JIM MARSHALL - 1923/2012

Aos 88(oitenta e oito) anos de idade faleceu Jim Marshall, um inglês conhecido no mundo do rock como um dos criadores dos melhores e mais barulhentos amplificadores de guitarra e apelidado carinhosamente como o "pai do barulho". O falecimento, ainda de causa desconhecida, foi confirmado através de nota oficial publicada no site da MARSHALL, na última quinta-feira, dia 5, a qual reproduzo abaixo, a saber:

"It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved founder and leader for the past 50 years, Jim Marshall. While mourning the Guv’nor though, we also salute a legendary man who led a full and truly remarkable life.

Jim’s ascent into the history books as ‘the Father of Loud’ and the man responsible for ‘the Sound of Rock’ is a true rags-to-riches tale. Cruelly robbed of his youth by tubercular bones, Jim rose to become one of the four forefathers responsible for creating the tools that allowed rock guitar as we know and love it today to be born. The ground breaking quartet also includes the late, great trio of Leo Fender, Les Paul and Seth Lover – together with Jim, they truly are the cornerstones of all things rock.

In addition to the creation of the amps chosen by countless guitar heroes and game changing bands, Jim was also an incredibly humble and generous man who, over the past several decades, has quietly donated many millions of pounds to worthy causes.

While the entire Marshall Amplification family mourns Jim’s passing and will miss him tremendously, we all feel richer for having known him and are happy in the knowledge that he is now in a much better place which has just got a whole lot louder!
Rest in Peace & thank you Jim.

Your memory; the music and joy your amps have brought to countless millions for the past five decades; and that world-famous, omnipresent script logo that proudly bears your name will always live on."

A marca MARSHALL ao longo de todos estes anos tem sido presença certa em gravações e shows ao vivo de bandas de hard rock e heavy metal e, como não poderia ser diferente, os melhores guitarristas de rock já associaram seu som em algum momento a marca, casos de Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Edward Van Halen. Steven Stevens, George Lynch, Randy Rhoads e tantas outras feras. Uma perda significativa para o mundo do rock, com certeza! RIP, Jim Marshall.