Originally posted by basics
I happen to think that if the next hero that is to come along happens to play in the box and is glorified by the media, all you folk would all of a sudden start whipping out the pent riffs again and maybe start putting down the minor scale way of playing. Its all relative.

Doubtful. To me music has very little to do with scales and more to do with getting the right expression out in what you play. If it's through using the pentatonic scales cool. My problem with the pent is it only embraces the consonant sound, but there must be some dissonance. Playing only consonant notes such as pents always sounds boring to my ear. The only time I see pents in my playing is when I need alittle lick in harmony, but not bold enough to conflict with the melody. What I suggest is be experimental, try different scales, explore different sounds. Pents get a bad name when that's all a player uses.