Yes I do and it always improves my playing. It took me a while before I could play with a metronome (I've been playing for over 4 years now).
The first couple of times I tried, it was such a difficult task master that it took all the joy out of my playing and I couldn't bear to stick with it.
But as I've progressed as a player, somehow the last time I grabbed the metronome (I use Justin Guitar's time trainer app), it stopped being so difficult and started to be more, dare I say, enjoyable.
I started learning a new fingerstyle recently that was giving me trouble mentally, and I reached to the metronome and it's helped a huge amount.
The metronome made it clear to me that I was speeding up and I find it quite funny when I hear other players say things like "I never need to use a metronome, I have good timing". To which I mentally think "liar liar pants on fire".
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