Well I think the best advice I can give you, to be able to hear it better, is to listen to a lot of guitar players :) Especially blues, blues/rock where guitar players jam on the pentatonic scale for hours and it never gets boring.
Your brain will record what is happening without working or doing anything. Just like a baby. At first he listens to everything around him, records everything in his brain without really working at it. Then out of nowhere, a word comes out and then a phrase and everyone is happy....and then he wont stop talking :P hahaha

I have a similar story. Last week I picked up an harmonica and decided to play this beautiful instrument. I know scales and theory and all that so I'm learning quick. But it dosnt sound like the musicians I like. So now i'm listening to more harmonica, just to get the feel.

The beautiful thing in all this is that down the road, everything you learned and will learn gets mixed up (without working at it) to create your own unique flavor...it gets more personal and more fun to play.