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This pretty much. I'd also suggest looking into the Guitar Grimiore books. Their book about scales and modes is top notch.To get the most out of learning your scales and the modes, you need to also learn your chords in tandem. How the various modes relate to the chord tones is everything. I've known the modes forever, but for example, I couldn't make a Dorian scale work until I learned how to make it fit with a minor one to a major four chord. Once you've got the modes ingrained, that's when it gets fun, because that's when you can start playing with non chord tones and modulating the modes. That's where the real flavor of music is.
I've been playing for about 15 years. From a technical aspect, I'm pretty good (without trying to be a braggart - feel free to check out my music in my sig ), but the aspect of scales and modes and advanced theory had always been my Achilles heel. I just could never find the drive to really buckle down and be a student of it. I've always gotten by with my ears, but within the last year or so, I've realized that its hindered my playing more than I ever realized. I've recently started to try and really dig my nose into the technical aspects of things.