Achieving the sound of Lemmy with Cameron Webb and Duff McKagan - Softube

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[@matthewhandley7972]

Whenever I hear Duff talk he always comes across as such a nice genuine man

[@fistinair1979]

Read his book. He just oozes good vibes. He has made so many mistakes in his earlier life that he is obviously genuinely happy and thankful to have had a second chance in life.

[@themountaingoat21]

He is just happy to be alive..and it shows

[@nickh2458]

Being friends with Phil Campbell and a bass player, I actually jammed with Phil , Wursel and Jason Bonham on drums at a Motorhead rehearsal. With Lemmys permission, I used his rig and Ricky as he was going down the pub. Its was actually a scary thing to stand in front of. Loud. Sound like no other. Could very well have been the guitar in this film. A great man of rock and roll.

[@cazamilfs8945]

He got really old didn't he lover

[@pilummurialis6490]

Did you get to see the speakers or get told what speakers were in Lem's Cabs?

[@hrvojerodic3829]

Phil Campbell, Wurzel and Jason Bonham? When did that happen and why? Was it just a jam session or were they in between drummers?

[@nunoharris]

Hi do you remember what was the brand of strings that were on Lemmy Ricky Bass ? Thanks

[@alexeyshukaev2062]

Almost 6 years have passed... and we still miss Lemmy... and 120 dB, too!

[@StephaneyAllinson]

Is it loud enough. Nooooooooo. Go on Dave, do it to em!

[@Phoebedumplings]

My band supported Motörhead at the marquee 1977/8 lemmy had blown his amp the previous gig so I lent him my 100 w plexi for the gig. He just dimed it and it sounded great, it was the only time that amp was ever up so loud !

[@nidgeontour257]

Far out! What was your band called?

[@Phoebedumplings]

@@nidgeontour257 Bandanna… After the gig I had to retrieve it from their van!! The roadie said he mistook it for Lemmys, a leap of faith considering mine was pristine and his was completely covered in stickers!!

[@nidgeontour257]

@@Phoebedumplings oh cool, did you carry on after that? Any record deals?

[@Phoebedumplings]

@@nidgeontour257 not long after we had a hiatus because of punk… we reformed after punk for a few years but didn’t get the breaks ☹️

[@Oiak1086]

Wow! Do you still have that amp?

[@eldiablo3794]

The most important component to Lemmy's sound was Lemmy.

[@Soprano_661]

Yep 90% or time is in your fingers

[@paulsimmons5726]

With Lemmy, as with everyone. The best example I can think of was John Entwistle. The Ox constantly changed his basses and equipment, always seeking to further refine his tone as he imagined it. But no matter what he used, Entwistle sounded like himself. Jaco played a fretless Jazz that Fender now offers a replica of from their Custom Shop... But owning one doesn't make you play like Jaco. There are many signature models of guitars and basses but you'll wind up sounding like yourself in the end. Lemmy played loud and with attitude! There, that's the Lemmy tone!

[@eldiablo3794]

@@paulsimmons5726 Yea I totally agree. Honestly Lem and Entwistle have VERY similar styles... one of John's roadies said the who was really two guitarists and a drummer lol. Lem and John are very similar because they're both guitarists first who later on picked up the bass and they both played the bass like a guitar.. from their chord progressions and having loud turned up walls of full stacks. John played both finger plucking and with a pick even though Lem played with a pick all the time. I love John's nonchalant style and approach to his playing. Pulling off crazy licks while looking like he was bored. If you get a chance you should check out his documentary, "John Entwistle: An Ox's Tale" such an awesome documentary on him.

[@paulsimmons5726]

@@eldiablo3794 I own it along with Thunderfingers and the JEB Live. I saw the JEB in Cincinnati in the mid-90's... Fastest right hand in the business! I miss both of these guys, pure attitude and fearlessness!

[@eldiablo3794]

@@paulsimmons5726 Is JEB John Entwistle band? I never really got into his solo stuff but I do watch a concert of him as a solo artist With his band the concerts from like 1999 and he plays that crazy buzzer bass and his tone is insane during that performance. He even had some weird drop tuning lever that was on his headstock he used to make weird noises with.

[@TheLanie04230401]

as a soon 30 year old man it still brings tears to my eyes that Lemmy aint here anymore. So happy i got to see Mötorhead live 3 times at Wacken they were magical every time. My friend dragged me to a concert with them and i was blown backwards of the coolness and the loudness of the band. It was magical, they were magical. It truly, truly brings happiness to the bottom of my heart to see people still keeping and caring about his gear that it didnt just end up somewhere to rot. Happy to see it in a video again, it is so unreal it aint on its way out to a tour. Thanks for all the great music, laughs and help through tough times Lem. You are my hero.

