{"id":21236,"date":"2020-06-24T17:30:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T17:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=21236"},"modified":"2020-07-02T13:11:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T13:11:01","slug":"the-5-best-free-guitar-and-bass-vst-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/the-5-best-free-guitar-and-bass-vst-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 best FREE guitar and bass VST plugins 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not all of us have a sweet guitar we can plug in to record with or a premium amp to play through, thankfully these plugins solve your instrument and amp qualms – and they’re free!<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n

Thanks to digital music software and the internet there is a wealth of possibility at your fingertips. Even adding a guitar or a real bass track into your mix is possible without spending an extra penny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve rounded up some our favourite and most authentic guitar and bass plugins so that regardless of your setup you can write and record your very own instrument tracks – for FREE!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of these are sampled instrument plugins so you can create guitar and bass sounds from scratch, others are amps\/effects that can enhance your guitar recording – whether from a real guitar, free plugin, or sample – to go from plain to stadium sound!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve provided a sample of each of the plugins below so you can hear them in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ample Guitar M Lite II<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This incredible plugin from Ample Sound uses a massive library of real guitar samples for an unbeatably authentic sound. This is a ‘lite’ version of their fully fleshed out and paid instrument sampling plugins but the sound you get from this free version is incredible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the ideal solution for creating an amazing sounded guitar piece with your track. There is the option to use it as a MIDI instrument, you can program in chords with it, and you can even use tablature to give it an entire piece of music to play full with sliding notes and hammer-ons to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ample Bass P Lite II<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Ample Sound again? You’re damn right! For a free guitar and bass plugin it really won’t get much more authentic and wicked sounding than this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s the same deal as Ample’s guitar plugin: genuine samples with impressive control over your sound. You can even twist a knob to effect how much of a slap there is to your tone. It’s tasty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AmpliTube Custom Shop<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Better open a window, because this plugin is smokey. It’s a fully premium amp and effect modelling plugin that sounds better than half the real amps I’ve heard people chugging through!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perfect for if you’re a guitarist recording clean straight into your software of if a recording needs some spicing up. Put it onto any VST instruments or recordings to give them some warmth, boost, delay and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a free user you’ll have access to an impressive number of effects, rigs, presets and control over the amps, stompboxes and controls of these elements. There is a whole lot more if you pay but I assure you that you will be shocked at the quality and quantity of what you get using AmpliTube for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You need to register for a free account to use it first but considering the power you get here it’s more than worth it. I’ve used the sample from Ample Guitar above to show off a few off the sounds in Amplitube – there’s a whole lot more possibility than shown off in the audio clip including distortion pedals and funky sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n