First post , am I beating a dead horse ?

[Bodeeni]

Might be easier to just get the right pedal. Like the Okko FX Motorbass. Then you can do Lemmy at any volume and save your ear drums

 

[chris_b]

I am looking for an overdriven sound along the style/sound that Lemmy had .

I would imagine Lemmy got a lot of his sound from pedals.

 

[Roland GR 88]

Hey @Roland GR 88 you from Whitby Ontario?

Yeah, but it's not the same since Tundra slashed their inventory and moved to a much smaller store. The days of digging under boxes and tripping over $25k tweeds are over......

 

[BassmanPaul]

I’m close to the U of T Scarborough campus off Ellesmere.

 

[Michedelic]

I would imagine Lemmy got a lot of his sound from pedals.

You imagined wrong....

 

[MrLenny1]

Lemmy lives!

 

[Brian Thomas]

I would imagine Lemmy got a lot of his sound from pedals.

No pedals

 

[chris_b]

No pedals

Thank you.

 

[Redbrangus]

Just because Lemmy didn't use any pedals doesn't mean that you should rule it out in your particular situation. Playing hugely loud on a big stage (or isolated in a studio) is not the same as playing manageably in a basement.

Edit: I'm saying this as a person who has never plugged into an effects pedal in my life. If I were looking to emulate that sound, I would definitely consider some sort of effects device...I've got neighbors.

 

[Brian Thomas]

The more I read and research , the more muddy the field becomes.
I am open to all options .
I have been looking at an Ashdown cmt 15 or a Little Bastard .
I am trying to go towards a tube amp but that is not set in stone .
Suggestions are most definitely welcome .
Help me not spend my money foolishly ...

 

[4Mal]

Personally I would pickup a competent solid state head, a good resonably uncolored bass cab and a Zoom B3. If you really aren't going to be moving it often, then something heavy will be relatively inexpensive. A Trace Elf or GK mb-200 would be plenty of amp. If your thing develops to the point where you need more accurate modeling, down the road there are Kemper and Helix type devices out there. With the right models the Kemper is pretty dang cool.

I'm not up on the latest software plugin's but you might also get there using a computer, software and interface solution. There have been some pretty big name tone-meister guitarists that have toured that way. Big Head Todd, John McLaughlin... Monitor through a good powered PA speaker.

For me the issue with a small tube amp is other than studio use it is a dead end as a bass amp.

 

[BogeyBass]

Find a used traynor head.
Or use what Lemmy used
Marshall

for early breakup there is alot of fun EL34 tube 50 watt heads


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Traynor YB1A is basically a fender bassman copy with EL34s
Basically all the early Marshalls were too.
Bassman copies with Pentodes instead of Beam tetrode tubes or british EL34 pentodes instead of 6L6GC beam tetrodes

Bugera also did a Fender Bassman / Marshall Plexi Copy called the Bugera 1960

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between those 2 amps that is about as exact as you get to a Fender / Marshall Plexi Copy and get distorted EL34 tone instantly like Lemmy
basically what he used

for a cabinet get a used Ampeg SVT15E and call it a day