The sound of Rock & Roll dies, Jim Marshall dies at age 88, R.I.P.

[Spawnster]

[quote]LONDON — Jim Marshall, who helped shape the sound of rock with his groundbreaking amplifier designs, has died. He was 88.

His son Terry Marshall said he died in a hospice in England on Thursday morning after suffering from cancer and several severe strokes.

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Jim Marshall was known throughout the music world for founding Marshall Amplification, which produced the amplifiers that rocked music halls and arenas after their introduction in 1960.

Photographs from the era show many of rock’s most illustrious guitarists performing in front of stacks of Marshall amplifiers.

Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page and others were drawn to the rough, loud sound produced by the English-made amps.

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Damn shame, His amplifiers will always leave a place in my ears, R.I.P., You helped the musicians get the tone they wanted, and that's all you ever did.

[fruxodaily]

Rock n roll in the afterlife buddy

Rock N Roll...

[viperfan7]

so he finally took the stairway to heaven

just to clarify, NOT A PUN

[D3vils Buddy]

RIP :(

[venn178]

That sucks.

[peterson]

It is hard to beat the OD on the JCM 800 :(

RIP

[demoguy08]

Well it sounds like he lived a long and fulfilling life.

[BigSmokeDawg]

RIP Mr Marshall ):

[TheHydra]

[QUOTE=viperfan7;35442329]so he finally took the stairway to heaven

just to clarify, NOT A PUN[/QUOTE]
stairway to heaven was played on a supro amp.

[thisispain]

i'll put my guitar through my marshall in remembrance of him