[@jonbush2370]

At least he isn't asking people to buy him a drink anymore. The guy was so fucking cheap.

[@Stinkydo0d]

Hearing Duff say, "I'm Duff Mckagan from Guns n Roses" as the intro felt so good to hear...and I always loved how Lemmy would play the bass.

[@mccallosone4903]

Duff and Lemmy, two of the best sounding bass players

[@janalkema9320]

My fave Lemmy quote, allegedly during an early recording, talking to the engineer : “Hey! Can you hear that awful distorted din? No? Well turn it up!!!!!”

[@LemmyBass]

♠🍀♥ I had to build the "Murder One" replica by myself. After years of research I've built three replicas of "Murder One", "Marsha" and "Killer", it was a long way but now I'm so happy and can't stop playing. If you're interested in Lemmy's bass sound and playing style, check out what I've been up to since the great man left us. We should keep his legacy alive and it's so much fun playing and singing his songs as loud as possible. I love Lemmy and I'm so grateful for his sound, his songs and everything else he has done for all of us.

[@ChickenSagittarius]

Duff talking about lemmy is just fantastic, they are 2 of my favorite bassists and also 2 legends

[@billyhughes9776]

I could have watched this stuff for another hour easy -- I love it.

[@unclefoiley819]

Lemmy & Mike Watt & Duff are my favorite bass players' of all time.

[@elefantrising]

Watt is amazing so underrated.

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

1:44 Must be confusing Phil Taylor for Mickey Dee if it was in '87. But given the amount of drugs and alcohol he's consumed throughout his life, it's surprising he's otherwise so sharp.

[@JCDwyer]

Good catch

[@michaellrakes5521]

I just noticed this myself! They would've had their Orgasmatron/Rock N Roll line up most likely, so yeah Phil Campbell was definitely there but it would've been either Pete Gill or most likely Philthy Animal Taylor at that point. Guess Wurzel was out for a drink lol

[@larrmad7919]

I saw Motor Head in Pittsburgh the the late 80's about midway back on the floor & I STILL cant hear right since!

[@Wonmanbanned]

Duff always has seemed to be a really stand up guy.

[@drtenma3744]

The late Mark Lanegan from the screaming trees was asked in an interview when he completed rehab how did he get back up on his feet and he replied when he got to his apartment with zero $ to his name Duff was there waiting for him and asked Mark if he could please look after his house as his never there because his mostly on the road. Mark was very grateful and said thank you and Duff replied back no thank you, you're really helping me out. This was all said without Duff mentioning Marks rehab, drugs, money, rent he knew very well his friend needed a helping hand and what it's like to battle addiction.

[@noahhecker6672]

Duff and Lemmy are two of my all time favorite bass players

[@garyz2043]

6 years past. My ears are still ringing.

[@3lullabies]

Duff is a really cool guy. He's a fan of hardcore and older punkock as well as a made musician. Watching him banter with John Lydon was one of the best things I've ever seen. With Henry Rollins watching only made it better. Check out that video if you can.

[@judgeholden9942]

I’m gonna look that up, thanks for the recommendation

[@mjh5437]

The Sex Pistols were a huge influence on GnR,no doubt about it.

[@wightangel]

What a great interview. Thank you.

[@SoftubeStudios]

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[@robertkidd6270]

I remember a sound man getting a good sound for Lemmys bass ...he came back played1 chord ..walked over to his amp and turned everything up full and said ...aaahhh that's better. Lol

[@graemem111]

I’m sure that sound man was ‘Eagle’. And it’s true according to him. Told me himself many moons ago over a pint and Southern Comfort chaser.

[@thelordofdarkness141]

Duff has a great bass sound

[@AportesKike]

Cronos and Lemmy are the Best bass sounds I know there are a lot of virtuosos but that attitude and tone nobody can top that.

[@dawidklucz849]

Duff amazing musician,great stage personality,hes always ready to play with anybody ,totally no celebrity dude , i wish You the best Duff

[@nickcox3026]

Lemmy bass in Motorhead and Lemmy bass in Hawkwind are like 2 different people lol In Hawkwind he played some cool baselines.

[@badassroxxxstar]

Ok now we need a PETER STEELE Edition!!!!!!

