I was playing around with a bluesy scale a friend taught me years ago that could translate over most of the fretboard that was pretty close to this. It made learning it pretty easy. The one I learned went
-------------------------------------------------------------5---8----
----------------------------------------------------5---8-------------
--------------------------------------5---7---8-----------------------
----------------------------5---7-------------------------------------
--------------5---6---7-----------------------------------------------
----5---8-------------------------------------------------------------
I loved playing all over that one to stretch my fingers out whenever it's been awhile since I've played.
That is the blues scale in A. It's basically pentatonic with the "blue note" added. In this case, the blue note is the D# at the 6th fret 5th string and 8th fret 3rd string.