Hi
One thing you can try is to play your guitar clean, with no effects. Then try to pick a song you like with lots of guitar rhythm parts (I personally like the early disco stuff, Sat. Night Fever..haha) and play with the song. Listen especially to the drum beat, and try to play with the drum. Its important to listen critically to what you're playing, and target one thing at a time. Rhythm, playing the right strings, muting and the righ time, having a good funky feel, etc.
This is more realistic training than playing with a metronome as this is what you'll be working with when playing live or during recording, then you'll follow the click track instead of the drum.