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Adding some guitar parts to your own recordings

Just about every bass player can play a guitar with some confidence.

Grab a guitar and Jam Origin https://www.jamorigin.com/
Watch Paul Bielatowicz video

Take your own guitar and record the guitar to midi. Run this midi through a synth or sampler.

A good midi to guitar is Musiclab MusicLab - Home
Or just about any synth or sampler

All the DAWs have some kind of Piano Roll midi editor that lets you fix any notes.
Watch some examples for inspiration:



The effects and amp modeling here are Native Instruments Guitar Rig 5 which you might already have it you bought one of their packages.

Even if you have a guitarist record tracks for you, it's not a bad idea to give them a reference track of what you're thinking. You can at least get some ideas with this stuff.

Keep the ideas flowing in this isolated times.