Jim Marshall

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Ok, here's the little 15W practice amp my parents got me for Christmas about 17 years ago. It's solid state, but does a couple of decent enough tones and can easily be heard over an un-miced drum kit at full volume. Still going strong after all these years!

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Probably my best gear purchase ever: '82 Marshall 2204 head/1960a half stack slightly used in '85...$600 cash and a Peavey Musician head/oversize Peavey 4x12 cab trade.

I have a 1988 2204 with the horizontal inputs. Put a lot of miles on that head. I had got the 1960A and 1960B cabs a little later, still use them.

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Ok, here's the little 15W practice amp my parents got me for Christmas about 17 years ago. It's solid state, but does a couple of decent enough tones and can easily be heard over an un-miced drum kit at full volume. Still going strong after all these years!

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It's so small I can barely see it. :D

RIP, Jim.
 
And here's my little amp's big brother, a Valvestate 8080 from the same era. This was my dad's. It has a valve in the pre-amp section, so gives better tone than my little'un. The 80W is pretty loud, but nothing on valve power, of course. This one's broken, atm, unfortunately - still debating whether it's worth getting it fixed.

EDIT - can't get it to show this pic - maybe HR only likes all-tube amps?!
 
Yes his life was pretty interesting, apparently he gave Mitch Mitchell drum lessons at one point. (He also worked at Jims shop) Here is a shot of my tiny Marshall, 1974X, handwired, I peeked inside and was amazed at how perfect the point to point circuitry is, absolutely flawless and clean. I have this in my new computer studio. I am trying to have a "Marriage" of Digital and Analog in this little "Audio Workshop".

VP

PS Yes, the Les Paul and Marshall combination is "Magic"!
 
I don't think I miss the point at all. Jim Marshall's accomplishments only impacted one genre of music--rock. Les Paul's accomplishments and inventiveness impacted not just one genre of music, but the entire recording industry--which impacted all genres of music.
I don't dispute any of that, I already said so. But then, one could just as easilly say that no one's impact on modern music beats that of Edison - but then things get ridiculous. For the record, Les Paul didn't actually invent multitracking. He was doing a primitive form of it using and playing along to record acetates - as were others and some before him.
And one shouldn't minimize rock and pop - they may only be a couple of genres but they have consistently for 60 years been far and away the dominant genres of music, bleeding into everything from jazz to classical to opera to reggae to rap. To some extent pop and rock music themselves have actually had a far greater and more lasting impact and influence than the machines that all forms of music have actually been recorded on. And that's why the argument is something of a 'non sequitur' or a roundabout one.
One other thing about Marshall and his amps - they stand at a very decisive and important turning point in music history, that point where bands playing live could now be heard
above the noise of thousands of fans. That might seem like a dumb thing to say, but it marks the change where music of the common man became an art form to be listened to, not danced to and screamed at. Like many things it's the combination of people and events, rather than anything or anyone singular.
As for Laney and his amps, Marshalls were already the dogs bollocks with many established 'stars' when he started building them for local Brummie musicians. The people that used early Laneys like Tony Iommi didn't become established until the 70s, by which time Marshall had a serious headstart and had captured many artists' hearts and ears and had become iconic at heavy gigs.
Sometimes, things just catch on and other things of maybe equal stature don't, or at least, not in the same way.
 
I'd actually never heard of Jim Marshall before this thread...

Maybe he should've had a better pr rep/agent 'cause his shit is everywhere, but I had no idea there was actually some dude named marshall behind it.
 
I'd actually never heard of Jim Marshall before this thread...

Maybe he should've had a better pr rep/agent 'cause his shit is everywhere, but I had no idea there was actually some dude named marshall behind it.

Lol. Yeah, that "Jim Marshall" signature on the faceplates of Marshall amps is pretty ambiguous.
 

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I'm not trying to slight the guy or anything.

Just making the observation that I find it odd that the man himself wasn't more famous given how ubiquitous his products are.

Never having owned one or shopped for one, I never saw that tiny signature before. All that most of us see is that giant white logo on the grill cloth.
 
I'm not trying to slight the guy or anything.

Just making the observation that I find it odd that the man himself wasn't more famous given how ubiquitous his products are.

Never having owned one or shopped for one, I never saw that tiny signature before. All that most of us see is that giant white logo on the grill cloth.

He was mainly a drummer. That's why his amps are so loud. :D
 
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