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Players and their amps

Are you proud of your Marshall? Has it been to Hell and back yet still works? Have you taken it to strange or exotic locations? If so, we want to know about it!

Email us a picture with a brief description and your pride and joy could end up featured here

Lethal Weapon

Lethal Weapon

Hi everybody at Marshall !

Here is Martin from Munich and I send you some pics of my amp; it's not a 1959 plexi, but it is a modified 30th anni-head with a selfmade plexiglass front ! I love the look and sound of this WEAPON!!!
Thank you Marshall!

Martin Boas

Never Say Die

Never Say Die

Hi there
My name is Laurie Grobler all the way from sunny South Africa, I love my Marshall amps they truly are the best of the best. Pictured here is my JCM 900 model 4100 that's been around for a long time, never say die! The cab 1960 with celestion greenbacks, and a little Valvestate 10. nothing like cranking the 900 its real euphoria that overcomes one.

Laurie, - Pretoria - South Africa

Childs Play

Childs Play

Hi from Cyprus!

Was taking pics of my two boys and thought you may be interested in these. 'Start em young'! Ben is 3 and shouts louder than a 50 watt head, Blye is 5 and is about to get his first axe from Santa!

We use Marshall amps and love 'em. On stage the brand means 'these guys are for real!'

Cheers

Dave

Smoking!

Smoking!

This Rig is ALL the tone I ever Dreamed of!!! 20 watts through a Greenback loaded 1960A Smoking with some buckers, and sweet and tasty with some single coils.

Sweetest sounding Marshall on the planet.

Thanks Jim!!!!!

Mike Petrich
Concord, Ca USA

"Curious Eye"

'Heady' Mix!

'Heady' Mix!

Thank's Mr. Marshall for the best amps in the world!

Rock And Roll

Italy

Superlead Heaven!

Superlead Heaven!

Left is a Plexi 1959 re-issue circa 1993. On the right my '75 1959 superlead on a slightly later 70's cab all recently restored back to their glorious red by the marvelous people in the Marshall Service department. Superb! The guitar is British too!

M D Simpson

A tone for all occasions

A tone for all occasions

I have been a Marshall user for over 30 years starting with my 1971 Super Tremelo, JCM 800’s and 900’s stacks and combo’s. I have an array of sounds that compliment my various styles of play and can accommodate any venue. The best aspect of my Marshalls is that they have “never” let me down with tone and performance. The best amp today.

Best Regards,

‘Phat’ Matt Malec

Franklin, Wisconsin

Stripey!

Stripey!

i had always dreamed of owning a marshall stack. i had bought this valvestate 8240 used at my local music store. i am a sucker for vintage things and this amp is pretty old. has amazing tone. my playing styles range from blondie and the B-52s to marilyn manson and deftones. i can get any sound i want out of my amp, an old blusey sound or some 'eavy me'al and maybe some twangy garage crunch. this am has been through a lot. after jamming with some friends a few helpt me carry my amp home, they dropeed it on a gravel road and that broke a couple knobs off. shortly after flipping out i got home and plugged it in, to my suprise it worked just as it did before my friends dropped it, the knobs just poped back on, the amp is fine. it has literally been lit on fire and its still fine. i have had a guitar thrown at it and its fine. i am painting a miral on the front mesh soon and i have painted the sides of it zebra stripped. thank you marshall crew for supplying a marshall amp to some guy who sold it to a guitar shop and me buying it shortly after. in otherwords i am inderectly saying thank you for making me a fantastic amp.

mit

Calgary, AB, Canada

Ultimate Collection!

Ultimate Collection!

You can never have enough Marshall's especially ones from the 1960's.

RT

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

To Jim and all the guys at Marshall,

Its christmas morning and i've just opened my TSL-100 and 1960A cab.... i'm in bliss. I've gotta restrain myself from throttling it at max volume at this time, but i can assure you that later on it'll get the whole neighbourhood going.

Thanks a lot for creating such a kick ass amp to go with my lovely Gibson SG. Its true what they say, Marshall amps make a Gibson sound complete.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year, i know i'll be having one.

Jamie Walters, Swindon England.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Dear Jim,
Just wanted to take this opportunity to say HO HO HOLY CRAP THIS THING IS LOUD!! What a better way to celebrate christmas than to decorate a marshall with christmas lights! There she is my AVT 50H and AVT412A aswell as the little MS-2 on top. Thanks for the great products and amazing sound.

Taylor

Dream Partner

Dream Partner

Heres the woman of my dreams.. She's never let me down and even though weve been together for eight years Im still finding new ways of making her squeal! Shes the '97 re-issue of the 1959 100W Super Lead with matching cab (I was lucky enough to get the white power brake as well) and (just like my ex-wife) anything I put into her comes out blistering!! She's a work of art and I love you Marshall..

Charlie Boy

A Blast from the past

A Blast from the past

Hi friends at Marshall,

When is the last time that you have seen one of these babies (the cab on the left). No, it's not an 8x10...it's a 4x12. It belongs with the 1987 on the top (both from 1969). I have seen only one other in the past three decades since I started looking. The SL-X rigs I call my twins when I have enough room to spread out.

It's always been all about Marshall. The Sound, The Tone, (not to mention incredibly cool looking). They just simply can't be beat. Thanks Jim Marshall and Co. for these awesome amps!

"If it's not a Marshall...It's just an amplifier."


1987 50 watt small box-circa 1969
2033 4x12 speaker cab-circa 1969
JCM 900 2100SL-X
JCM 900 1960 A
JCM 900 2100 SLX
JCM 900 1960 B

Couldn't help throwing my 1979 BC Rich Bich in the picture along with my vintage pedals from "Back In The Day".

Sincerely,

Ed (Crunchdaddy)

Start 'Em Young

Start 'Em Young

Hi !
My name is Marek and I'm the owner of Marshall AVT 150. I am so happy and proud that I realised my dream about playing the guitar on the Marshall. As you can see, my son is training on my combo also.
Thank you Jim Marshall and wish all the best.

Keep on rocking.

Marek from Warsaw, Poland

Head Over Heels

Head Over Heels

I just purchased my 1960A and JCM2000 TSL 60 and i have never heard my guitar sound this good!! Liquid tone and sustain that rings for days. Im in love. Seriously. I am so proud to have the Marshall name backing me up on all my gigs and practices.

Zac Jones- Ontario, Canada