[@Jacksabbath44]

The Green Giant used Peavey Solid State Amps and some fx, most highend plugins are oriented to tube amps, Peavey had some solid state gems back in the day i hope they do them justice like they did with their tube ones on the Revalver plugin

[@chriswareham]

Yup, the unjolly green giant used Peavey poweramps and 1820 cabs. His effects were just a few basic Boss pedals. Like Lemmy it was a lot to do with how he played rather than with what, although the prototype Fernandes sustainer was important.

[@epasternak4206]

It's always about the music with Duff, I wish I could jam with him one time. Best video I've seen on KZbin in along time. Steve Harris uses Marshall 4-12 cabs

[@NikkieRoxxx]

Didnt Harris use Trace Eliott??

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

I clicked on this video - 30 seconds later, I bought the plugin :)

[@SoftubeStudios]

Sometimes 30 seconds is all it takes 💥 /Tom

[@medicallyunexplainedsymptoms]

In 1987 he was in the studio with Motorhead and Mikkey started playing the drums? That's five years before Mikkey Dee joined Motorhead...

[@CorSmit]

I caught that too. It must have been Phil back then, or perhaps Pete Gill. Unmistakably different guys either way

[@centaurus5676]

In 87 Duff wouldn't even remember anything, he probably dreamed the whole thing...Pete Gill was the drummer at the time and Micky Dee was in King Diamond!

[@OrestisTrips]

@@TheHill1798 Exactly. Cracked me up when I heard that BS from Duff.

[@irvan36mm]

In 1987, Mikkey played on the “Abigail” album.

[@centaurus5676]

@@TheHill1798 Ah! yes i was thinking that Orgasmatron era was 87 !

[@PicklePaint]

Wish Rickenbackers weren't so damn expensive!

[@erickvalencia2016]

Didn't knew Patrick Jensen own this, My favorite guitar player just below Jeff Hanneman. Will buy now all his plug-ins

[@alekp6822]

Move Duff , its the Lead developer guitar at softube :)

[@mariodriessen9740]

The first concert I ever went to by a well known band was Motörhead. Brian Robertson just replaced Fast Eddie. At one point Lemmy just quit playing for a couple of seconds, because he saw a girl with big tits (his words, not mine 😬). I didn’t even really notice a huge difference. That bass rig had so much high end, it sounded like a second heavily distorted guitar. It was a concert I’ll never forget. For many reasons. 😬

[@graemem111]

Hey Mario. Great post. I lost my Motörhead virginity, and had my eardrums perforated, in March 1979 at The Apollo in Glasgow. Overkill tour. Still have the merch; programme and badges. The tour t-shirt long gone. Saw them in Glasgow and Edinburgh every tour until the early nineties. Eagle is from my home town, and occasionally drank in my then local, the John D. He’d bashfully on occasion talk of the tours. And the great man himself. Incredible times, amazing music and wonderful people.

[@mariodriessen9740]

@@graemem111 : Good memories! 😃👍

[@NatedogsYouchoob]

Soooooo? Can we hear it?

[@greenhandgeezer]

Love this plugin!

[@mht525]

Awesome Thanks for your time Duff. RIP Lemmy. 🙏✌️🤘☠️🏴🇦🇺

[@nunoharris]

Hi. Whats the brand of strings that were on Lemmy basses ? Whats the brand of Pickups that Lemmy was using ? Thanks

[@motorheadbanger7720]

Lemmy was a hero, a huge one

[@emilio8381]

Lemmy was a guitar player on bass, but by the way a fucking genius, He miss so much

[@DannyBHarveyMusic]

Rachael's Strap! She made almost all of Lemmy and my straps.

[@weejock8110]

Heya Danny B I loved the headcat project. The headcat project has inspired me to get back into playing. I own an original 70's superbass along with a 4x12 and 4x15 I also have a purple ric style bass. All the best to you sir!

[@johnrodems6360]

Duff is my go to guy for punk bass I admire him he’s a bass god

[@matthewanzelone]

Where is the Murder 1 head now?

[@Thenit92]

Micky wasn’t in the band in 1987..

[@_Arkenzie]

“I believe that’s (super bass 100) a guitar amp”. It was Marshall’s bass amp. The circuit is similar to a super lead but optimized for bass by different cap, resistor and pot values. Then as amps evolved the JCM800 lead and bass series became more separated. The JMP super bass 100 is a dedicated bass amp.

