Lemmy's sound

[Christian Waiau]

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

if you're looking at getting a Guv'nor.. pick up a danelectro daddy-o overdrive.. its practically the same exact circuit but will run you about 30$ shipped on ebay.

 

[The Lurker]

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.

+1. It's not 100%, but it's reasonably close.

 

[washburnfan]

Its a Marshall SuperBass if IIRC... Not a guitar amp...

 

[OhThePeacock]

Maybe a guitar distortion with some sort of EQing on it (does the Guv'nor have that?) and EQ it just like Lemmy EQs his amp...my 2cents.

 

[GeoffByrne]

The Guv'nor has a 4 band EQ.... Low, Bass, Mids & Treble.

 

[assboglin]

I have an original Guv'nor pedal and it's cool but I'll also mention the Z. Vex Box of Rock. I own one and use it and it can be extremely cool, better than the Guv'nor in my opinion. I've been playing with the knobs and with the tone dialed down and the volume turned up to compensate I actually got it to hold the bottom better than the Guv'nor too. Check it out.

 

[McHaven]

Get really f'in drunk, crank your mids, turn down the bass, play really f'in drunk, and really f'in loud.

 

[detracti]

Lemmy is doing a Q&A, collecting questions now on the Motorhead Myspace.

So I asked him if the mole is in fact tuned to the low E fundamental.

We'll see.

 

[The Lurker]

Maybe a guitar distortion with some sort of EQing on it (does the Guv'nor have that?) and EQ it just like Lemmy EQs his amp...my 2cents.

yeah, the EQ is definitely a good feature. I used the Guv'nor not so much because it sounds uber-marshallish right out of the box, but because I had a Guv'nor to use. Incidentally, it also does a kickin' Rob Wright sound.

I myself wouldn't bother with something as costly as a Zvex pedal for this.... there's much cheaper stuff out there that can do the same thing.