Fantastic tips 🙏🏻 especially 3, which is very underrated. Playing licks and making it your own will instantly give you way more ways to express yourself on guitar. Lots of my improv comes from simply taking riffs I already know and say extending a certain phrase. Another tip I find helps a lot is to learn your basic progressions, such as 2-5-1, and then different ways to play each chord. For example, if in C major, then the 2 (D minor), 5 (G major dominant) and the 1 ( Cmajor) - all three chords - can be played in over 4 or 5 ways. Doing this gives you a huge permutation of ways and ideas to simply do 2-5-1 🙏🏻

@Nikola Gugoski I've played guitar for 10 years but surprisingly still haven't tried this yet! I'll have to make a start 😅

Great exercise! I feel there are almost unlimited ways to play and connect those pentatonic shapes. I should definitely be learning more myself 😅

@Christian Lie That's wild. Guitar is so flexible in many ways. Definitely show us here if you get the chance 😎

@Christian Lie Honestly he doesn't mind Meshuggah 🤣 And that's cool. Love Periphery and AAL as well. Definitely Meshuggah inspired. At work I blast Meshuggah and Periphery through the speakers 🤣

Thanks man! Haha yes definitely come visit. Australia is pretty nice and there is an insane amount to do 😄 Europe is a lot more beautiful though.

@Christian Lie Great question! I keep it 'standard' at 10-46. I think it strikes a good balance between not being too thick to have to strum through, but not too light that they break. I've tried heavier gauges but personally just prefer the feel of 10-46. How about yourself, what do you use? 🙏🏻

@Christian Lie Ah nice, that's awesome! Ernie's are great. I'll have to give 9s another shot too.