[@chasmenear7130]

#1) BE Lemmy..(impossible for most mortals) #2) ABSOLUTE TRASHCAN Marshall tone...(something ordinarily suitable for guitar works splendidly)!👹

[@sergeydukman5832]

I think that he ment Philthy Taylor playing drums back in 1987. Not Mikkey Dee

[@pilummurialis6490]

I'd like to know what speakers were in Lem's Marshall Cabs

[@maccrazy7335]

I got a pretty convincing Lemmy sound out of a Mesa Stiletto Trident through a Hughes&Kettner Attax 200 4x12 with a Grass Roots Forester 500 bass... Mind you, the amp croaked after a while (well a pre-amp tube did) but I think that was because of some mods I had done to it for more distortion on guitar...

[@thywarhag1131]

attitude , key ingredient 🤘♠️🍺

[@shauncunningham9946]

Long live LEMMY

[@dylankopff5062]

Duff is royalty

[@thaexception3406]

Always like a story

[@themobseat]

I've always wondered why so few bassists play through a Marshall rig. Aside from Lemmy, I can't think of anyone else.

[@mikegraphone2736]

Because most Bass players are not looking for Lemmys sound Lemmy was basically playing rhythm guitar on the Bass and using a Marshall guitar amp.

[@Fogeyspasm]

Chris Squire. 2 Marshall Super Bass heads.

[@thomasfaraone4213]

It’s not really bass as much as it was rhythm guitar. not many bass guys will get hired with that tone lol. just part of Lemmy’s legend

[@dmoore0079]

A lot of the reason is that guitar amps (and also their speakers) tend to roll off frequencies 80Hz and below. This will give a nice midrange punch, but not a whole lot of deep bass. A proper bass amp will have the low side of the eq tuned to around 30-40Hz and will typically use speakers that can reproduce those frequencies with some authority. That caters to the traditional role of a bass much better than a typical guitar rig.

[@ensignofindustry1033]

Wait a minute. This is a big fat ad.

[@80s_kid]

Guys at Softube, it would be great if you could put together a Duff McKagan bass unit like the Lemmy plugin. (Amplifier, cab, chorus pedal, microphones, presets.) It doesn't matter if you can't use the exact brand names for legal reasons. ( + Someone please make a bass sample library with one of Duff's Fenders.:))

[@batheavy2834]

By all accounts Lemmy would not have wanted much low end on this plugin, probably he would have sneered at the whole thing, but anyway let’s keep going shall we..

[@alrecks619]

ask Cam on how he managed to convince Lemmy about the low end.

[@dominikpohli2381]

which speaker is in the 4x12 cabinet

[@hugolafhugolaf]

Is Duff saying that he met Motorhead while recording Appetite, and Mikkey played? Mikkey joined Motorhead in '91.

[@claywoodslim1511]

In my opinion Lemmy's bass never sounded its best on the Cameron Webb albums. The albums overall have a great sound, but its all a wall of guitars. Lemmy's bass intro on Rock Out for instance sounds way too muddy. The best bass sound Lemmy ever had was on the Stage Fright Dvd. I've heard rumors that the FOH tech used to have a Di box to blend a clean bottom end signal with the amps bright overdrive tone picked up by the mic's from the cabinets, as opposed to trying to get more bottom end out of his bass rig. Not an unusual technique. But Lemmy sure made it sound unusual.

[@BrucieMagik]

Question. Who owns his basses now? cause they rightly should belong to his son.

[@ChristophSchwarz77]

The legend is his manager Tod Singerman has all the stuff now.

[@nidgeontour257]

Mikkey joined Motörhead in 1992. Think Duff meant Philthy at The rehearsal. 🤪

[@HoustonT17]

It was 1987..... Mickey started playing the drums.... in 1992 🤫

[@pensnut08]

Probably because it never happened....

[@Bullski123]

Duff says G&R played with Motorhead in 1987,with Mikkey on drums? He joined Motorhead in 92...

[@Tama187]

That's Jensen from The Haunted!

[@SoftubeStudios]

Rock & Roll Scientist by day, Metal Guitarist by night 😎

[@sorin_bogdan]

Cool man

[@johnsmith-so5do]

Sry but it doesn’t sound distorted enough.. go watch his documentary where he talks about tone !

[@EllisJonesDeath]

What happened to Lemmy's bass guitars after he passed ? I assumed his Son has them all....but never seen anything in writing about where his gear ended up

[@ChristophSchwarz77]

His son got nothing from lemmys stuff.

[@derekspitz9225]

John Entwhistle. That's all you need to know. Love Lemmy, but John was the godfather of 'lead' bass.

