As a guy who does solo guitar as pretty much my main thing, you can definitely play bass notes and "chord melody"
The big thing is to make sure whatever you're doing during the other sections of the song isn't on "10." This way the whole song doesn't come down in energy when you go to the instrumental break.
Keep it simple when you start. It can absolutely be done with a pick, you just have to be able to control what strings you are hitting.
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