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In short: Lemme doesn't play bass. He plays baritone rhythm guitar. And it was badass. Thanks for the vid, man.

Tip number 11. Make mistakes in every song. If you isolate Lemmy's bassline you often hear a lot of small mistakes and omissions. It almost sounds like something from a drunken jam session rather than a final recording. It's one of the things that adds to the over-all feeling and hellraiser attitude of the tracks.

i really wish more people would use the bass like this. Most bass players have such a limited view of what the bass can do. My favorite players use it as a melodic instrument.

E, A & D are chords used in some of the most melodically coolest Hawkwind songs too.

you missed the opportunity to say "lemmy explain" =P

He basically played bass like a giant 4 string rhythm guitar

Use a medium pick, pick close to the neck, use bridge pickup, use two note chords, alternate up and down stokes.

Even though we want to sound like Lemmy, we never will, because nobody did like Lemmy or ever will, a pure original till the day he died!

The last tip: play dirty and make mistakes

You dont really need a Rickenbacker. He actually disliked the Rickenbacker sound and put some Thunderbird pickups in the Rickenbacker

you should do one on Peter Steele of type o negative

Talent is knowing who u are and you worked hard to get to know who you are

Lemmy was a unique in his playing. He came over to playing bass from playing guitar and did not know how to play bass just played it like a guitar

Another pretty important part of his sound is turning down the bass and treble knobs on the amp and putting the mid on 10 (or 11 if you prefer)

"Lemmy showed the world that everybody can make it.... And that a good work ethic can make up for lack of talent." LOLOLOL

Bass teacher: "You need to find a sound that fits your playing." Lemmy: *Proceeds to turn everything to 11* "I'm gonna have the dirtiest, muddiest sound you'll ever hear." *plucks first note and blasts all windows within a 100 mile radius*

Super Like!!! Been in a serious Lemmy phase for a few months, even going back and checking out his early stuff with Hawkwind. Thanks for this!!

His name was Lemmy and he played Rock 'n' Roll.

Lemmy inspired me to play bass, I bought a cheap semi beat up Ibanez 240 at a flea market and practiced by following the ace of spades album and several Ramones albums. I tried learning to play with my fingers first but I was born with tremors in my arms and hands so it didn’t work, but I overcame that and began down picking like Deedee Ramone. It’s been 3.5 years since I bought my old bass and I have gotten to an amateur status, I will never say I’m a good bass player or even an expert if se people consider me that I’ll always say I’m amateur and I love to play. Cockiness and ego can ruin your true personality

Wow, great video. Who knew, I already play like Lemmy, not much distortion if any, but the technique and simple style right down to E and D chords (mainly Blues Rock, AC-DC kinda stuff), with enough distortion it sound a bit like Motorhead. I am a Huge Motorhead fan, and Lemmy and Cliff Williams influenced me the most growing up in the late 70s inti the 80s, im old now but still play my bass like its pissing me off, I think Lem would enjoy it.

Make Gezeer Butler pls

All the news videos are very very good Paul.....keep doing!!! Tks man

Just watched this for the first time. You did a great job explaining and replicating his style.

Thanks for the analysis Paul very helpful.

He is the man. He really had his own style. He influenced a LOT of metal bass guys. Dd verni and jason newsted come to mind. Rip

This is great. Thanks you for this Lemmy lesson and tribute. Well done. I am glad that I discovered you by your Detroit Rock City Bass cover. Good stuff.

First time seeing this channel, and I'm impressed! Subbed!

Please do more of these, you did an amazing analysis

I love this kind of videos Paul!!

Great video, your technique is great too, found this trying to get help strumming power chords

Thanks Paul, excellent video on Lemmy's technique.

Thanks man - good practical advice!

Lemmy is a true anomaly. The only way we would ever hear his sound again is if he were still alive to make his sound. No amount of money spent on an identical rig, or time spent practicing the style, will ever result in that sound being produced ever again. But that's what makes him one of the greats; most great bass players can be imitated, but to imitate Lemmy is always to fail

Hey Paul. I love watching your videos and I’ve learned a lot of bass songs from you. But I was wondering if you could do a video on bass for Van Halen Unchained. Thanks. Happy holidays.

Steve Clark (Def Leppard) once said in an interview to aspiring guitarists "Listen to a lot of different players but don't try to be them. Be yourself and develop your own style." I took those words to heart before I picked up my first guitar. There was only ONE Lemmy. Honor him with tribute but don't try to be him. That will only hurt yourself and people won't think you have anything original to say. I like what you're saying here Paul. Wise man, brother. Wise man. Rock on.

Best advise at the end. Learn what makes Lemmy sound the way he does, and then find your own sound. Great vid.

Another excellent video Nice one

Great video Thanx !

Thanks for sharing 🙏.

One last thing tho: its a rickenbacker with thunderbird pickups. He was a techie as well :D

Bro thank you for this excellent lesson to the point Lemmy played funk at times

Lemmy was the one and only bassist playing lead in the history of R&R. I still look at him as being not from this earth on this. Excellent technical video. Thank you for the expertise provided. Best.

