Important note on scale fingerings:

These scale fingerings may not be appropriate for your hand position on the guitar neck. If you are taking lessons from a competent guitar teacher, please ask them if they are consistent with the method you are learning. Most guitar teachers will talk your ear off with their view of proper guitar technique.

If you have studied guitar with me, go nuts. If you are studying guitar independently please read on.

These are my New American Guitar Method™ Fingerings

These are the fingerings consistent with the principles of my New American Guitar Method.™ They will also work famously with traditional Blues technique , and are perfect for any thumb over the top style. The goal here is tho keep the wrist in position so you can execute the bends, vibratos, etc. at at time at any velocity.

These are not the only possible fingerings for thumb over the top players!

They are the ones I have found that have been most effective for both myself and my guitar students. If your fingerings differ slightly, but you can shred these scales effortlessly and execute the bends, vibratos, etc. seamlessly, stick with them.

Don't practice multiple fingerings!

To your eyes and ears they maybe the same but to your fingers they are completely different scales! You cut your practice efficiency dramatically "taste testing" too many different fingerings.

This is the obvious advantage of having a teacher.

NEVER BE AFRAID TO ASK YOUR TEACHER WHY A SCALE SHOULD BE FINGERED A CERTAIN WAY IF IT SEEMS REALLY WRONG TO YOUR HAND.

These Guitar Scale Fingering Charts Were Not Designed for Thumb behind the neck players

If you are playing with Classical Guitar technique any variation of the thumb behind the neck technique , (that includes the majority of you '80's influenced neoclassical shredder guys.) these may not be optimal. In thumb behind the neck styles the second finger sets the hand position. If you are looking for fingering diagrams online look for one where the second and third fingers stay in the same frets for the entirety of the pattern. If these work for you, great. But I have designed them specifically for thumb over the top players.