Woo hoo! (Pardon the Homer-ism) Thanks soooo much for posting this! I've only seen writing about the
CAGED syatem once before and it was a confusing mess... I ended up thinking it was a special system for
slide guitar. I played with it on my overnight shift and already see a ton of possibilities. Now I see what you mean by recognizing chord structure as a lead tool!!! My Xmas present to myself will certainly be your
PlaneTalk. Seems like everybody gets so serious about scales and notation they hesitate to talk about shortcuts. My opinion is view the most tools you can and use what works for you(!!!)