Thursday, April 5, 2012

No!!!

Sad news today for guitar players around the world.  Jim Marshall has passed away at age 88.  Here's a link to one article

Jim Marshall started out selling drums.  He was a drum teacher too.  Some guy named Mitch Mitchell took lessons from him.  He had this side business building amplifiers.  One day Mitch Mitchell told him that he was working with a new guitar player who was looking for a nice powerful amplifier.  Jim Marshall let him use one of his prototypes and it was love at first crunch.  That guitar player's name was Jimi Hendrix and the rest is rock music history.

I have one of Jim's amps in my house right now and it's hands down the best amp I've ever used.  Thanks Jim.  Happy trails.  We owe you a huge debt of gratitude.  RIP.

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