hokay, so you may know me from my bass instructable, well now im going to explain in tablature, how to improve your guitar skills

Step 1: Scales and Tuning

Alright, We will start out with a standard EADGBe tuning. if you cannot tune a guitar, gtfo. these scales will help you develop some speed but is for building know-how of the fretboard. I start out on the first fret playing an F major scale, so
|--------------------------0-1|
|----------------------2-3----|
|----------------0-2-3--------|
|----------0-2-3--------------|
|----0-1-3--------------------|
|1-3--------------------------| thats up the scale, reverse it for

going downward

OK, and now the real trick is, find the fret, lets say Bb (6th fret) and put your SECOND finger on it (see image) and then the pattern is 24 124 134 134 24 12 jumping up a string every time, this is applicable to any fret you want.

Step 2: Playing Faster/Chromatics Exersize

hokay, this is a Steve Vai thing that i learnt from my old guitar teacher. (not normal tab, its which finger to use on the starting fret
Figure 1)
e|----------------------------------------4-1-2-3-|
B|--------------------------------1-2-3-4---------|
G|------------------------2-3-4-1-----------------|
D|----------------3-4-1-2-------------------------|
A|--------4-1-2-3---------------------------------|
E|1-2-3-4-----------------------------------------|
that is the fingering for it and do the same pattern on the way down
Figure 2)
e|3-4-1-2-----------------------------------------|
B|--------2-3-4-1---------------------------------|
G|----------------1-2-3-4-------------------------|
D|------------------------4-1-2-3-----------------|
A|--------------------------------3-4-1-2---------|
E|----------------------------------------2-3-4-1-|
I start out on the first fret, doing that finger pattern/fret numbering, then you move up one fret, so the last note you hit on figure 2, will be the second fret on the e string, and move up from the bottom, using the same pattern, and use alternate picking! i practise this while palm muting with distortion, and when i am attempting to do pinch harmonics