SteveXFR Posted January 18 Posted January 18 Is anyone here using a Motorbass overdrive? Ive checked out some reviews online and it sounds amazing but online review videos often add in all sorts of plugins to the signal chain. Does it really get you to that Lemmy style distortion? Quote
Gareth Hughes Posted Monday at 17:30 Posted Monday at 17:30 I haven’t tried one, but both the Tech21 SH1 Steve Harris and the English Muffy have a great Lemmy tone lurking inside. 1 Quote
Hellzero Posted Monday at 20:54 Posted Monday at 20:54 On 18/01/2026 at 09:07, SteveXFR said: Does it really get you to that Lemmy style distortion? Straight out of the box: If you have a Rickenbacker, yes. If you have a Jazz Bass, no. If you have a P-Bass, it's in between. If you have some high output pickups, it's not that fantastic... Active basses through it sound a bit meh. Quote
SteveXFR Posted Monday at 21:13 Author Posted Monday at 21:13 17 minutes ago, Hellzero said: Straight out of the box: If you have a Rickenbacker, yes. If you have a Jazz Bass, no. If you have a P-Bass, it's in between. If you have some high output pickups, it's not that fantastic... Active basses through it sound a bit meh. I have a Spector so active with high output pickup. Reverse P bridge pickup at the neck with J in the bridge Quote
Hellzero Posted Monday at 21:14 Posted Monday at 21:14 Just now, SteveXFR said: I have a Spector so active with high output pickup. Reverse P bridge pickup at the neck with J in the bridge Pretty sure, it will sound meh... Quote
SteveXFR Posted Monday at 21:17 Author Posted Monday at 21:17 Just now, Hellzero said: Pretty sure, it will sound meh... Meh is not the sound im looking for. Im using a Two Notes Revolt but finding theres a limit to how far I can push the drive before I lose note definition and its not enough dirt Quote
SteveXFR Posted Monday at 21:28 Author Posted Monday at 21:28 8 minutes ago, Hellzero said: Did you try their Le Bass? I have one. The Le Bass is excellent but the Revolt is better. Quote
Hellzero Posted Monday at 21:30 Posted Monday at 21:30 Just now, SteveXFR said: I have one. The Le Bass is excellent but the Revolt is better. Oki Doki, so it's as far as I can help. Good quest. 1 Quote
PaulThePlug Posted Monday at 21:41 Posted Monday at 21:41 (edited) Zoom B1on Marshall Super Bass Amp and Cab Sim... Patches set for Amounts of Lemmy - From Hawkwind to Real Motorhead, plus the stuff that came after. Comes with a Free Tuner! I just so happen to have a B1 On and a B1 XOn up for cheap in the FS... 😉 Edited Monday at 21:42 by PaulThePlug 1 Quote
dudewheresmybass Posted Thursday at 18:08 Posted Thursday at 18:08 I always used an EHX Glove, stacked with my main grindy tone for instant Lem A Marshall style drive, with a voltage pump inside for headroom. Cheap too 2 Quote
Cosmo Valdemar Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago I promise this isn't a "tone is in the fingers" comment, because it isn’t, but in Lemmy's case most of his sound comes from the bass and the way he plays it. His actual amp sound, and distortion, changed a lot over the years - you've got the classic early neck pickup tone to his later oft-quoted bridge pickup "bass off, mids full, treble off" which to me sounds like chewing tin foil. People also forget that those EQ settings will only work on a Marshall Superbass, so the bass and treble are effectively flat rather than fully cut. The Okko seems like a decent pedal but the distortion was only one part of Lemmy's sound. 1 Quote
paul_5 Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago I’ve never found mine to be all that ‘Lemmy’. It’s a useful distortion pedal in its own right, but doesn’t really get near to the classic Motörhead sound. Quote
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