I think the beer was doing more talking than I was when I drew my diagram. Let me try to explain better. Still using the F Maj scale, the pattern of the fretted notes would be like so: [Fretted notes]
pattern1 pattern2 etc etc to all 7
-3- -5- -6 - - - -5- -6- -8 - - - - -
-3- -5- -6 - - - -5- -6- -8 - - - - -
-2- -3- -5 - - - -3- -5- -7 - - - - -
-2- -3- -5 - - - -3- -5- -7 - - - - -
-1- -3- -5 - - - -3- -5- -7 - - - - -
-1- -3- -5 - - - -3- -5- -6 - - - - -

now, my dilemna is.. what fingers work best with speed to play the W,W gaps (i.e 1-3-5 or 3-5-7). Should i use index, middle, pinky respectively? Or is it better to learn to use index, ring, pinky for these? I can adapt to use either, but I want to know in the long run which way to fret would be better (faster)? Hope i've explained better this time.