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Marshall is possibly the most famous vacuum tube amplifier company. Fender actually started earlier and was already well established, but Leo Fender didn't do what Jim Marshall was willing to do: cater to guitar players who wanted to play loud Rock and Roll. Marshall Amplifiers was started by Jim Marshall in 1962.  Marshall Amplifiers wasn't Jim Marshall's first endeavor.  He previously owned a musical instruments store, concentrating at first on drums, and then expanding to guitars as Marshall saw that they were good sellers. Marshall was inspired to build amplifiers by the musicians who repeatedly came into his West London shop (Pete Townshend, Ritchie Blackmore) and described a kind of sound and loudness that they were looking for. These musicians wanted what the amplifiers available at the time were incapable of making.
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Marshall is possibly the most famous vacuum tube amplifier company. Fender actually started earlier and was already well established, but Leo Fender refused to do what Jim Marshall was more than willing to do: cater to guitar players who wanted to play loud Rock and Roll. Marshall Amplifiers was started by Jim Marshall in 1962.  Marshall Amplifiers wasn't Jim Marshall's first endeavor.  He previously owned a musical instruments store, concentrating at first on drums, and then expanding to guitars as he saw that they were good sellers.
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Musicians who repeatedly came into his West London music shop (Pete Townshend, Ritchie Blackmore) to hang out described a music and a kind of sound and loudness that they were looking for. These musicians wanted a sound that the amplifiers available at the time were incapable of making. Inspired by what his customers were already telling him they wanted, Jim decided he would go into the instrument amplifier business.
  
 
Ken Bran, was a technician in Jim Marshall's music store and would fix amplifiers that came in so he was familiar with the technology.  It really wasn't until Dudley Craven, an 18-year-old whiz kid joined the staff that Jim and Ken were able to create the amplifier that the musicians were asking for.
 
Ken Bran, was a technician in Jim Marshall's music store and would fix amplifiers that came in so he was familiar with the technology.  It really wasn't until Dudley Craven, an 18-year-old whiz kid joined the staff that Jim and Ken were able to create the amplifier that the musicians were asking for.

Latest revision as of 15:28, 19 October 2018

Marshall is possibly the most famous vacuum tube amplifier company. Fender actually started earlier and was already well established, but Leo Fender refused to do what Jim Marshall was more than willing to do: cater to guitar players who wanted to play loud Rock and Roll. Marshall Amplifiers was started by Jim Marshall in 1962. Marshall Amplifiers wasn't Jim Marshall's first endeavor. He previously owned a musical instruments store, concentrating at first on drums, and then expanding to guitars as he saw that they were good sellers.

Musicians who repeatedly came into his West London music shop (Pete Townshend, Ritchie Blackmore) to hang out described a music and a kind of sound and loudness that they were looking for. These musicians wanted a sound that the amplifiers available at the time were incapable of making. Inspired by what his customers were already telling him they wanted, Jim decided he would go into the instrument amplifier business.

Ken Bran, was a technician in Jim Marshall's music store and would fix amplifiers that came in so he was familiar with the technology. It really wasn't until Dudley Craven, an 18-year-old whiz kid joined the staff that Jim and Ken were able to create the amplifier that the musicians were asking for.

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