the previous and the current scale have in common? Like, if I'm playing in A Minor, and I want to go to B Major to solo over a B Major Chord, would I be best off starting a new phrase with a B, since both scales contain a B, or can I start the phrase with any of the three Chord Tones?

Sorry for the questions, but the theory behind improvisation isn't exactly my strongest side...