Lemmy's sound

[detracti]

Okay. Say you've got a Rickenbacker bass, but don't want to go out and buy a whole separate Marshall (guitar?) rig. Are there any effects out there that will get you the same kind of bass sound you hear on a Motorhead song?

 

[speedkills]

Okay. Say you've got a Rickenbacker bass, but don't want to go out and buy a whole separate Marshall (guitar?) rig. Are there any effects out there that will get you the same kind of bass sound you hear on a Motorhead song?

40+ years of amphetamine use.

There is NO other way.

 

[jollygiantchris]

Buy a different all-tube guitar head/cab or combo thats cheaper then Marshall?

 

[Hookus]

40+ years of amphetamine use.

There is NO other way.

Well, you forgot the 73 packs of cigarettes a day, 32 bottles of whiskey per week, and the HUGE mole precisely tuned to the low E fundamental.

 

[TrevorOfDoom]

i enjoyed reading an interview with Lemmy about recording his sound. he's just got his Ampeg cranked all the way up in the studio, with the engineer telling him you can't record at that level. he looks at the guy and says "that's my sound. record it"
just his cranked amps and a 57.
try a smaller tube guitar amp, and mic it.

check out the Crate Palamino series. all tube, class A, sounds great.

 

[Mudfuzz]

A HAO Rustride gets a killer Lemmy sound!!!

 

[Geddyfleaharris]

40+ years of amphetamine use.

There is NO other way.

Whole heartedly agree! LOL Lemmy is a monster unto his own. His tone is so big and nasty. I love it although I am sure a lot people are the opposite. I think you would need some sort of a fuzz/distortion combination to come close. But the fx would have to be somehow dialed back because to my ears Lemmy's distortion is around the edges; his sound is not completely fuzzed out all the time. The other thing you hvae to do is play way up near neck of the bass to get that thinner, twangy Ric sound going.

 

[SWILLKILL]

Well, you forgot the 73 packs of cigarettes a day, 32 bottles of whiskey per week, and the HUGE mole precisely tuned to the low E fundamental.

LMAO

 

[SnakeAnthony]

Note also. On his Marshall's in a live context, his Controls run like: Bass-0, Mids-Maxed, Treble-0. Hope that helps some.

 

[BillyB_from_LZ]

Note also. On his Marshall's in a live context, his Controls run like: Bass-0, Mids-Maxed, Treble-0. Hope that helps some.

If a Marshall's passive tone stack is similar to a Fender's, then with respect to "flat" he uses flat mids and slight cut on bass and treble.

 

[SnakeAnthony]

If a Marshall's passive tone stack is similar to a Fender's, then with respect to "flat" he uses flat mids and slight cut on bass and treble.

This is likely true. I care not for Motorhead, and while I respect him as a bass great, never cared much for any of it. But amid discussion with my guitarist who is a fan and a former bassist, he pulled out an old magazine where Lemmy discussed this, because I had mentioned how nasty and gritty his tone was.

 

[detracti]

damn funny replies! thanks

 

[HOOLIGAN]

i enjoyed reading an interview with Lemmy about recording his sound. he's just got his Ampeg cranked all the way up in the studio
.

I believe you meant Marshall, Lemmy would never use an Ampeg-I love on the "Classic Albums-Ace of Spades" dvd
they give him an SVT to play through, he says "you can
keep that thing" then plugs into a Marshall-

I can cop his tone w/ my Ric thru Fulltone Bass-Drive into
my Mesa 400+

 

[NKUSigEp]

Check out that Aguilar AGRO preamp...that's what I'm running right now and I use that sound quite frequently!

 

[crapusername]

ican get quite close with the Distortion channel on my MXR M80

 

[The Lurker]

I use a Guv'nor and play really f'n hard with a pick.

 

[Unrepresented]

I think I get close to it in CompCut mode with the boost on with my BassDrive.

 

[detracti]

I use a Guv'nor and play really f'n hard with a pick.

Just checked that out. Marshall sound in a pedal eh? Sounds like that would work.

 

[bongomania]

The Guv'nor doesn't sound exactly like a Marshall stack, however it is a very gritty high-gain distortion that will get you in the realm of Lemmy.

 

[The Burrigible]

Well, you forgot the 73 packs of cigarettes a day, 32 bottles of whiskey per week, and the HUGE mole precisely tuned to the low E fundamental.

I laughed so hard without opening my mouth, that it cleared my sinuses.

Thank you good sir. (Allergies)