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1. How to Make Your Electric Guitar Play Great!
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Show Reddit reviews2. Guitar Scales in Context: A practical encyclopaedia and playing guide to musically learn scales on guitar
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Show Reddit reviews3. Zoom G1on Guitar Effects Pedal
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75 effects14 Amp modelsUp to 5 effects can be used simultaneously100 memory locationsOnboard chromatic tuner, looper and rhythm machine
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【Usage Range】All kinds of electric guitar, electric bass, acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar, electric box guitar fretboard measured in radians, and radians to adjust the strings piano code【Accurate Measurement】Fast, accurate bridge saddle adjustment,obtain accurate measurements of your instru...
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Designed to check guitar neck straightness of the fretboard and frets.Dual scale design, works well with most guitar, specially suits for Gibson(24.75") and for Fender(25.5").Works with most electric guitars.Made of 6061 Aluminium- Nice Brushed Finish.Machined Edges for Flatness / Cheaper Tools Ae N...
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One thing that has helped me to is take the CAGED chord shape arppregios for each chord and then limit myself to practicing them in a certain part of the neck but choosing the same part of the neck for the chords in the progression.
So, in this example, you'd do it with the two chords in Shakedown Street. I'd take the arpreggio diagrams for F major and E minor, in each of the CAGED positions, and match them up where the positions most closely overlap so you limit yourself to 4 or so frets at a time. There are endless references for this but a straightforward one I like is this book. Since your progression is only two chords, do it with those two.
You could do it with almost every other song, though. One I have found very helpful is Rample On Rose since there are so many chords in the progression and you'll cycle through major, dominant and minor all over the neck. And you could do the same on Deal if you're looking for diminished practice, and so on.
After you're comfortable hitting the arpreggio chord tones, then you can add in the other notes from the scales for more color just as you said with the lydian sound for the major 7th chord, etc.
That's still all playing "vertically" (improvising harmonies over a chord), though, and not quite "horizontally" (weaving the harmonies from all the chords in the progression into melodic concepts). I don't have a trick for you there as I'm still working on it myself.
I will say, however, that ability to comfortably hit all the right chord tones over the neck (what you'd get from the CAGED arpreggio exercies in every position) really helps since your brain will want to do things melodically over the neck and being comfortable throughout goes a very long way.
Hope it helps!
If you're down to get into modeling, I would recommend the Zoom G1OnX as a good first pedal. I have a full pedalboard myself, but the G1On (not the G1OnX) was my first pedal that really taught me a whole lot about what different pedals sound like and how they stack. Plus, you can get a whole lot of sounds at a fraction of the cost that is also much more portable than a full pedal board. Obviously won't sound as good, and hopefully you outgrow it soon, but I think it's a great place to start.
https://www.amazon.com/Zoom-G1on-Guitar-Effects-Pedal/dp/B00IOSJ68C