Jim Marshall RIP

[Gordybaby]

Jim Marshall passed away today at age 88.

 

[J.J]

Oh no, I'm shocked

My first tube amp was a Marshall JCM800.

Thanks for the "loud" Jim, RIP.

 

[siggy14]

I read that yesterday, it is a sad day. RIP Jim.

 

[Blaklynx]

Sad indeed.

I bought my JCM800 100W in 1985 or '86. Still own it. A good design is a good design no matter what brand, simple as that.

RIP Mr Marshall.

 

[Tweeked]

Rip JIm

 

[YellowJacket]

=-(

Sad to see the god of crunch has passed on. Thanks for all the halfstack, Jim! RIP!

 

[fusguitar]

RIP Jim Marshall.
A true legend who changed the sound of music with his iconic guitar amps.

 

[Monsta-Tone]

Well.....88 is a grand old age! Hope I live to see 60 even!
Thanks for all of the great sounds Jim! Without you and Leo, music would be boring.......

 

[screamingdaisy]

Saw this on TGP

http://mesaboogie.com/news/2012/04/randall-smith-remembers-a-legend-of-amplification-jim-marshall/

 

[94Tremoverb]

I don't like to be picky, but... although it's well meant, that quote contains several inaccuracies just in the first sentence.

When Jim Marshall loaded a largely Fender Bassman circuit with EL-34 power tubes back in the late 1950s, he probably didn’t imagine how significant his contribution to rock n roll was about to become.

Jim Marshall did not build the circuit - he was a drummer who owned a music shop, not an electrical engineer. Ken Bran was his repairman, who built the first Marshall amps in 1962, not the late 50s. The circuit is exactly that of a 5F6-A Bassman, although it uses a totally different output transformer ratio, which is the main factor in the different sound. The very first Marshalls used 5881 tubes (just like a Bassman), then KT66s - they used EL34s only from 1967.

And...

Or, when Pete Townsend asked Jim to build him some 8×12 cabinets… And then, because they were just too big and heavy, Jim cut them in half… thus creating the ubiquitous 4×12 cabinet known around the world.

Townshend's roadies did complain about the 8x12"s, leading to them being cut in half, but in fact the 4x12" had come first in 1962, long before the 8x12"s which went with the first 100W amps in 1965.

Jim Marshall *did* design the cabinets, though. His real significant contribution to the history of rock is the 4x12", especially the angled type we all know and love!

RIP Jim.

 

[RR]

...[Jim Marshall] he was a drummer who owned a music shop, ...

Wasn't he also a drum teacher? ... and one of his student was Mitch Mitchell of the trio uh, I don't know "Jimi-somthing and the Experience". :lol: