What scales do you like to/repeatedly use?

[Mr.Coneman]

For a very very long time there I'd only ever formally learned the blues and pentatonic scales, I've been looking to change that recently, but to be honest I don't think I'll ever be Satriani in that regard.

I know very little theory, and that which I do know was picked up on purely a practical basis over time.

When writing solos I just try to play what I think suits the song, on an off day I'll hit something out of key because I don't know the "no go" frets for every key, theoretically.

Based entirely on prior practical playing of the actual instrument I know what sound comes off each fret and I work off that.

[nfe]

Whatever the chords/riff underneath imply. I try not to think about it unless I'm trying to ellicit a particular vibe, but I do play wholetone-halftone, diminished and locrian quite a lot. Soloing is pretty much as above.

[JDC]

When writing solos I just try to play what I think suits the song, on an off day I'll hit something out of key because I don't know the "no go" frets for every key, theoretically.

personally I think there isn't any no go frets, it's just how you resolve it, usually a semi tone up or down will make the "bad" notes work

[Oli]

Generally, it's the Kerry King scale... whichever fret happens to be under my fingers at the time!

On a more serious note, it's usually the ol' pentatonic, with some major bits put in... im sure there's another scale that i play, but i probably don't realise it :)

[Mr.Coneman]

When writing solos I just try to play what I think suits the song, on an off day I'll hit something out of key because I don't know the "no go" frets for every key, theoretically.

personally I think there isn't any no go frets, it's just how you resolve it, usually a semi tone up or down will make the "bad" notes work

Mistakes like that can be rectified, sure, but I think it's just as important if not more so, to know what just flat out wont work over certain keys, as it is to know what will work.

[Johnny Mac]

Majors and some modes but i have to revise the modes as I can't always remember which shape is called which friggian mode.
Pentatonics in all  shapes. I like the sound of them.

[ToneMonkey]

Kitchen and Bathroom - The only other type are stuck to fish.

As for what the rest of you are on about, I haven't a clue.