Damn cool, Chris. Congratulations! Have you started playing your axe behind your head with your teeth yet? ;-)
On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Chris Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > Well. What a lucky chap I am. Marshall Amps is based here in Milton > Keynes. Jim Marshall (the legendary founder) died last year. He was a > great supporter of our local cancer hospice, and he left instructions > that a replica 1962 Bluesbreaker amp be made in the custom shop and > handed over to Willen Hospice to be raffled. It was and I was the > lucky winner! It is big, heavy and loud. No frills and with its 30 > watts and twin Celestion speakers, it sounds sublime. The chassis is > even gold plated. > > All of Marshall's high end valve ("tube" to those who celebrate 4th > July) amps are made here, including the cabinets and the hand wired > electrics, and are shipped all over the world. Even the artwork for > the famous "it goes up to 11; it's 1 louder" amp in Spinal Tap was > produced here. I took a trio of muso mates and we had a tour of the > factory and a play in the on-site theatre where famous names from the > music world come and try out the latest toys. A fantastic couple of > hours and then back to work. > > Here's a picture (K7, DA* 16-50) of it with my trusty (and also very > heavy) 1973 Tele Deluxe: > http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/MarshallAmp/slides/_IMG4720.html > > For those interested in factories and some museum pieces such as the > first amp JM ever built, there are some dodgy smartphone pictures in > the gallery behind it all. > > Chris > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
