Originally Posted by: bounceeThat kind of make sense, now I can't put off learning the CAGED method any more. And maybe I now better see the reason why I should put an extra effort into learning CAGED and the five positions. I didn't realize they are both the same, or kind of.

You don't have to learn, know or use CAGED explicitly in order to learn & play the pentatonic boxes.

It can help certain aspects of your fretboard visualizing ability & knowledge. And some of these things certainly do overlap. It mostly depends on your current skill level & knowledge & what your goals are.

I know you've asked before about aspects of theory. Most of the theory you need to know is contained in the course material you will encounter as you learn basic skills. And it's important to keep your playing skill level on par with your theory knowledge. I can point you to tutorials that contain the extra theory to help fill in the blanks.

Hope this helps!