I have learned a lot in the past 2 years or so of studying guitar (and music theory) but i'm stressing on putting it all together. I can improvise like no other on a scale or mode using the scale or mode and chord tone (Or arpegios or whatever it's called) and well, im just starting to look at other people's solos (like in songs and stuff) and it seems to me they are using mostly the same techniques I am only on a larger scale, like playing modes up and down the neck only together, something I can not do. So my question is, if I learn scales/modes all up and down the neck, will I learn different types of licks? Because usually when I improvise, I tend to play the same thing over and over again or I usually end up doing so. When writing solo's, do you play over the whole neck on a scale/mode while using arpegios or is each solo unique?