Have you ever messed w/diminished? It opens up a lot of cool possabillities.
C D Eb F Gb Ab A B
Try making up your own scales
I also have fun mix & matching scales, combine a blues scale with a Dorian, or a major w/a Lydian etc...the possibilities are endless as long as you keep asking yourself "what if"
p.s. I wish they had spell check on this site!!