Lately, I've returned to an old tactic Herb Ellis suggested to me many years ago..

I practice scales and riffs and solo ideas without ever playing the root note..

So..if the passage is in C I have to leave out or substitute something else for all the C notes.

It helps you find new shapes and melodic ideas for soloing

It does me, anyway..

Also, "blowing" everything I play as if I was playing a wind instrument instead of guitar..

Bob