ok, here where im at, i know all of my scales- penatonic down the whole fret board, major, minor, blues, and some of those random exotic scales. My fingers are fast enough, and my hammer ons and pull ofs are good, as are my bends.
But my solo sucks ( well thats in perspecitive, im better then most of the people i play with but nothing like Jimmi Page, Yngwie, etc etc). I know my problems too. First I play to linear, mostly off of muscel memory, i go up and down the scales well and fast with a couple variations, but im not good at mixing my notes. Umm its hard to explain but like, ya so i need to know how to mix up my notes in my scales to make them sound better and more creative. 2nd, i have almost no good soloing licks, this goes along with the 1st thing, but i can bend and hammer on and stuff, but my licks in soloing are very limited. But my main problem is muscel memory keeps me Linear in my soloing and it also makes me have troubles learning new songs and solos. Can any of you help??