Here's a fun scale for Spanish sounding licks - I'm not sure of the "official" name, but I'd call it Phrygian #3. It's the 5th mode of the Harmonic Minor scale.

half, whole + half, half, whole, half, whole, whole

Here's an example - A, Bb, C#, D, E, F, G

Here's a sample lick with that scale.

|-----------------------0-1-3/5~--3/1-0--------------------|
|-------------------2-3-----------------3-2~---3-5-3----2~-|
|-------------0-2-3-----------------------2~---3-5-3---2~--|
|-------0-2-3-----------------------------2~---3-5-3--2~---|
|-0-1-4-----------------------------------0~-1---3-1-0~----|
|----------------------------------------------------------|