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| Thread ID: 124092 | 2012-04-05 20:52:00 | Amplifier Builder Assumes Room Temperature. | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 1268495 | 2012-04-05 20:52:00 | www.bbc.co.uk Guitar amp innovator Jim Marshall, dubbed "the Father of Loud" for creating kit used by some of the biggest names in rock, has died aged 88. Mr Marshall, who originally owned a music shop in London, founded Marshall Amplification 50 years ago. Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain are among the musicians who used Marshall amps. A statement posted on the company's website called him a "legendary man" who led a "truly remarkable life". Slash and Jim Marshall Marshall amps are used by famous musicians such as Slash (left) from Guns N' Roses Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash tweeted: "The news of Jim Marshall passing is deeply saddening. R & R will never be the same w/out him. But, his amps will live on FOREVER!" Motley Crue bass player Nikki Sixx also paid tribute on Twitter, saying Marshall was "responsible for some of the greatest audio moments in music's history - and 50% responsible of all our hearing loss." Speaking to Radio Four's Front Row programme on Thursday, musician Paul Weller said he used a Marshall amp that was "at least 40 years old and still sounds fantastic". "For me it's the exactly right amp for the job," said the former Jam and Style Council frontman. "I don't know if anyone's particularly improved on it, to be honest." Jim Marshall began building amplifiers in the early 1960s, using the Fender Bassman amp as a model, creating what later became known as "the Marshall sound". |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1268496 | 2012-04-06 03:05:00 | From the title I was expecting something about amplifiers overheating from being run in rooms hotter than an average room temperature assumed by the manufacturer... Shows how my brain works! |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1268497 | 2012-04-06 03:24:00 | Yeah that's a another way of saying somebody has sniffed it. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1268498 | 2012-04-06 04:26:00 | Yeah, it made sense after I read the article | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1268499 | 2012-04-06 21:46:00 | From the title I was expecting something about amplifiers overheating from being run in rooms hotter than an average room temperature assumed by the manufacturer... Shows how my brain works! Same! |
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