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There is more to improvisation than the minor pentatonic scale.
Sometimes using a minor pentatonic scale will just sound wrong.
Minor pentatonic scales work best if a song is
a) in a minor key
b) in a major key with a blues feel to it.
The next sound to explore is the major pentatonic scale. You
want to train your ear to hear this scale the same way you learned
the minor pentatonic. Use the targeting technique that you learned
in the Targeting the root of
the A minor pentatonic scale lesson.
You will notice that the exercises below focus on mostly the
first three strings. This is because this is probably the most
comfortable part of the scale to play. Should you avoid playing
the notes on the other strings? NO! The idea here is to get you
up and running with the major pentatonic sounds as soon as possible.
Since this scale fingering uses you 4th finger on the 6th, 5th,
and 4th string, it will feel more awkward until you work on it
(and work on it you should).
The big secret about this and the other minor pentatonic scale
fingerings that you have learned, it in the next action packed
lesson
A Major Pentatonic
Guitar licks using the basic
major pentatonic scale 
Basic Major Pentatonic Guitar Improvisation
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