Advice: Start studying composition, or better, start composing!. When I say studying, what I mean is to listen to Spastic Ink, Spiral Architect, and all of those techy techy bands and start anylizing their songs structures, what kind of modes they use. Basically, almost all of the greatest guitar players are great not only because of their technical skills, but also for the quality of their compositions. Ron is a perfect example of this.
Also, the greatest way to learn new thing is to try to tab the songs yourself, you will probably learn waaaay more by tabbing songs than by just learning a few licks to impress your friends. Again, try tabbing some SA or SI song. Of course, it will take you some time, but it's a very rewarding experience.
And last but not least, try to take some ear training lessons, you have no idea how useful that is.