Jim Marshall, the father of LOUD, dies at 88

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Saint Nick

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Heh, didn't Jimi Hendrix have a pile of 4x12s because PA systems didn't really exist back then or something? I'm not sure how live sound worked back in the 60s and 70s. Wish AlienCraft would enlighten me... :)
 
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RIP.

I'm curious if he could still hear. :D
 
Fritzo

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Saint Nick said:
Heh, didn't Jimi Hendrix have a pile of 4x12s because PA systems didn't really exist back then or something? I'm not sure how live sound worked back in the 60s and 70s. Wish AlienCraft would enlighten me... :)
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PA's back then were meant for voice. You HAD to have a wall of amps to be loud. It's how guitar distortion came to be---guitarists turning their tube amps up all the way and the sound would get fuzzy. Before good amps came along, the guitar would often be drowned out by the drummer or even the crowds. The Beatles received the first VOX AC50's for this very reason.

Marshall came up with the "stack" configuration of using multiple speakers to spread the amp signal, as well as a method that allowed the amp's signal to go into overdrive at lower volume levels. It really caught on in the early 60's, especially when Clapton discovered the Les Paul/Marshall "woman tone".

Their JTM and Plexi series amps have become the standard for arena concerts. They're as much a part of rock n roll as any musician or band you can name.
 
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Fritzo said:
PA's back then were meant for voice. You HAD to have a wall of amps to be loud. It's how guitar distortion came to be---guitarists turning their tube amps up all the way and the sound would get fuzzy. Before good amps came along, the guitar would often be drowned out by the drummer or even the crowds. The Beatles received the first VOX AC50's for this very reason.

Marshall came up with the "stack" configuration of using multiple speakers to spread the amp signal, as well as a method that allowed the amp's signal to go into overdrive at lower volume levels. It really caught on in the early 60's, especially when Clapton discovered the Les Paul/Marshall "woman tone".

Their JTM and Plexi series amps have become the standard for arena concerts. They're as much a part of rock n roll as any musician or band you can name.
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Pretty sure Pete Townsend was the one that suggested Marshall use 2 4x12 cabinets instead of one 8x12 cabinet. They were lighter and he could break them one at a time.

I used to play in a band where I ran two full stacks with 100w Marshall tube heads at full volume during practice. We practiced in the same warehouse as Machine Head and AFI. The owner told us we had to turn down or he would kick us out. :)
 
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Does that mean my current Marshall amp will go up in value?
 
Saint Nick

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thomsbrain said:
Pretty sure Pete Townsend was the one that suggested Marshall use 2 4x12 cabinets instead of one 8x12 cabinet. They were lighter and he could break them one at a time.

I used to play in a band where I ran two full stacks with 100w Marshall tube heads at full volume during practice. We practiced in the same warehouse as Machine Head and AFI. The owner told us we had to turn down or he would kick us out. :)
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Two 100W marshall heads? wow... made of money, eh? :biggrin:
 
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Seen stacks (or halves) at soooo many concerts.

RIP sir, you made a lot of people a little bit happier.
 
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