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Marshall amplification is a British company which makes electric guitar amplifiers.
Marshall amplification are well known for being amongst guitar players for being one of the best amp makers, Marshall amplifiers to do this day still use valves instead of electronic circuitry which although making them more expensive gives them a better sound.
Marshall amplification was first founded during the early 1960s by Jim Marshall in a small shop in London, Jimi Hendrix was a important customer of the company and it is his rise to fame which made Marshall become the well known company they are today. Vox and Fender were two of Marshall's main competitors in the 1960s, however Fender designs had been the original inspiration for the design of Marshall amplifiers.
Marshall Stack
The classic Marshall stack is a symbol of loud rock music. The stack normally consists of one head containing the actual amplifier on top of one or two quad boxes, which are loudspeaker enclosures each containing four 12 inch loudspeakers arranged in a square layout. The top (or only) quad box normally has the top two loudspeakers angled slightly upwards, giving the Marshall stack a distinctive appearance. When two quad boxes are used, one on top of the other with the head on top, the complete unit is called a double stack, and only the top box has these angled loudspeakers. Marshall also produce 'combo' amplifiers which combine speaker and amp in one case and several variations of the classic stack design including a mini stack and a micro stack, which is about 10 inches high and runs on batteries.
For even greater power, a second or even a third 'slave' head can be driven from the master amplifier, each additional amplifier head driving another two quad boxes. This was taken to its logical conclusion in the early 1970s by the band Blue Öyster Cult, who used an entire wall of double-stack Marshall amplifiers as their backdrop.
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