I just practiced scales and chromatic exercises up and down the fretboard. Helped increase my strength, but it's still not as strong as i'd like it to be. Where did u get the gripmaster man? And how much is it?

i think the gripmaster is too expensive, if not i wouldve bought it so i could still work on my fingers while lecturer is busy teaching. hehe.

copadelrey, u mean chromatics? chromatics just play all 11 notes (12 if u count the key 1 octave higher) ascending and descending.

Start with pentatonic scales copadelrey:

http://www.theorylessons.com/pentatonics.html

sweetTooth already typed out a chromatic tab for you copadelrey. For example, you use your pointing finger on the 1st fret, mid finger for 2nd fret, ring finger for 3rd fret and pinky for 4th fret. Just repeat that exercise along the fretboard, going up 1 fret at a time.

Octave, to make it simple, is the same note but in a higher pitch. For example, the 6th string is a low E string. Play it open and you'll sound the E note, play it at the 12th fret and you'll get an E note also, but higher in pitch. So the 12th fret E note is 1 octave higher than the open string E note. Hope i'm not confusing you man. Look around UG.com, a lot of info there. I learnt everything i know from there.

And that isn't too advanced man, you gotta start from now. I learnt that scale in my first month. Helps a lot if you understand what you're actually playing.