Practice consistently

to days tip is about getting things done that your working on. If you wanna increase your finger speed you just don't do an exercise once and your faster you have to play it over and over and over and over and... well you get the point. What im saying is write down what your doing and actually try to keep a log. write down the exercise your doing and write out the tempo and record how many times you can play it perfect and every few days or how ever long it takes increase the reps the tempo or both. practice makes perfect only if you practice perfectly. make yourself a routine just a simple 20 or 30 min or longer if you want but don't strain your hands and just really sit down and dig in. for example mine im doing right now consists of a warmup then i just play 16th notes on the E string for 45 seconds then i repeat that on the other strings then i play all of the 4 finger combinations starting at the 5 fret or other frets along the next which look like this and the numbers are your fingers 1 as the index and 4 as the pinky

Left-Hand Permutations
Index Finger Middle Finger Ring Finger Pinkie
1 2 3 4    2 1 3 4    3 1 2 4    4 1 2 3
1 2 4 3    2 1 4 3    3 1 4 2    4 1 3 2
1 3 2 4    2 3 1 4    3 2 1 4    4 2 1 3
1 3 4 2    2 3 4 1    3 2 4 1    4 2 3 1
1 4 2 3    2 4 1 3    3 4 1 2    4 3 1 2
1 4 3 2    2 4 3 1    3 4 2 1    4 3 2 1
then i play my pentatonic scale in different keys and at all five positions

then i play my modes

then i take a complex bass line like a fill in the song YYZ by rush and try to break it down and learn it by ear although i wont be able to play it really fast it will be a tongue twister which is good practice.

just remember that you cant be scared to play something hard and out of your reach cause if you keep practicing it you might find out your better then you thought.

till next time you can email me at papabear82191@gmail.com