First time I seen someone play don't believe a word 💯

Really good video!

Cool tips! Cheers 🍻

Really good video. Very interesting, indeed.

Très bonne analyse ! Merci !

Great video Paul

Listened to more than my fair share of motorhead in my life but never tried to learn Lemmy's techniques. Turns out, I've been using more than a few by accident!

Many thank's Dude!!

We love Lemmy!! He kicked Ass to the end. RIP Lemmy, miss you brother..

Fellow bass player here love the channel you should do one on Fat Mike from nofx badass player who’s solid and original keep up the good work

Great video!

i'm learning to play bass by your motley crue, offspring kiss covers /,,/

Cool video! R u gonna make any Motörhead covers in the future?

dont forget to throw in some chromatic fills

Great video

Dude, you should do a Sound Like Trevor Dunn of Mr. Bungle. Not a household name but such an underappreciated god-tier bassist. The second coming of Jaco, and I’m not kidding. He’s got the hat trick, too; he plays staccato, pick, AND slap.

These are great videos! Is there any chance you can do one on gene Simmons?

nice vid!

I've been waiting for this for years... Thanks! Can you ship T-shirts to France? I'm stuck here in Normandy. Cheers!

Awesome! Ever thought about doing a video on Mike Watt?

I really like this video and especially tip number 9, true to the point. But I cannot thumbs this up coz of not doing the high note on intro of Ace of Spades aaaargh! Why didn't you do it?

Style!!

I've been following his style for almost a decade but this vid helped open my eyes a bit. Very well done Paul.

Good vid

Fun fact about tip #V Slash also uses a Dunlop 1.14!

Do More videos like this please

COOL. !!!!

Awesome Dont forget to tune youre bass to Eb and a whisky helps to stay safe rock on forever

I have a tip- use an SD-1 pedal by boss

lemmy (brutal legends game) brought me to play bass as a main and i thank him dearly RIP "Kill MAster"

Listen to Monte Meteoro's Luna Viva (the 3 minute version), that bass is Lemmy of the 2020's

9 tips to sound and play like Lemmy tips 1 - 9: be Lemmy. because that is the only way.

Hi. What distortion pedal are you using? Whats the brand of strings that you are using ? Thanks

Please do one whit D. D. Verni from overkill his picking and tone give the clang to metal

Here's they pointer, you just need a bridge pickup, and a speaker that can handle harsh overdrive, all the Marshalls used Celestion speakers

true

What kind of pick do you use??

Hello, can you do I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD by Motörhead? Pls🙏🙏

I knew playing closer to the neck made a big difference! I always do that when I play bass because it sounds angrier, plus mixing it with some distortion makes your bass tone sound ready to punch someone in the throat

Nice , Thanks . Turn off the mid range or on ?

He actually used the palm muting, it's not too aggressive, he just muted the sound a bit. Listen to Iron Fist for example

Rip lemmy

PaulDelBello I think Lemmy liked Punk. When talking with him for an hour or so at a topless bar. "I knoe Motorhead is considered Hard Rock or Metal but I am a So Cal Surf Punk and think Motorhead has some good Punk sound too The good Punk played tight and you can understand the lyrics sang are. He smiled and nodded yes with agreement

Did you say he wasn't young, beautiful or talented? He was all three of those at one point, then just the last two.

'reek N baker'. thank you for that.

I think 9 applies to theory in general... Basically get busy doing stuff, then study. You'll find most things have labels and structures and your studies (standard theory included) allow you ti enhance what you are already doing. Otherwise, you cant make heads or tails of it and end up treating it like gospel.

4:10 actually, in the early days, he used Roto sound 66’s before swapping to Dean Markley blue steel strings in the late 80’s until him and dunlop signed a contract to basically copy Dean Markley’s and sell them as their own. Which he promoted on his bass. Sorry for the history lesson. lol

Tip # IX is the best: “Lemmy didn’t give a fuck about anything & he sound just like him”! 🤣 that’s fuckin awesome!

can u do a steve harris video next plz

RICKEN_ BAKER :)

Okay that's the bass. Now good luck with the vocals!!! :) Because, how to sound like Lemmy = It is 10% in the bass and 90% in the vocals. Getting the bass part right is much easier.

Once in a music store ( that went out of business ) I asked about adding distortion to my bass and if there were any distortion pedals specifically for bass guitar . The dude at the counter ( he owned the store ) said he didn't know of any distortion pedals for bass and had never heard of bass players using distortion . " Really ? " I said . You've never heard of geezer butler , Lemmy , les claypool ? I bought nothing at his store that day and never went there for anything again . He went out of business not long after that .

Perfect! A video about why nikki sixx is underrated please

Amazing video, Lemmy is a f***n legend and I agree 100%. But you missed an extremely importante piece: drinking jack daniels

What about an episode on Joe Lally of Fugazi?

Motörhead songs were in eb/d# tuning, so all keys you've mentioned should be half step lower :)

No wonder Motorhead no longer need a 2nd guitar player. \m/