Louie louies amp settings — Multiefectos M-wawe black box

The Motorhead guitar tone for “Louie louies”, dialed in for a Multiefectos M-wawe black box with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Overkill bonus track (1979), also appeared on 1991 compilation

Original rig

Fast Eddie Clarke: Marshall JMP 100W or JCM800, Gibson Les Paul Custom with humbuckers, minimal pedals — amp-driven crunch

Raw, gritty, mid-forward punk-rock crunch with loose low end and aggressive bite

Amp settings — Multiefectos M-wawe black box

CHANNELHigh Gain / Crunch / Marshall-style modelBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Distortion/Overdrive Block (internal to multi-FX)

Select a Marshall-style amp model or 'British Crunch' voicing if available; stack with amp gain for that loose, raw Motörhead grind

Drive/Gain 6 · Tone 6 · Level/Output 7

Why these settings

Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower output than Eddie's Les Paul humbuckers. Compensate by pushing mids +2 over a typical Marshall setting and rolling tone knob to 8 to tame icepick highs. The multi-FX needs a Marshall-voiced model with gain around 6-7 to hit that raw crunch without fizz.

PRO TIPDig in hard with your picking hand near the bridge — Motörhead's tone lives in aggressive attack dynamics, not just settings. Palm-mute the low A string loosely on the main riff for that iconic chug.

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