soloing

when soloing in the "A" blues scale(key of A) can one get away with jumping to another key?

..........or jumping to another scale in the key of A????

yea, thats what modes are for... this is touchy topic for me to discuss (check out the thread call-"shouldnt work but does")....A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are all the notes in the key of A minor, and that is because Am is the relative minor to C major. You can play those notes anywhere on the fret board...however A blues and A minor are two different things:
A minor-

E:-5-7-8-(A, B, C)

B:-5-6-8-(E, F, G)

G:-4-5-7-(B, C, D)

D:-5-7---(G, A)

A:-5-7-8-(D, E, F)

E:-5-7-8-(A, B, C)

A blues-

E:-5-8---(A, C)

B:-5-8---(E, G)

G:-5-7-8-(C, D, D#)

D:-5-7---(G, A)

A:-5-6-7-(D, D#, E)

E:-5-8---(A, C)

what ever scale you are using, you can play the notes in that scale anywhere on the fret board. I would suggest that you check out Afro's lesson on modes...hope ive helped...

What chords are you soloing over? Basicly the chords you are playing should help guide you to what notes you should/could play.

Well, when soloing blues you can add some notes and remove some depending over which chord you are playing at the time. Also it sometimes sound good to play in e.g. the D blues scale a few notes when you play over the D chord etc. Because alot of the notes exists in the different scales.
That is a good idea I think.

tAUG

thanks for the input people