On the subject of finding your way around the fretboard and are hopefully now familiar plotting notes on a fretboard template here goes.Take the C major scale and plot all the 7 notes on the fretboard.As an elementary quiz if you grouped the 1,3,5,7 you will find all the inversions of the Major Seventh chords (C). You will see some pentatonic formations,triads,really cool ideas in diads (2 notes) and arpeggios.To familiarize yourself with the sounds of just the 'simple' C major get ready to be amazed at the amount of material available without even altering any of the 7 notes.Use wide intervals,find hidden sounds. Study all the intervals in all octaves available and try playing them against a pedal tone of C.After the data burns itself into the back of your head start making small melodies and take them to different parts of the neck. Please do this and do NOT presume you already know,remember stagnation is a result of overconfidence.I do these simple things all the time to keep myself honest.Hope you follow and apply this cool tool of finding stuff for yourself :)