[@chriswareham]

Lemmy is the godfather of rhythm bass - usually covering most of the frequencies a rhythm guitarist would even when Motorhead had two guitarists!

[@MountainMetal]

You have to ATTACK THE BASS. LOL!

[@pensnut08]

1:40 Duff McGoogledorf... So, if this was 1987 or so... HowTF was Mikkey Dee playing drums when this "happened"? Mikkey Dee WAS NOT in Motorhead at that time!! He did not join Motorhead until 1992.

[@Burgher1605]

♠🤘

[@itsfine5818]

Not gonna lie, I clicked on the video because I thought it was David Bowie in the thumbnail.

[@thecorrective4246]

a video about Lemmy's sound with around 3 seconds of Lemmy's sound. always the same with you guys :/

[@Naindurth]

i wanted to hear it, i wasted 6 minutes 29 seconds of my life =P

[@DragonboltBlastter]

Watch the other videos. This is more a making-off

[@Sakafroukos]

and now Duff tell us how you achieve to look like David Bowies son

[@offroader22]

Guns N Roses was invited to Motorheads studio in 1987 and Duff jammed with Mickey and Phil? Mickey joined Motorhead in 1992 :P

[@darryllspalding5211]

EARLY LEMMY ORGONE ACCUMULATER. HAWKWIND SPACE RITUAL>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[@jonbush2370]

Roy "Rainy" Wainwright bass player from Discharge had a far bigger and more developed sound distortion wise than Lemy.

[@hotwheel6663]

Get a Ricky and a pick done 😄

[@Slavatoremondo]

That’s a tall order, there’s only one Lemmy…

[@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888]

Nothing to see here. It's just an ad people.

[@chascapark]

All Heil Motorhead

[@EP-nm4eo]

Lemmy sound plug - fucking LOOOOOOOOL It was Lemmy - that's all. Not some butt plug

[@bigtorrisi]

NO one is allowed to try to replicate Lemmys sound, so stop it.

[@thecolourrose9022]

I prefer the bass guitarist who lemmy wanted to be john entwistle

[@vasyapupken]

yeah. another man died and they start to make easy money on his legacy piece by piece. just like the Dimebag.

[@centaurus5676]

Makes me sick! Same with Fender doing the Striped EVH Guitar line again....

[@convexsix]

People idolize the guy and want to sound like him. There has to be a product to achieve that with and they need to advertise said product to make people aware of it.

[@orochimarukishimoto6509]

That's so true. When this smuck was alive nobody gave a good God damn about his lousy bass playing and now he's dead ...he's the greatest player that ever lived and everyone wants to sound like him

[@willcameron1860]

Duff is loaded or just acts like it.

[@davidbolger2000AD]

Why can't we ever get Algy Ward on one of these things???????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

I had to watch this video several times to take note of the number of incorrect statements of fact before I realized that it is just simply one long commercial! Well done, but PLEASE do some fact checking before putting children in positions of authority and supposedly knowing certain facts that are just their opinions. Lemmy would surely appreciate that, RIP.

[@krissyanndepasquale3102]

NAG KAREN ROT

[@frankking781]

Not David Bowie..

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

I love this video. Thumbs up . But, when the guy says most bass players play thru cabs with 12 inch speakers I have to point out that IMO most PROFESSIONAL bass players play thru Ampeg SVT cabs with 10 inch speakers. FACT. Unfortunately, this glaringly incorrect statement makes me doubt any of the other information. I know I am being a jerk, but I also know my bass info, and can't tolerate ignorance. If I am wrong, please correct me. Just would have loved to hear what Lemmy would have done with an 8 string Rick thru the same rig... Thank you for the video.

[@glengamble526]

Actually, the typical bassist plays 12”s. And while it’s true that Ampeg SVT’s are a legendary sound and also commonly used amongst professional touring/recording bassists, most average gigging bass players use 12”s as they are more portable and full sounding.

[@brrblack497]

You can kinda hear what would become Djent .

[@zerothehero753]

Ha ha ha ha!!! !

[@tutnichtnotig1297]

In 1987 Mikkey was t a part of Motörhead.

[@snomad2248]

Achieving the warts of Ian.

[@orochimarukishimoto6509]

Achieving the sound of Lemmy? That's not hard to do at all......

[@BigMuff75]

All talk not much play makes Jack a dull boy.

[@Hey_Blinkin]

Pretty easily actually. Just turn all the amps up until they are so distorted you can't hear anything, and beat the hell out of E for the whole evening.

[@joshuaharris7042]

Hey duff get me out of here