Way back in College I went to a picking seminar. Back then, the (over) Emphasis was on the left (fingering) hand. We were given this exercise:
I haven’t written music in standard notation, so it might be wrong. It originally started on the first fret, but I moved it to V position.
You place your first finger on the A -5th fret WITHOUT pressing down on the string JUST TOUCHING IT.
You pluck the string on the first beat with making any sound and on the proceeding notes you press slightly harder only making a sound on the last note of the measure.
Do the same for the 2 fingered note (A#), 3rd (B), Etc.
You only make a sound on the last note of each measure, so you gradually go from a pluck sound to a full note. It takes a bit of finesse.
It’s based on the principle that it takes only a fraction of an ounce to get a sound out of fretted electric guitar note.
You do this for 30 second for every 5 minutes you play for the first few weeks (if I remember correctly).
It does give you some positive results, it definitely changed the way I play for the better.
The drawback is that on somedays you can play a fast riff and you get a clank or pluck sound.
It is worth checking out I think.