▁arrang ements ▁and ▁no ▁over d ub bing ▁of ▁live ▁instrument ation ▁or ▁vocals . ▁ ▁Charlie ▁Hunter ▁simultaneously ▁plays ▁a ▁bass ▁line ▁and ▁guitar ▁solo ▁for ▁the ▁song . ▁Hunter ▁came ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁song ' s ▁guitar ▁and ▁bass ▁parts ▁after ▁being ▁inspired ▁by ▁his ▁jam ming ▁with ▁D ' Ang elo ▁to ▁Jim i ▁Hend rix ▁songs . ▁He ▁played ▁the ▁guitar ▁and ▁bass ▁sections ▁on ▁" The ▁Root " ▁with ▁a ▁custom ▁ 8 ▁string ▁guitar / b ass ▁com bo , ▁which ▁features ▁the ▁upper ▁three ▁strings ▁as ▁bass ▁and ▁the ▁lower ▁five ▁as ▁guitar . ▁It ▁also ▁had ▁separate ▁pick ups ▁for ▁each ▁set ▁of ▁strings , ▁along ▁with ▁separate ▁outputs ▁for ▁each ▁pick up . ▁ ▁To ▁adjust ▁to ▁his ▁playing , ▁V ood o os ▁audio ▁engineer ▁Russell ▁E lev ado ▁had ▁separate ▁outputs ▁from ▁Hunter ' s ▁guitar ▁connected ▁to ▁a ▁separate ▁bass ▁and ▁guitar ▁ampl ifier . ▁E lev ado ▁has ▁stated ▁that ▁" there ▁was ▁slight ▁ble eding ▁into ▁each ▁other ▁from ▁the ▁pick ups ▁in ▁close ▁proxim ity ▁to ▁each ▁other , ▁but ▁enough ▁separation ▁for ▁me ▁to ▁manage ▁a ▁good ▁sound ▁on ▁both ". ▁Hunter ▁has ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁session ▁for ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁challeng ing ▁session ▁he ▁has ▁worked ▁on . ▁ ▁Com position ▁ ▁D ' Ang elo ▁composed ▁the ▁song ' s ▁vocal ▁and ▁musical ▁arrang ements , ▁and ▁he ▁also ▁managed ▁all ▁other ▁instrument ation . ▁A ▁calm ▁soul ▁track , ▁" The ▁Root