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Play them in 4 note fragments ie play the first 4 notes, then return to the 2nd note you played & play the next 4 notes, then play the 2nd note of those 4 notes & again play the next 4 notes & so on.
So if you're playing a C major scale play from the lowest C:
C,D,E,F, then D,E,F,G then E,F,G,A etc all the way across the strings then do the same thing but backwards descending.
C.B,A,G...B,A.G,F.....A,G,F,E etc
Do the same thing with 3 note fragments
Practice with a metronome & slowly (60 bpm) build speed, this is a sure fire way to build speed & dexterity, you'll see results inside a week or two if you do it for 30 minutes every day.
Then learn your arpeggios major minor & sevenths this book is a valuable resource
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fluid-Soloing-Arpegios-Guitar-University/dp/0786672757
in fact the whole series is very good.
This advice only really applies to getting your technique better however. it won't help give your solos 'style'
good luck
and to add.. once you've learned a solo, pick a lick you like from it and experiment with it..
change it's phrasing, change some notes.. modify and evolve it.. try to make 3 or 4 new licks from it..
by doing this you'll also be flexing creative muscle too..
What helped me was playing along with simple stuff like Neil Young, something like Drive Back, the song riff is like the start of a solo and when he does, it's the pentatonic in A.
I later learned to develop my own style by learning the Ventures songs, you can look at their playing like one long solo, at least the lead guitar. That was the music I loved at the time and I tried to learn one song a day. I progressed over the years to be able to play along to the Ventures live in Japan. If you listen to their version of pink panther it's got a lot of things in there that are useful for any style.
This freed me up to be able to move around the fretboard and know what sounds good where, practice makes perfect, take it nice and slow, one step at a time. The more you learn, the more you'll enjoy and pretty soon you'll be able to wail effortlessly
Another thing to remember is that about 90% of the Tabs found online are just plain wrong.
I'd advise not to go to Youtube just to learn random licks. Licks are no good until you know the context of why they are being played and where to put them.
I'm not a theory genius, but I can't emphasise enough how much your playing will open up by learning some theory, you can make great solos without being impressively fast or flashy.
JustinGuitar (Justin Sandercoe) website is basically free step by step lessons and will have videos dedicated to:
Chord Structure
Intervals of Chords
Relationship between Major Scale and Minor Scale
Relationship between Pentatonic Scales and Major & Minor Scales.
Sounds daunting..............It isn't though, just a little patience and then it's enjoyable.
As has already been said, Internet TAB is shit and Youtube slow down feature is your friend. Always better to use your ears. You can get some good stuff for just wanting to know the chords to a song on sites such as Ultimate Guitar, but they're not always 100% right either.