Jim Marshall, founder of Marshall amps, dies at 88

vienna · 04-05-12, 06:49 PM

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To those of us who grew up in he 60s and 70s, a Marshall amp was dream of all us guitarists. I remember the first Marshall stack I got to try: I was working in a bank and, during my breaks and luch, I would often cut acroos the alley behind the building and go to the music store. One day, I walked in to find they were offering a couple of Marshall stacks for sale and had them set up in a glass in room where you could try out instruments, etc. I plugged in a Gibson ES355 and hit a chord. The resultant roar from the amp took me completely by surprise and it caused the glass windows to vibrate to the point I thought they would shatter. I quickly turned down the amp and, when I looked up, I could see one of the clerks looking at me with a big smile and giving me a thumbs up...

The Marshall amp and Jim Marsahll are both legends who help create some of the other legends of the music world...

RIP, Jim Marshall and many thanks...

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04-05-12, 06:49 PM	#1
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Jim Marshall, founder of Marshall amps, dies at 88 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...2D77.DTL&tsp=1 To those of us who grew up in he 60s and 70s, a Marshall amp was dream of all us guitarists. I remember the first Marshall stack I got to try: I was working in a bank and, during my breaks and luch, I would often cut acroos the alley behind the building and go to the music store. One day, I walked in to find they were offering a couple of Marshall stacks for sale and had them set up in a glass in room where you could try out instruments, etc. I plugged in a Gibson ES355 and hit a chord. The resultant roar from the amp took me completely by surprise and it caused the glass windows to vibrate to the point I thought they would shatter. I quickly turned down the amp and, when I looked up, I could see one of the clerks looking at me with a big smile and giving me a thumbs up... The Marshall amp and Jim Marsahll are both legends who help create some of the other legends of the music world... RIP, Jim Marshall and many thanks... ... __________________ __________________________________________________ __ Last edited by vienna; 04-07-12 at 12:16 PM.