I knew the first one was a blues scale. Take the Van Halen song "Year to the Day" almost that whole song is played on that scale, at least the first 1:30 is. I have noticed that a lot of Kirk's solos are also done with this scale.

For example, the second scale I posted, the very end of the first solo on "Fade to Black" is this scale run just starting on the 12th fret.

Thanks for the info. I have read the tricks for scales on this site but a lot of them are just random and since I don't know the names of most of the scales I know, I can't really apply them. I'll keep trying though...