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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
You get a picture with every possible note in each mode and a nice chord sequence to jam over it.
It's a bit 'learning by rote' but you do pick up some stuff as long as fall completely into aimless noodling.
Maybe pick a mode (e.g. Dorian, Aeolian) and then just jam over the relevant tracks for a bit?
Learn the solo without thinking about the theory, then 'reverse engineer' to figure out how it all works theory wise. Then you can try putting into action what you've learned with your own songs/solos/jams or whatever.
Great one to start for a Hendrix fan would be the album version of Red House, see how he blends major and minor blue scales effortlessly.
The trouble with using scales as a basis of what you play is that you can move from one rut to another. By all means learn the modes and then use the CAGED system, or similar, to discover where they are all over the neck. But, as far as creating interesting solos goes, @bwets has given the best advice.
First of all learn melodies (any songs will do) to the point where you can hit all the right notes, anywhere on the board, without hesitation or fluffing. Then use that ability to create solos in your head, as @bwets suggests, and simultaneously play the right notes. It takes a lot of practice but no more than endlessly learning scales and your solos will be a lot better for it. No more ruts