Originally posted by TheDirt
The only time that I wouldn't use my pinky for that was if I were playing a 4 note per string scale. Like your Am example, it would be

--5--7--8--10

one finger per note. Otherwise, definately use the pinky.

This I don't understand. What fingers are you using exactly to play these four notes on the string? I thought the point of four note per string riffs was to use all four fingers. This is a bit off subject perhaps but it relates to the thread I started down the list which I am now going to delete.