Free Guitar Stems for Music Production
Download free isolated guitar stems from real recordings. AI-separated acoustic and electric guitar from jazz, blues, and folk tracks — public domain and CC0 licensed, cleared for commercial sampling and production.
5,338 guitar stems available
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About Our Guitar Stems
Selekt guitar stems span jazz archtop comping, Delta blues fingerpicking, country chicken-pickin', folk strumming, and early rock electric leads — all isolated from real recordings using Demucs 6-source AI separation. Real guitar tone is impossible to fake convincingly with virtual instruments: amp coloration, finger noise, pick attack, and string buzz all combine into something synthesized libraries struggle to replicate. Selekt captures these naturally because the source is a real performance. Producers chop bluesy phrases for soulful sample-based hip-hop, layer acoustic fingerpicking under lo-fi beats for warmth, pull jazz comping chord stabs for boom-bap heads, and extract single-note solo lines as melodic seeds for electronic productions. The catalog covers pre-1926 commercial recordings (now public domain), 1930s–1940s blues field recordings, CC0 contributions from modern instrumentalists, and cleared archive material. Every stem ships with a license certificate (PDF) showing source, license type, and any attribution required. Selekt's free copyright-check tool can screen any audio (including a finished mix) against an industry-standard database of 100M+ commercial recordings.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are these real guitar recordings?
Yes. Every guitar stem is isolated from a real performance using AI separation — never synthesized or generated. You get authentic amp coloration, pick attack, finger noise, and player feel.
What styles of guitar are available?
Jazz archtop, Delta blues fingerpicking, country, folk strumming, and early rock electric — sourced from public-domain recordings and CC0 contributions across eras.
Can I get isolated guitar solos vs. rhythm guitar?
Use Describe & Find to query by part type — for example, "jazz guitar solo" or "acoustic rhythm guitar" returns matches sorted accordingly. Some recordings have only one guitar; others have rhythm and lead which separate together unless re-isolated.
Why use real guitar stems instead of virtual instruments?
Even the best amp simulators and virtual guitars struggle to capture the chaotic micro-details of a real performance — the imperfections that make it feel alive. Isolated stems give you that for free, ready to chop and process.
Are the recordings cleaned up or as-found?
We apply optional denoising for low-quality 1920s–1940s recordings to make them more usable. The cleaner version is what you download by default. Original-quality versions are available on each sample page if you want vintage character.